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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.

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.

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.

6340: Best Practices in the Construction Industry
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Current issues in the construction industry, including best practices developed at the Construction Industry Institute (CII) and critical issues facing the construction industry.

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 management 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.

6390: Leadership for Construction Managers
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Leadership theories and styles, motivation and management of a diverse construction workforce, and ability to succeed in a global/international market.

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 (3-0). May be repeated for six semester hours credit.