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 The
construction management curriculum is designed to blend the technical
aspects with the business aspects of the construction industry to produce a
professional graduate who can manage construction processes effectively and
efficiently. The curriculum is fully accredited by the American Council for
Construction Education and may be divided into four segments. The first
area is general education requirements by the University. This area
includes courses in English, math, natural sciences, social science, art,
and humanities. The second area is engineering with selected required
courses in civil engineering and industrial engineering. The third area is
business administration. Courses in this area include management,
accounting, finance, and economics. The fourth area includes courses taught
specifically for construction majors. These include graphics, estimating,
contract, project planning and scheduling, construction methods, cost
control, administration, law, and construction management. . It is the only
four-year program in the nation that offers technical course work , including estimating, in residential, commercial,
industrial, and highway construction. The Construction Management Program’s
graduates are nationally known to possess exceptional capabilities in
estimating.
The BS in Construction Management program at LSU is an ACCE accredited
construction management program. This page overviews the program's
curriculum and requirements, as well as issues that may be relevant to
students seeking admission to the program. Please be aware that the
LSU General Catalog for the year you enter college is your ultimate rule
book for the curricular requirements to earn your degree, and that the
information presented here is intended only to summarize and supplement
that document for the current catalog year.
Applying and Admission
Requirements
Please visit LSU's Prospective Student
Page for information on applying for a degree, admissions requirements,
tuition, and many other aspects of student life.
Course
Requirements
To obtain a BS in Construction Management you must take all
the courses listed for the Construction Management curriculum in the LSU
General Catalog for your catalog year. New students, or students
re-entering after 2 or more semesters leave from LSU, will enter on the
current year's catalog. The course requirements for the current
catalog year are listed below. These requirements are also graphically
presented in flowcharts which are used extensively in our advising process
- see the flowcharts link at the top of this page.
TOTAL SEM. HRS. . 123
Admission into the College of Engineering is required for
construction management majors prior to taking any construction management
course numbered above CM 2121
A grade of "C" or better is required in all CM
prerequisite courses; ENGL 1001 and 2000; MATH 1550; PHYS 2001 and 2002.
General education required courses are marked with asterisks
(*).
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FRESHMAN YEAR
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SEM.
HRS.
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Construction
Management 1010, 2012
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6
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English 1001*
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3
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General
education arts course*
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3
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General
education life sciences course*
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3
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General
education humanities course*
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6
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Approved
elective
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3
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ISDS 1100
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3
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Mathematics
1550*
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5
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32
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SOPHOMORE YEAR
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SEM.
HRS.
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Accounting 2000,
2101
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6
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Construction
Management 2121, 2131, 2141
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9
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Economics 2030*
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3
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English 2000*
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3
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Physics 2001,*
2002*
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6
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General education
communication studies course*
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3
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30
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JUNIOR YEAR
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SEM.
HRS.
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Construction
Management 3000, 3100, 3121, 3131, 3141, 3303, 3400, 3505
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24
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Experimental
statistics 2201* or Mathematics 1552*
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4
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General education
social sciences course*
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3
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31
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SENIOR YEAR
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SEM.
HRS.
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Construction
Management 3506, 4200, 4201, 4202
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12
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Approved
business/management electives
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9
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Approved
electives
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6
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Industrial
Engineering 3201
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3
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30
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Grade
Requirements
To graduate with a BS in Construction Management you must
have a C average (2.0) or better overall AND in your major for all course
work at LSU and transferred to LSU from other institutions. This is a
requirement on your average grade point.
To demonstrate proficiency in basic science and math, CM
students must complete MATH 1550, PHYS 2001, and PHYS 2002 with a
"C" or better.
English proficiency is also a requirement for graduation.
Student must demonstrate English proficiency by earning a C or better, or
receiving advanced standing credit, in ENGL 1001 and ENGL 2000.
General Education Requirements
General education courses provide students with a broader
understanding of the world around them, insuring that they can relate to
the diversity of cultures, attitudes, and backgrounds that they will
encounter in their careers. They are the means by which students
learn to think, describe, interpret, and analyze the world. Their primary
aim is to educate, rather than train, and to instill a desire for life-long
learning.
To fulfill these requirements, students must complete 39
hours of course work in six major areas:
- English composition (six hours)
- Analytical reasoning (six hours)
- Arts (three hours)
- Humanities (nine hours)
- Natural sciences (nine hours)
- Social sciences (six hours)
The CM program requires specific courses be taken in several
of these categories.
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General Education Area
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Courses Required
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English
composition (6 hrs)
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ENGL 1001, ENGL
2000
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Analytical
reasoning (6 hrs)
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MATH 1550, MATH
1552 or EXST 2201
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Arts (3 hrs)
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Choose 1 from
the Gen. Ed. list
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Humanities (9 hrs)
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Choose 3 from
the Gen. Ed. list. At least 1 course to be a CMST elective
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Natural sciences
(9 hrs)
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PHYS 2001, 2002,
GEOL 1001
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Social sciences
(6 hrs)
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ECON 2030 plus 1
from the Gen. Ed. list
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Life Sciences (3
hrs)
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Choose 1 from
the Gen. Ed. list
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Students may alternatively take the Honors college
equivalent of these courses.
The General Education list may be found in the LSU General
Catalog for your catalog year. You can find links to these lists on the
flowchart link at the top of this page. It is critical that you only choose
General Education courses listed for your specific catalog year.
There are some additional regulations regarding General
Education requirements:
- Only those courses on the approved list, and their honors equivalents,
may be used to satisfy the general education requirement.
- No more than six hours of credit taken through correspondence study
may be applied to a student's general education requirement.
- An entering student may receive three or six hours of credit
in English composition on the basis of ACT scores and/or performance
on approved placement tests.
