Construction Management, BS

Degree Requirements

120 Credits Required

Departmental/Program Major Courses (61 credits)

• CM 10000 - Introduction To Construction Management
• CM 11000 - Construction OSHA Ten-Hour Certification
• CM 15000 - Construction Management Fundamentals
• CM 20000 - Intermediate Pre-Construction Management
• CM 21000 - Construction Management Portfolio I
• CM 25000 - Intermediate Construction Management
• CM 30000 - Advanced Pre-Construction Management
• CM 35000 - Advanced Construction Management
• CM 39000 - Construction Work Experience I
• CM 40000 - Construction Capstone I
• CM 41000 - Construction Management Portfolio II
• CM 45000 - Construction Capstone II
• CM 49000 - Construction Work Experience II

Departmental/Program Other Course Requirements (54 credits)

• CGT 16400 - Graphics For Civil Engineering And Construction
• ECON 21000 - Principles Of Economics (satisfies Human Cultures Behavioral/Social Science selective for core) or
• AGEC 21700 - Economics (satisfies Human Cultures Behavioral/Social Science selective for core)
• HIST 39400 - Environmental History Of The United States (satisfies Human Cultures Humanities for core)
• MA 15800 - Precalculus- Functions And Trigonometry (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning Selective for core)
• MA 16010 - Applied Calculus I (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning Selective for core)
• MGMT 20010 - Business Accounting
• MGMT 45500 - Legal Background For Business I
• PHIL 29000 - Environmental Ethics (satisfies Human Cultures Humanities for core)
• PHYS 21800 - General Physics (satisfies Science for core) or
• PHYS 22000 - General Physics (satisfies Science for core)
• POL 32700 - Global Green Politics (satisfies Human Cultures Behavioral/Social Science selective for core and meets part of Intercultural Requirement)
• TECH 12000 - Design Thinking In Technology (satisfies Information Literacy Selective as well as the Science, Technology and Society Selective for core)
• ENGL 42000 - Business Writing or
• ENGL 42100 - Technical Writing
• PHIL 41100 - Modern Ethical Theories or
• PHIL 42400 - Recent Ethical Theory
• Business Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00 (see CM list)
• Communication Foundation Selective (satisfies Oral Communication for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• English First Year Composition Selective (satisfies Written Communication for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Management Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00 (see CM list)
• Science Lab Selective (satisfies second Science Selective for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Intercultural Requirement - Credit Hours: 0.00

Electives (5 credits)

Any course, any subject

Additional Degree Requirements

Construction Management Supplemental Information .

Cornerstone Certificate

Requirements will be met upon completion of HIST 39400, PHIL 29000, ENGL 42000 or ENGL 42100, PHIL 41100 or PHIL 42400, and POL 32700

The mission of this liberal-arts-based program is to significantly enhance the educational experience of all students, bridging the College of Liberal Arts and other units across campus; introducing and integrating students to the worlds of engineering, technology, science, medicine, business, public policy, and agriculture; and providing them with the skills and edification of a humanities education. 

Concentration Requirement

Students will be required to choose an area of concentration prior to taking CM 30000.

Within the CM 20000 course, all students will be exposed to each of the concentration areas to gain insight before selecting their concentration (though students are permitted to select a concentration area any time prior to CM 30000). Students will receive specialized instruction relating to their concentration within the CM 30000 course. The student’s capstone project in CM 40000 and CM 45000 will then focus on the student’s area of concentration.

Students are only allowed to select ONE concentration area:

• Commercial Construction Management
• Demolition & Restoration Management in the Built Environment
• Healthcare Construction Management
• Mechanical & Electrical Construction Management
• Residential Construction Management

University Core Requirements

• Human Cultures Humanities
• Human Cultures Behavioral/Social Science
• Information Literacy
• Science #1
• Science #2
• Science, Technology, and Society
• Written Communication
• Oral Communication
• Quantitative Reasoning

For a complete listing of course selectives, visit the Provost’s Website.

Program Requirements

Notes

• “C-” or better is required in all major courses and all courses that are a prerequisite to a CM course.
• 2.0 Graduation GPA required for Bachelor of Science degree.
• Any course taken at Purdue can be attempted no more than three times (inclusive of W, WF, WN, and IF)

Critical Course

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