Construction Management BS

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Introduction

The bachelor of science in construction management includes a solid foundation of construction engineering and management courses, engineering courses, courses from the Business School and College of Architecture and Planning.

Program Delivery

This is an on-campus program.

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General Requirements

To earn a degree, students must satisfy all requirements in each of the areas below, in addition to their individual major requirements.

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Program Requirements

Students must maintain a minimum 2.0 GPA in all courses applying to major requirements.

Required Business courses:
BMIN 1000 - Introduction to Business
BLAW 3050 - Business Law and Ethics
Take 3 additional business courses. Choose 1 of the following options:
Business Fundamentals Minor
BMIN 3001 - Fundamentals of Management and Marketing
BMIN 3002 - Fundamentals of Accounting and Finance
BMIN 3004 - Principles of Strategic Management
Entrepreneurship Certificate
ENTP 3200 - Essentials in Entrepreneurship
ENTP 3230 - Small Business Accounting and Finance
ENTP 3299 - Business Model Development & Planning
Could earn a minor in Entrepreneurship by taking 2 additional ENTP courses as technical electives
Any three of the following courses
ACCT 2200 - Financial Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis
BANA 3000 - Operations Management
MGMT 3000 - Managing Individuals and Teams
MKTG 3000 - Principles of Marketing
MKTG 4700 - Personal Selling and Sales Management
Other courses with advisor approval
Required Architecture Coursework
ARCH 3330 - Building Systems I
ARCH 3340 - Theory of Structures I
ARCH 4340 - Theory of Structures II
ARCH 4440 - Building Systems II
Required Engineering courses:
CVEN 1025
or MECH 1025 - CAD and Graphics for Mechanical Engineering
CVEN 2212 - Engineering Surveying
ENGR 1200 - Fundamentals of Engineering Design Innovation
ENGR 1100 - Fundamentals of Computational Innovation or IWKS 2300 - Computational Foundations of Innovation
Required Construction courses:
CEMT 1000 - Introduction to Construction Management
CEMT 2100 - Construction Management Fundamentals
CEMT 2300 - Heavy Civil Construction and Equipment
CEMT 3100 - Field Engineering and Management
CEMT 4067 - Construction Senior Capstone
CEMT 4231 - Construction Materials and Methods
CEMT 4232 - Construction Planning and Control
CEMT 4233 - Construction Cost Estimating
CEMT 4234 - Sustainable Construction
CEMT 4236 - Project Management Systems
CEMT 4240 - Building Information Modeling (BIM)
CEMT 4242 - Construction Safety
CEMT 4939 - Internship
Required math and science courses:
MATH 1130 - Precalculus Mathematics or MATH 1401 - Calculus I or MATH 1110 - College Algebra and MATH 1120 - College Trigonometry
PHYS 2010 - College Physics I
PHYS 2030 - College Physics Lab I
Take one of the following Statistics courses:
CVEN 3611 - Engineering Statistics
MATH 2830 - Introductory Statistics
MATH 3800 - Probability and Statistics for Engineers
ELEC 3817 - Engineering Probability and Statistics
BANA 2010 - Business Statistics
Take 11 credits of elective courses in math, science, architecture, business, engineering, construction or technical communication.

Note: Up to two 5000-level CEMT or CVEN courses taken at CU Denver for the BSCE can be applied to a CE Master’s degree at CU Denver if relevant to the student’s Master’s degree emphasis as determined by the students Master’s degree advisor.