Construction Management

Program Description:

Today’s construction industry utilizes construction management best practices to oversee, manage and control the scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety and risk during all stages of its projects life-cycle (planning, design, pre-construction, construction and closeout).  Successful completion of construction management courses prepares students for construction management entry-level opportunities in one of many  functions and/or postilions that support the construction project management team.  For students who already have prior construction industry experience, this program will prepare them for potential promotional opportunities.

Requirements:

A.S. Degree in Construction Management (34 Units)   

Student Learning Outcomes:                                                                                                 

Students completing the Construction Management A.S. Degree will:

1. Demonstrate effective communication, both orally and in writing.
2. Demonstrate the ability to estimate quantities and costs for the bidding process in a construction project.
3. Demonstrate the ability to schedule a basic construction project.
4. Demonstrate the ability to use current technology related to the construction process.
5. Interpret construction documents (contracts, specifications, and drawings) used in managing a construction project.
6. Apply basic principles of construction accounting.
7. Use basic surveying techniques used in building layout.
8. Discuss basic principles of ethics in the construction industry.
9. Identify the fundamentals of contracts, codes, and regulations that govern a construction project.
10. Recognize basic construction methods, materials and equipment.
11. Recognize basic safety hazards on a construction site and standard prevention measures.
12. Recognize the basic principles of structural design.
13. Recognize the basic principles of mechanical, electrical and piping systems.

Program learning outcomes are established in alignment with the American Council for Construction Education (ACCE) Student Learning Outcomes to provide the student with the listed knowledge, skills and abilities.

16 - Associate of Science - Construction Management

The goal of the Citrus College Construction Management Program is four-fold:

1. Prepare students with the foundational knowledge, skills, and competencies of the technical aspects of the construction management profession; and,
2. Provide students with a comprehensive construction management education, training, and preparation to assume in-demand construction management opportunities; and,
3. Prepare students to acquire industry-recognized Construction Management credentials; and,
4. Pursue accreditation of the Program by the American Council for Construction Education (ACCE).
   

Construction management teams assume key management and oversight functions that include tasks performed at all levels of a construction enterprise. Such tasks include managing and  leading the project team, administering the construction project contract, planning and developing the construction scope, overseeing the design process, managing and controlling the budget and schedule, accounting, field office management, document and control, coordination of materials and equipment resources,  estimating, managing and mitigating risk, administering progress payments to contractors, ensuring adherence to quality and safety requirements, coordinating construction inspections and materials testing, monitoring work progress, engaging with stakeholders and ensuring appropriate contract closure and timely turnover of the project deliverables to the owner or agency. Upon completion of the program coursework, students will be able to assimilate in the construction project environment and pursue one of the in-demand  opportunities available in the construction industry. 

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)
CM 110	Introduction and Fundamentals of Construction Management	3	Y1
CM 120	Plans Reading	2	Y1
CM 121	Construction Contract Documents, Codes and Specifications	2	Y1
CM 130	Surveying Methods and Applications	3	Y1
CM 210	Construction Project Safety	3	Y1
CM 270	Construction Means, Methods and Equipment	3	Y1
CM 275	Construction Estimating	3	Y2
CM 281	Principles of Mechanical, Electrical and Piping Systems	2	Y2
CM 282	Principles of Structural Design	3	Y2
CM 290	Construction Planning, Scheduling and Cost Control	3	Y2
CM 295	Construction Project Management Capstone	3	Y2
CM 699C	Cooperative Education	4	Y2

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