The Construction Management program aims to foster dynamic opportunities for learning through hands-on, collaborative experiences, flexible learning modalities, and pathways to obtaining knowledge and skills. The program prepares students for both present and future careers that are impactful, rewarding, and mission-driven.
The program aims to expand services to underrepresented, and low-income students in STEM majors by designing programs that are timely and relevant, offer excellent earnings, and upward mobility, and project sustained employment growth. Support services in advising, financial literacy, and community outreach yield further benefits by empowering students to be resilient, self-sufficient, ethical, responsible, and contributing citizens of the world.
The Construction Management program is WASC accredited through the University.
Mission
The mission of the Construction Management program is to transform the built environment by building sustainably. Students integrate design, technology, business analytics, and executive skills with sustainability and the liberal arts, using experiential, hands-on learning to advance as agile, future-ready leaders and entrepreneurs in the developer, construction, and design-related industries.
Work Experience
Prior to graduation, BS students must complete and record a minimum of 128 hours of work experience. This work experience must be compensated at no less than the applicable minimum wage. To ensure a close relationship between the student's work experience and their academic coursework, each student's internship is required to be directly related to their degree program and supervised by professionals in the built environment. Freelance work is not considered a supervised experience. While pre-approval of these internships is not required, students are strongly encouraged to verify with the WSOA Career Services Department whether the location they intend to work will satisfy the above requirements. Once work experience hours are completed, students must submit an Employer Work Experience Verification Form (completed by their employer) and Student Work Experience Reflection Form (completed by the student) to the WSOA Career Services Department for approval and recording. The required forms are available for download on the Student SharePoint, school website, or by request from WSOA Career Services.
In lieu of the paid work experience requirement above, students may also complete up to 160 hours of volunteer work with pre-approved non-profit organizations. As the aforementioned forms may not be applicable to the volunteer experience, students opting to take this route will instead submit a letter from their supervisor (on the organization's letterhead) verifying the student's responsibilities, number of hours worked, and how well the student executed their assignments. This letter will be submitted directly to the WSOA Career Services Department for approval and recording.
Additional Learning Opportunities
Internships and work experience are part of the curriculum, so students have hands-on experience prior to graduation.
Technology and Computer Requirements
Students are provided a user license for most software applications.
Students are encouraged to acquire a laptop computer as it will be integral to all aspects of their work. Computer labs offer a good supplement.
Program Learning Outcomes
Program learning outcomes involve planning, coordinating, and supervising building projects; with a unique emphasis on design thinking, digital tools (BIM, information management, multimedia, AI, automation/ mechanization tools, AR/VR, data analytics), and environmental stewardship.
Sustainability
Design for the shared and circular economies and for resilience in a 21st century context.
Technology
- Apply BIM, construction technologies and field technologies.
- Use analytic inquiry and interpretive applications when exploring innovative software, including open- source tools, in sustainability
Business
- Apply business models to sustainable construction.
- Prepare financial and budget information for sustainable construction management.
Design Thinking, Systems Thinking, and Innovation
- Apply human-centered design principles when finding solutions to industry challenges and hands- on project work.
- Apply the principles of systems engineering and the holistic approach to design when addressing complex problems.
Collaboration
Engage with multidisciplinary, construction, and design-build teams to understand the importance of collaboration.
Communication
Communicate effectively in written, verbal, visual communications, and media literacy (fact checking, disinformation).
Professional Practice
- Apply professionalism and ethics in the workplace.
- Demonstrate technical skills as a contributing member of the workforce.
- Solicit ideas from diverse stakeholders when solving complex problems.
- Discuss principles of equity and inclusion in the workplace, recognize such inequities when confronted, and suggest improvements to such situational conditions.
Assessment Process
Summative Assessment Experiences
This program has a final thesis project.
Program Specific Academic Standards
The program will follow the University Academic Standards.
