Construction management represents an industry that organizes or brings together numerous independent businesses and trades to create and build. The constructor works closely with engineers, architects and sub-contractors throughout the construction process to assure timely completion of a project. Our program provides education in technical aspects, such as graphics, equipment, materials, planning and estimating techniques; extensive computer applications exposure; and, the fundamentals of business management techniques. Upon completion of the plan of study, all students will have also earned a minor in business.
Construction careers are broadly diversified. Graduates of this program find employment in many parts of the construction industry, including residential, commercial, and industrial sectors, as well as infrastructure and heavy construction. Typical careers include supervising construction projects, estimating and cost control, scheduling, and project management.
Roger Williams University is a member of the Associated Schools of Construction, an organization devoted to the development and enhancement of construction education. The Construction Management Program is accredited by the American Council for Construction Education (ACCE).
Program goals and objectives for the Construction Management Program are as follows:
- Goal 1: Produce motivated, well-educated, and inquisitive majors with the management and technical skills needed for leadership positions in the construction industry.
√ Objective 1: Graduates will demonstrate the skills required to successfully plan, organize and control a construction project.
√ Objective 2: Graduates will demonstrate strong research and problem solving skills.
√ Objective 3: Graduates will identify their own personal leadership style and will have been provided with various opportunities for practice.
- Goal 2: Offer a program that is rich in external collaboration and produces graduates with strong interpersonal and communicative skills.
√ Objective 1: Graduates will develop an appreciation for the culture and society in which construction exists.
√ Objective 2: Graduates will demonstrate strong oral and written communication skills.
- Goal 3: Maintain adequate resources to deliver high quality education.
√ Objective 1: Provide an appropriate environment for faculty and student professional development.
√ Objective 2: Provide adequate and appropriate facilities, equipment and people to support program instruction.
Degree Requirements
The major in construction management leads to the Bachelor of Science degree. Students must complete a minimum of 126 credits, including satisfaction of all University Core Curriculum requirements. The approved outline is as follows:
First Year (15 credits) - Fall
CNST 100 Introduction to Construction
Management (3 credits)
CNST 130 Plans, Specifications and
Building Codes (3 credits)
CORE 102 History and the Modern World (3 credits)
MATH 207 Applied Calculus (3 credits)
WTNG 102 Expository Writing (3 credits)
First Year (16 credits) - Spring
CNST 116 Computer Applications for Construction (3 credits)
CNST 200 Construction Methods and
Materials & Lab (4 credits)
CORE 103 Human Behavior in Perspective (3 credits)
ECON 102 Principles of Microeconomics (3 credits)
WTNG 220 Critical Writing for the Professions (3 credits)
Second Year (17 credits) - Fall
ACCTG 101 Accounting I: Financial (3 credits)
CNST 201 Advanced Construction Methods and
Materials & Lab (4 credits)
COMM 210 Intro. to Speech Communication (3 credits)
CORE 101 Science, Technology and Society (4 credits)
CORE 104 Literature, Philosophy and the
Ascent of Ideas (3 credits)
Second Year (16 credits) - Spring
CNST 250 Construction Equipment (3 credits)
CNST 260 Construction Estimating
and Scheduling (3 credits)
CORE 105 The Artistic Impulse (3 credits)
MRKT 200 Marketing Principles (3 credits)
PHYS 201 Physics I and Lab (4 credits)
Third Year (16 credits) - Fall
ENGR 210 Engineering Mechanics I (Statics) (3 credits)
CNST 302 Surveying I and Lab (4 credits)
CNST 321 Advanced Building Estimating (3 credits)
MGMT 200 Management Principles (3 credits)
Core Concentration #1 (3 credits)
Third Year (15 credits) - Spring
CNST 304 Structures II (3 credits)
CNST 450 Construction Planning and Scheduling (3 credits)
CORE Core Interdisciplinary Senior Seminar (3 credits)
MATH 124 Basic Statistics (3 credits)
Core Concentration #2 (3 credits)
Fourth Year (16 credits) - Fall
CNST 475 Construction Project Control (3 credits)
CNST 445 Construction Project Management
and Safety & Lab (4 credits)
Core Concentration #3 (3 credits)
Core Concentration #4 (3 credits)
LS 221 Law of Contracts (3 credits)
Fourth Year (15 credits) - Spring
CNST 455 Mechanical/Electrical Design (3 credits)
CNST 480 Capstone Project, Ethics and
New Technology (3 credits)
LS 436 Construction Law (3 credits)
Business Elective (3 credits)
Core Concentration #5 (3 credits)
Total: 126 Semester Credits
The business elective must be selected from 200-level or higher courses with a ACCTG, BUSN, ECON, FNCE, MGMT or MRKT prefix.
The Construction Management minor is a five-course program particularly appropriate for students whose major is architecture or business. The courses in the minor are designed to provide students with the skills and basic knowledge required to move into an entry-level professional construction industry position. Estimating, scheduling, and project management are some of the courses that make up the minor. Up to one minor course may be satisfied by courses from the student’s own major field of study.
Required Courses:
CNST 260 Construction Estimating And Scheduling
CNST 445 Construction Project Management and Safety
Select three:
CNST 130 Plans, Specifications and Building Codes
CNST 200 Construction Methods and Materials & Lab
CNST 250 Construction Equipment
CNST 302 Surveying I & Lab
CNST 321 Advanced Building Estimating
CNST 450 Construction Planning and Scheduling