- An entering student may receive credit for one or more of the required
mathematics courses on the basis of placement test
scores.
- Advanced placement and advanced standing credit may be used to satisfy the general education
requirement.
- General education courses will be graded on the “A,”
“B,” “C,” “D,” “F” system. No courses taken on a pass/fail
basis will count toward the general education requirement.
Construction
Management Technical Electives
In the BSCM curriculum, you will see 9 credit hours (3
courses) of "Approved Electives" and 9 credit hours (3 courses)
of "Approved business/management electives" listed in the Senior
year. The list of approved elective courses may be found on the "flowcharts"
link at the top of this page. The electives allow a student to begin
specializing into a particular area of Construction Management matching
their career objectives.
Minors
Many Construction Management students also pursue one or
more Minors in addition to their CM program. A minor is additional
coursework in a particular specialization area. Students take minors which
they feel with strengthen their career preparation and make them more
competitive in the job market. Most minors require 18-30 credit hours of
coursework. Completed minors are noted on your official transcript.
Course
Substitutions
Occasionally it is impossible for a student to take all
required courses (for example, a course on an older catalog may no longer
be taught). In such cases it is possible to substitute an equivalent
course. Such substitution requires the approval of the CM Undergraduate
Coordinator. The substitution will appear on your degree audit and
transcript once approved.
Taking Courses at Other
Schools
You may decide to take a course at another university or
another campus in the LSU system, perhaps during the summer. If you plan to
use these credits toward degree requirements, you must be in good academic
standing at LSU and you must obtain prior approval in writing for
each course. Approval forms are available in the College of Engineering
office (3304 PFT Hall). Approval for construction management courses must
be obtained from the CM Undergraduate Coordinator and possibly the
coordinators of other programs (if taking non-CM courses). The
approval form also establishes what the equivalent course at LSU is. To see
course equivalencies for Louisiana and other states colleges and universities, see the
LSU Tiger Transfer Tables website.
Be aware that other universities may have different credit
hour and semester systems. For instance, a 4 credit hour course at a University
with a trimester system (8-10 week semester) may only transfer as 2.5
credit hours to LSU. You should make sure that courses taken at other
schools will transfer with sufficient credit to replace the equivalent
course at LSU.
LSU has a special relationship with Southern University and
Baton Rouge Community College which allows cross-registration in courses
considered equivalent to LSU courses (students can take courses at Southern
and BRCC at the same time taking courses at LSU). For courses taken
during the normal academic year semesters, students are limited to at most
1 math, 1 science, and 1 engineering/cm course. This limit does not
apply to courses taken during the summer terms. See the College of
Engineering counselors for approval and instructions for cross-registering.
Note that there is a minimum residency requirement for
College of Engineering. Students must take AT LEAST 30 credit hours of
coursework within the College of Engineering at LSU. This limits the
number of CM courses that can be taken at other universities.
Exchange
Programs
LSU has been actively promoting having students study abroad
for one or more semesters. Exchange programs broaden students
exposure to and understanding of other cultures, which is critical in our
increasingly global economy. Please see http://ocs-web2.ocs.lsu.edu/apa/
for more details on these opportunities and how to arrange them.
Transfer
Students
To be considered for admission the College of Engineering,
transfer students must have earned a 2.5 GPA for all college-level course
work attempted as well as all other college admission requirements. The
calculation is made using LSU's system of counting all attempts at all courses,
even if your former institution used another system, such as replacing
grades in repeated courses. The catalog allows the Dean to grant admission
in exceptional cases if the GPA is below a 2.5, but above a 2.0. Upon
written request, the Dean will evaluate an applicant's entire academic
record and may grant admission to the College.
The transfer process is a multi-step process:
1.
First apply and have your transcripts
sent to LSU.
2.
Attend a Transfer Student Orientation
(you will be assigned an orientation date once you are accepted to LSU).
3.
Once you arrive at LSU, LSU Admissions
will evaluate your coursework taken at other institutions to determine if
they can be accepted at LSU. This process does not evaluate whether
courses are equivalent to existing courses at LSU (exception: other higher
education institutions in Louisiana have established equivalency relations
with LSU for many courses).
4.
Transferred courses are then evaluated
by specific programs (Physics transfer courses would be evaluated by Physics
for example) and by the CM Undergraduate Coordinator to determine
equivalence to existing LSU courses required by the CM program.
Substitutions are then made for courses deemed equivalent.
5.
BRCC transfer students: click on the
following link for details on the "Memorandum of Understanding" between BRCC
and LSU: BRCC-LSU Memorandum of Understanding.
Advising Process
The College of Engineering has a formal advising process
designed to keep students on track in the curriculum and help them resolve
any problems they encounter.
Once a student formerly enters Construction Management
(generally at the end of their freshman year), they are assigned a faculty
advisor. They will need to meet with their advisor each semester prior to
registration (a registration block is placed making advising mandatory).
Students - including freshman not yet in the College of
Engineering - can also see the CM Undergraduate Coordinator at any time
with advising questions.
For questions about General Education requirements, please
see one of the College of Engineering counselors (in 3304 PFT Hall). They
stay up to date on the latest approved courses and rules.
For questions on
course transfers and substitutions, see the CM Undergraduate Coordinator.
Meeting Graduation
Requirements
In addition to advising, the College of Engineering has a
procedure called "Senior Check-Out" which is designed to assure
you meet graduation requirements. The check-out procedure occurs early in
the semester prior to the semester in which you anticipate graduation. You
will be contacted by the College of Engineering to initiate the check out process. See the CM Undergraduate Coordinator
for this procedure and NOT your assigned CM advisor.
CM students a year
or more ahead of you. They know the ropes and can help answer your
questions. Join the Construction Students Association. It will help you get
to know fellow students and alumni in profession.
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