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Courses: Construction Management (CNST)

6100: Construction Management Seminar
Cr. 1. (1-0). Prerequisites: None. This course covers areas of interest in Construction Management. Students are introduced to research methods and fields available in the MT program.

6198:6298:6398: Special Problems
Cr. 1-3 per semester. Prerequisites: Graduate standing and approval of department chair.

6302: Quantitative Methods for Project Management
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: TECH 6360 . Quantitative analysis, linear programming, simulation, and their applicability to the construction project environment.

6303: Construction Quality Control and Methods Improvement
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: TMTH 3360 and TECH 6360 or consent of instructor. Quality system and modern quality assessment and improvement techniques applicable to construction projects. Statistical quality control and process control methods for quality construction.

6305: Construction Management Principles
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Principles common to construction management processes. Basic techniques for project control skills.

6310: Construction Contract Administration
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Issues of administering construction contracts including: purpose of contract documents, legal hierarchy, interrelationships, liabilities, communications challenges, establishing chain of commands, warranties, and progress/final payments.

6320: Cost Analysis and Bidding
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Preparation of parametric and definitive estimates, cost forecasts and variances, bid analysis, and use of estimating software.

6325: Practicum in Construction Management
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: Completion of 12 graduate credits, a 3.25 GPA and consent of advisor. Work experience in a pre-approved industrial site or research facility. Analyze, integrate, improve, organize and manage a complex system relevant to the student's field of study.

6330: Project Planning and Management
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Planning and scheduling techniques, including: bar charts, CPM network, resource loading and leveling, cost and schedule integration, time-cost tradeoff, schedule reduction, probabilistic scheduling, PERT and Monte-Carlo simulation.

6350: Decision Making and Risk Management
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Decision making, risk analysis, quantitative analysis, and application of quantitative methods to construction projects' environment.

6360: Computer Applications in Construction Management
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Development of Relational Databases, Building Information Modeling (BIM), 4D schedule visualization, and construction simulation.

6370: Quality Management and Six Sigma in Construction Management
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Concepts, standards, and tools of quality managment with emphasis on the Six Sigma methodology for construction projects.

6380: LEED and Green Construction Principles in Construction Management
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Green construction methods and benefits in applying the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) principles.

6396: Master’s Project
Cr. 3. (3-0). Master’s project. May be repeated for six semester hour credits.

6397: Selected Topics in Construction Management Technology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: Graduate standing and approval of department chair. May be repeated with approval of the department chair.

6399: Thesis Research
Cr. 3. May be repeated for six semester hours credit.