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Certificate in Construction Management

The following four courses are required:

E M 508 Legal Concepts for Engineers and Technical Managers

E M 564 Project Management

E M 520 Construction P roject Management

E M 5XX Supervision for the Engineers and Technical Managers

E M 508 Legal Concepts for the Engineering and Technical Manager 3 semester credits This course is designed to provide the career engineering manager with a general understanding and knowledge of business law and the legal environment. The course covers generally the laws of the constitution, contracts, sales, business organizations, agency and employment, property, torts, crimes, government regulation, government contracting, and litigation. The course will explore the engineering manager’s own role in the legal environment as well as the relationships between engineering managers and other engineering managers, employees, project owners, prime contractors, subcontractors, and the general public.

E M 564 Project Management 3 semester credits; Prerequisite basic statistics The use of projects and project management continues to grow in our complex society. Project management differs from more traditional organizational management because most projects are one-time, extremely focused efforts. Time, money, people, and other resources must be managed extremely well to achieve success, yet there is usually only one chance to do it right. This course will examine technical tools, (CPM, PERT, Cost and Schedule Control Systems), behavioral issues, and considerations of organizational structure. The objective of the course is to help students understand the strengths and pitfalls of project management. The ultimate goal is to improve the effectiveness of the students at all levels of project management: from project selection and chartering at the highest managerial levels, to day-to-day skills for the project manager, and meaningful contribution and participation for project team members.

E M 595 Topics in EM: Construction Project Management 3 semester credits
Successful construction management requires the judicious application of knowledge and skills in several areas, including developing project proposals and plans, estimating, budgeting, and scheduling, team-building, managing resources, and communications, monitoring progress and managing changes with project controls , and environmental, quality, safety and health issues applied to construction. The student will also learn how to apply project management techniques to various types of construction, both commercial and government, and including shop fabrication.

E M 5XX Topics in E M: Supervision for Engineering and Technological Managers 3 semester credits new Supervision for engineering and technological managers is a study of the role of supervisor and effective supervision. Human relations, leadership, counseling, motivation, communication skills, problem solving, and decision making are all covered. The primary goal is to introduce the fundamentals of supervisory management and provide practical advice on how to handle real-life, on-the-job situations. The course will cover terminology necessary for business and professional communication, planning and organizing, staffing, training, motivation theory and practice, appraisal and counseling of troubled employees and managing a diverse workforce.