Curriculum Summary
Program Major Curriculum
| Unit Type (UT) |
# of Units |
| Major (MA) |
72 |
| General Education (GE) |
44 |
| Unrestricted Electives (UE) |
7 |
| Work Experience (WE) |
0 |
| Minimum Total Units Required |
123 |
Suggested Sequence of Courses
First Year
Fall Semester
| DCMG 101 | Design Studio 1 | 6 |
| CORE 101 | Computer Science I | 3 |
| SUPR 100 | Intro to Environmental Prob & Des | 3 |
| SUPR 110 | Intro to Environ Policy and Management | 3 |
LSCI ___
| Information Theory and Practice | 1 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
Spring Semester
| DCMG 105 | Theory of Structures | 4 |
| SUPR 230 | Ecology/Earth Science/Infrastructure | 3 |
| WRIT 113 | First-Year Academic Writing | 3 |
MATH 2__
| Mathematics Elective | 3 |
____ ___
| Unrestricted Elective | 1 |
____ ___
| Unrestricted Elective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
Type:
DCMG 105 and SUPR 230: MA
MATH 2__ Mathematics Elective and WRIT 113: GE
Unrestricted Elective (3) and Unrestricted Elective (1): UE
Second Year
Fall Semester
| DCMG 202 | Materials & Methods of Construction 1 | 3 |
| DCMG 203 | Construction Surveying and Estimating | 3 |
| DCMG 204 | Construction Mngt and Contract Admin | 3 |
| ENVT 220 | Environmental Studies | 3 |
| MDST 120 | Public Speaking | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Spring Semester
Summer Term
____ ___
| Summer Field Internship | 0 |
Type:
Summer Field Internship: WE.
Third Year
Fall Semester
| DCMG 302 | Materials and Methods of Construction 2 | 3 |
| DCMG 304 | Energy: Mechanical Systems HVAC | 3 |
| BCIS 100 | Foundations of Information Systems | 3 |
| PHIL 210 | Ethical Systems | 3 |
| WRIT 313 | Advanced Academic Writing | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Spring Semester
| DCMG 301 | Design Studio 3: Experience | 6 |
| DCMG 303 | Materials and Methods of Construction 3 | 3 |
| DCMG 305 | History and Theory of Built Environment | 3 |
| CSDC 314 | TECHNOLOGY AND MAKING 4: ARCHITECTURE AND ROBOTICS | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
| DCMG 402 | Entrepreneurship and Management | 3 |
| DCMG 403 | Water: Plumbing and Site System | 3 |
| DCMG 404 | Construction Management Law and Ethics | 3 |
____ 3__
| Upper Division Interdisciplinary Elective | 3 |
____ ___
| Natural Science with Lab Elective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Type:
DCMG 402, DCMG 403 and DCMG 404: MA
Upper Division Interdisciplinary Elective and Natural Science with Lab Elective: GE.
Spring Semester
| DCMG 401 | Design Studio 4: Project-Based Design | 6 |
| DCMG 405 | Construction Materials: Testing and Inspection | 3 |
____ 3__
| Upper Division General Education Elective | 3 |
____ ___
| Unrestricted Elective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Type:
DCMG 401 and DCMG 405: MA.
Upper Division General Education Elective: GE.
Unrestricted Elective: UE.
Program Minor Curriculum
Students must complete 15 units from the courses listed below.
This course is required for the Construction Management minor:
DCMG 208
Choose four from these courses:
SUPR 110, DCMG 202, DCMG 204, DCMG 305, DCMG 402, DCMG 404 or DCMG 405
Other courses may be considered if they meet the program mission statement. Requires Chair approval.
| DCMG 208 | Sustainable Construction | 3 |
| SUPR 110 | Intro to Environ Policy and Management | 3 |
| DCMG 202 | Materials & Methods of Construction 1 | 3 |
| DCMG 204 | Construction Mngt and Contract Admin | 3 |
| DCMG 305 | History and Theory of Built Environment | 3 |
| DCMG 402 | Entrepreneurship and Management | 3 |
| DCMG 404 | Construction Management Law and Ethics | 3 |
| DCMG 405 | Construction Materials: Testing and Inspection | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |