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Construction Management · B.S.

Construction Management: four-year plan

A sample term-by-term path to the B.S. in Construction Management.

How to read this plan

This is a sample path to the B.S. in Construction Management in four years at about 15–16 credits per term. Your actual plan depends on placement, transfer credit, a chosen concentration, and when courses are offered — build it with your adviser and check it against your degree audit. Course numbers link to the catalog.

Year 1 · Fall 14 credits

  • UNIV 1000 First-Year Seminar (1 cr)
  • ENGL 1010 Composition I (3 cr)
  • MATH 1400 Precalculus (4 cr)
  • ARCH 1100 Architectural Graphics (3 cr)
  • ENGL 1010 Composition I (3 cr)

Year 1 · Spring 15 credits

  • ENGL 1020 Composition II (3 cr)
  • MATH 1600 Introductory Statistics (3 cr)
  • ARCH 1300 Building Information Modeling I (3 cr)
  • ENGL 1020 Composition II (3 cr)
  • COMM 1100 Public Speaking (3 cr)

Year 2 · Fall 17 credits

  • MATH 2400 Calculus I (4 cr)
  • CNST 1500 Introduction to Construction (3 cr)
  • CNST 2100 Construction Materials and Methods (4 cr)
  • Fine Arts elective (3 cr)
  • Humanities elective (3 cr)

Year 2 · Spring 16 credits

  • ARCH 2100 Architectural Design Studio I (4 cr)
  • ARCH 2300 Building Construction I (3 cr)
  • Social Science elective (3 cr)
  • Global Perspectives elective (3 cr)
  • PHIL 2300 Ethics (3 cr)

Year 3 · Fall 11 credits

  • CNST 2400 Construction Graphics and BIM (3 cr)
  • ARCH 2500 Building Construction II (3 cr)
  • CNST 3100 Estimating (3 cr)
  • Wellness elective (2 cr)

Year 3 · Spring 16 credits

  • ARCH 3100 Architectural Design Studio II (4 cr)
  • CNST 3300 Scheduling and Project Controls (3 cr)
  • Free elective (3 cr)
  • COOP 2000 Cooperative Education (recommended) (0 cr)
  • Free elective (3 cr)

Year 4 · Fall 12 credits

  • ARCH 3300 Building Systems (3 cr)
  • CNST 3500 Construction Law and Contracts (3 cr)
  • ARCH 3500 Codes, Accessibility, and Specifications (3 cr)
  • Free elective (3 cr)

Year 4 · Spring 12 credits

  • CNST 3700 Mechanical and Electrical Systems (3 cr)
  • CNST 3900 Construction Safety Management (3 cr)
  • ENGL 1010 Composition I (3 cr)
  • ENGL 1020 Composition II (3 cr)

Fictional information

UW–Porter Falls is a work of parody. This four-year plan and every course in it is invented.