Western Nevada College in Carson City, Nevada, offers a bachelor's degree in Construction Management. The 128-credit program gives you the supervisory and business skills to become a construction manager. You will learn construction methods, as well as project and planning management. Coursework includes general education, business and construction classes. Among the courses offered are Electrical Distribution System, Elementary Surveying, Construction Cost Estimating, Construction Site Safety and Blueprint Reading.
You can obtain a bachelor's degree in Construction Management from the University of Houston. Students acquire a knowledge base in soils, structural systems, contract administration, estimating, planning, codes and site development. The goal of the program is to give graduates the skills to work in the industrial, commercial and heavy civil segments of the construction industry. Construction Management students take some business courses as part of the major. Among the classes offered are Construction Documents, Project Controls and Steel Construction.
Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan offers a bachelor's degree in Construction Management. The program trains you in basic construction technology, with classes in general education, science and mathematics. Coursework includes instruction in scheduling, total quality management, estimating, engineering fundamentals, business management and technical communication. There are two concentrations offered to students: highway/bridge and commercial/industrial. Graduates can expect to work in areas of estimating, field inspection, subcontracting, field supervision and project coordination.
You can obtain a bachelor's degree in Construction Management from Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta, Georgia. Students choose from three concentrations. The general concentration includes coursework in Building Codes and Construction Safety. The development concentration includes courses in Site Planning and Commercial Construction. The Speciality concentration includes classes such as Sustainable Construction, Building Codes and Estimating. The school also offers online certificate programs which include Land Development, Project Management, Specialty Construction and Highway Construction Project Management. They also offer a master's degree in Construction Management.
The ITT Technical Institute offers an online bachelor's degree in Construction Management. Graduates of the program can expect to find entry-level positions in construction project management, building code compliance, construction safety and construction estimating. Classes are all conducted online, so you need a computer, Internet service and an email account. There are general education courses required for this major. Among the classes offered are Building Codes, Cost Estimating, Construction Safety Management and Commercial Construction Methods.