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Nov 24, 2024
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2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalog ARCHIVED CATALOG: CONTENT MAY NOT BE CURRENT. USE THE DROP DOWN ABOVE TO ACCESS THE CURRENT CATALOG.
Construction Management Major (BS)
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Construction Management Major- Bachelor of Science (BS)
Please see the UNLV Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering web page at www.unlv.edu/engineering for information about department programs, faculty and facilities.
Please see advising information at the UNLV Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering Advising Center at www.engineering.unlv.edu/advising.
Accreditation
Institution - Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities www.nwccu.org
Program - Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology www.abet.org
Learning Outcomes
- Graduates have a fundamental grounding in mathematics, physics, and statistics.
- Graduates have a strong grounding in business (business, law, economics, engineering economics, and management).
- Graduates have the ability to communicate effectively in written format and to provide professional presentation appropriate to the situation and audience.
- Graduates have the ability to use modern construction management tools in construction management practice.
- Graduates are aware of basic principles of ethical and professional conduct in providing for safety and health to construction practice.
- Graduates fulfill a broad construction management curriculum to include required courses in construction management and construction science.
University Graduation Requirements
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Construction Management Requirements - Total: 130-139
General Education Requirements - Subtotal 40-42 Credits
General Education Requirements required to complete in the Pre Major;
First-Year Seminar, English, Second-Year Seminar, Humanities (distribution requirement) Mathematics, Social Sciences (distribution requirement).
General Education Requirements required to complete in the Pre Major or in Advanced Standing;
Multicultural and International, Constitution, Fine Arts (distribution requirement). First-Year Seminar - Credits: 2-3
(See note 4 below) English Composition - Credits: 6
Second-Year Seminar - Credits: 3
(see note 5 below) Constitutions - Credits: 4
Mathematics - Credits:
Engineering Science Option - Credits: 8
Management Option- Credits: 7
Distribution Requirements - Credits: 18
Please see Distribution Requirement for more information.
- Humanities and Fine Arts: 9 Credits
- Two courses 3 credits each from two different humanities areas - 6 credits
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- (see note 5 below)
- The following humanities course selections are for the Management Option only
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One course in Fine Arts
- Social Science: 9 Credits
- ECON 190 - Global Economics (see notes 1 & 3 below)
- (see notes 2 & 3 below)
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- Life and Physical Sciences and Analytical Thinking:
- Automatically satisfied by Major requirement
Multicultural and International
International - ECON 190 - Global Economics - (see note 3 below )
Multicultural - Fine Arts course to satisfy Multicultural Requirement
These courses may overlap with general education and major requirements. A single course may not meet the multicultural and international requirements simultaneously. For the list of approved multicultural and international courses, go to: http://facultysenate.unlv.edu/students Major Requirements - BS in Construction Management - Engineering Sciences Option - Subtotal: 97
Pre-Major Courses - Credits: 30
Other Required Courses (can be taken as Pre-Major or Advanced Standing) - Credits: 27
Advanced Standing Courses - Credits: 40
Major Requirements - Construction Management Major - Management Option - Subtotal: 89 Credits
Pre-Major Courses - Credits: 26
Other Required Courses (can be taken as Pre-Major or Advanced Standing) - Credits: 20
Advanced Standing Courses - Credits: 43
Notes
- ECON 190 satisfies three credits of the social science requirement and the University International Requirement.
- , Engineering Economics, is approved by the University General Education Committee to meet three credits of the social science requirement.
- UNLV requires six credits of humanities and nine credits of social science. Six of these 15 credits must be taken before the student can achieve advanced standing status. ECON 190 and the Multicultural/Humanities elective may be taken either pre-program or advanced standing. must be taken after achieving advanced standing status.
- preferred for First-Year Seminar.
- will simultaneously satisfy both a humanities requirement and the Second Year Seminar requirement for students obtaining a degree from the College of Engineering that requires more than 120 credits.
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