Construction Management, Bachelor of Science (533)
Program Coordinator
Jason C. Wilson, jason.wilson@wku.edu, (270) 745-2322
Construction Management involves planning, coordination, and control of projects from inception to completion. Construction Managers work out of a main or field office to perform a variety of important functions, including Project Planning, Cost Management, Time Management, Quality Management, Safety Management, and Contract Administration.
Career Opportunities
Graduates obtain employment in a wide variety of organizations, including construction management firms, general contractors, and specialty contractors serving the commercial, industrial, heavy civil, and residential construction sectors. They may choose to become specialists in estimating, scheduling, safety, quality, or field supervision. Typical job titles include project manager, project engineer, office engineer, field engineer, estimator, quantity surveyor, and superintendent, along with many others.
Program Description
The program in Construction Management is designed to provide students with technical and managerial skills needed to assume leading positions in the construction industry. A minor or second major is not required. Course requirements for the major are shown below. Students should consult with an advisor in planning their four-year degree program.
Program Requirements (71-72 hours)
A baccalaureate degree requires a minimum of 120 unduplicated semester hours. More information can be found at www.wku.edu/registrar/degree_certification.php.
Students who began WKU in the Fall 2014 and thereafter should review the Colonnade requirements located at: https://www.wku.edu/colonnade/colonnaderequirements.php.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CM 261 | Construction Methods and Materials | 3 |
| CM 282 | Building Structures | 3 |
| CM 363 | Construction Estimating and Bidding | 3 |
| CM 462 | Construction Scheduling | 3 |
| CM 490 | Senior Research for Construction Management | 3 |
| AS 163 | Architectural Drafting | 3 |
| AS 305 | Building Codes | 3 |
| CE 160 & CE 161 | Principles of Surveying and Principles of Surveying Lab | 4 |
| CE 303 | Construction Management | 3 |
| CE 316 | Equipment & Methods | 3 |
| CE 370 & CE 371 | Materials of Construction and Construction Materials Laboratory | 3 |
| CE 410 & CE 411 | Soil Mechanics and Soil Mechanics Lab | 3-4 |
| or CM 346 | Applied Soil Mechanics and Foundations | |
| MATH 183 | Introductory Statistics | 3 |
| or ECON 206 | Statistics | |
| or MFGE 271 | Industrial Statistics | |
| SEAS 325 | Survey of Building Systems | 3 |
| SEAS 398 | Internship I | 1 |
| ACCT 110 | Accounting for Decision Makers | 3 |
| or FIN 161 | Personal Finance | |
| ECON 202 | Principles of Economics (Micro) | 3 |
| or ECON 203 | Principles of Economics (Macro) | |
| MGT 200 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| MGT 210 | Organization and Management | 3 |
| MKT 220 | Basic Marketing Concepts | 3 |
| CM Technical Electives - Take 12 hours of the following courses. | 12 | |
| Building Information Modeling | ||
| Introduction to Analytics | ||
| Data Modeling and Analysis | ||
| Business Data Analytics | ||
| Structured Data Analysis | ||
| Route Surveying | ||
| Boundary Surveying | ||
| Advanced Construction Materials | ||
| Labor Economics | ||
| Financial Data Modeling | ||
| Economic Development | ||
| Managerial Economics | ||
| Business Writing | ||
or ENG 307 | Technical Writing | |
| Entrepreneurship | ||
| New Venture Business Planning | ||
| Principles of Finance | ||
| Risk Management and Insurance | ||
| Financial Analysis and Modeling | ||
| Geographic Information Systems I | ||
| Geographic Information Systems II | ||
| Remote Sensing Fundamentals | ||
| GIS Analysis & Modeling | ||
| Special Topics in GIS | ||
| Safety in Industry | ||
| Project Management | ||
or ETM 390 | Project Planning and Execution | |
| Business Law | ||
| Ethics and Critical Thinking | ||
| Human Resource Management | ||
| Decision Modeling | ||
| Operations Management | ||
| Managing Projects in Organizations | ||
| Employment Law | ||
| Sourcing and Procurement Management | ||
| Personal Selling | ||
| Advanced Personal Selling Strategies | ||
| Supervised Work Experience in Industry | ||
| Total Hours | 71-72 | |
Support Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Choose a Chemistry Course and Lab | 4-5 | |
| Fundamentals of General Chemistry and Fundamentals of General Chemistry Laboratory | ||
| College Chemistry I and College Chemistry I Laboratory | ||
| GEOL 111 | The Earth | 3 |
| MATH 117 | Trigonometry | 3 |
| or MATH 118 | College Algebra and Trigonometry | |
| or MATH 136 | Calculus I | |
| Total Hours | 10-11 | |
Finish in Four Plan
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours |
| AS 163 | 3 | HIST 101 or HIST 102 | 3 |
| MATH 117 | 3 | GEOL 111 | 3 |
| ENG 100 | 3 | Colonnade: Literary Studies | 3 |
| Colonnade: Arts & Humanities | 3 | COMM 145 | 3 |
| ACCT 110 or FIN 161 | 3 | CM 261 | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours |
| CM 282 | 3 | MGT 210 | 3 |
| CE 160 | 3 | MATH 183 | 3 |
| CE 161 | 1 | MKT 220 | 3 |
| MGT 200 | 3 | ECON 202 | 3 |
| CHEM 105 & CHEM 106 | 4 | GENERAL ELECTIVE | 3 |
| 14 | 15 | ||
| Third Year | |||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours |
| AS 305 | 3 | CE 316 | 3 |
| ENG 300 | 3 | Connections - Local to Global | 3 |
| SEAS 325 | 3 | CM 363 | 3 |
| CM TECH ELECTIVE | 3 | CM TECH ELECTIVE | 3 |
| CE 303 | 3 | CM TECH ELECTIVE | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Fourth Year | |||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours |
| CM 462 | 3 | CM 490 | 3 |
| CE 410 | 3 | SEAS 398 | 1 |
| CE 411 | 1 | Connetions - Systems | 3 |
| CE 370 | 2 | GENERAL ELECTIVE | 4 |
| CE 371 | 1 | GENERAL ELECTIVE | 4 |
| CM TECH ELECTIVE | 3 | ||
| Connections: Social & Cultural | 3 | ||
| 16 | 15 | ||
| Total Hours 120 | |||