Construction Management B.S.
The Construction Management Program prepares graduates for professional careers and leadership roles in construction and construction-related industries. The Construction Curriculum focuses on Professionalism, Leadership, Ethics, and Autonomy. Students are expected to participate in Service Learning and Community Service during their academic career at The University of Texas at Tyler. The Department of Construction Management offers a plan of study leading to Bachelor of Science in Construction Management.
Program Educational Objectives
- Graduates demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to become construction and project management leaders assuming responsibility for multidisciplinary construction project teams, client focused construction, asset management; and ethical decision making in construction management practice.
- Graduates continue to grow intellectually and professionally through participation in professional society activities, continuing construction manager education, graduate studies, and/or self-study during their professional career.
- Graduates demonstrate effective oral, written, and graphical communication skills to meet increasing professional demands.
- Graduates achieve professional level recognition in construction or project management.
Student Outcomes
Graduates can:
- Apply knowledge of traditional mathematics, science, and engineering skills, and use modern tools to solve construction problems.
- Design and conduct experiments, as well as analyze and interpret data in construction.
- Design systems, components, and processes and recognize the strengths and areas for possible improvement of their creative designs within realistic constraints such as economic, political, social, constructability, sustainability, public health and safety, environmental, and ethical.
- Work independently as well as part of a multidisciplinary design team.
- Identify, formulate, solve, and evaluate construction design problems using models in the discipline of construction management.
- Analyze a situation and make appropriate professional and ethical decisions.
- Demonstrate effective oral, written, and graphical communication skills.
- Demonstrate a commitment to learning and continued professional development outside the classroom, incorporate contemporary issues.
Graduation Requirements
During a student’s first semester in the Construction Management program, a college of engineering advisor is assigned as the student’s academic advisor to work with the student in planning a program of study to complete degree requirements. Students are required to meet with their advisor prior to registering for courses for the next semester or summer session. Additionally, each Construction Management student will be assigned a Construction Management faculty member to serve as a mentor during their time at UT Tyler. The mentor will provide guidance related the student’s career path and navigating the Construction Management profession. Students are required to meet with their mentor at least once per academic year but are encouraged to meet more often as needed.
To graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Construction Management degree, a student must
- earn a grade of "C" or better in all courses used to meet degree requirements,
- complete the general baccalaureate degree requirements of the University, and
- complete the Construction Management curriculum requirements specified in the following sections.
Suggested Four-Year Curriculum
Freshman Year
First Semester (16 hrs.)
| ENGL 1301 | College Composition I [TCCN: ENGL 1301] | |
| MATH 2312 | Precalculus [TCCN: MATH 2312] | |
| HIST 1301 | United States History I [TCCN: HIST 1301] | |
| Visual and Performing Arts | |
| Science | |
Second Semester (15 hrs.)
| CMGT 2302 | Introduction to Construction Management | |
| PHYS 1301 | College Physics I [TCCN: PHYS 1301] | |
| PHYS 1101 | College Physics I Laboratory [TCCN: PHYS 1101] | |
| ENGR 1204 | Engineering Graphics I [TCCN: ENGR 1204] | |
| MATH 1342 | Statistics [TCCN: MATH 1342] | |
| ENGL 1302 | College Composition II [TCCN: ENGL 1302] | |
Sophomore Year
First Semester (15 hrs.)
| POLS 2305 | Introductory American Government [TCCN: GOVT 2305] | |
| CENG 2336 | Geomatics | |
| ACCT 2301 | Principles of Financial Accounting [TCCN: ACCT 2301] | |
| CMGT 2303 | Construction Materials and Methods | |
| CMST 1315 | Introduction to Public Speaking [TCCN: SPCH 1315] | |
Second Semester (15 hrs.)
| POLS 2306 | Introductory Texas Politics [TCCN: GOVT 2306] | |
| BLAW 3301 | Business Law and Social Responsibility | |
| ECON 2301 | Principles of Macroeconomics [TCCN: ECON 2301] | |
| PHIL 2306 | Introduction to Ethics [TCCN: PHIL 2306] | |
| HIST 1302 | United States History II [TCCN: HIST 1302] | |
| or | |
| HIST 1303 | History of Technology and Innovation in U.S. Society since 1865 | |
Junior Year
First Semester (15 hrs.)
Second Semester (15 hrs.)
Senior Year
First Semester (14 hrs.)
| CMGT 4331 | Construction Scheduling | |
| CMGT 4375 | Construction Administration and Economics | |
| CMGT 3315 | Construction Structural Systems II | |
| CMGT 4109 | Preparation for Professional Practice in Construction Management | |
| CMGT 4370 | Construction Management Internship | |
| CMGT 4195 | Construction Management Capstone I | |
Second Semester (15 hrs.)