Program Objectives

The Department of Civil Engineering offers a graduate program in Construction Engineering Management (MCEM). Students interested in pursuing a graduate level education in construction with multidisciplinary input and a professional development emphasis will be able to expand their abilities to perform as professional constructors for contractor, engineer, and owner organizations. Application of this graduate program will fit the engineering, industrial, and building areas of the construction arena. The Civil Engineering Department maintains close contact with the construction industry in our geographical area. Graduate students will benefit from this collaboration as they complete requirements for the MCEM degree.

Unlike a traditional research-based master’s program, students wishing to pursue the MCEM degree can enter the program at the start of their senior year. They will participate simultaneously in fast-paced, highly structured undergraduate and graduate degree programs. The program is set up for normal completion of undergraduate and master’s level requirements over two academic years, with award of each degree at completion of its respective requirements. Merging the senior year and master’s course work allows better integration of multidisciplinary courses. The simultaneous graduate and undergraduate course work leading to a professional/practitioner-oriented advanced degree is the first program of its kind in the field of construction engineering management in the United States.

The highly structured and intensive post-graduate construction management curriculum emphasizes continued course work, precluding graduate assistantship appointments and support. Admission to the program is at the normal 3.00 GPA level. GPA requirements may be waived in exceptional cases.

Admission Requirements

Students applying for admission into the MCEM program from disciplines other than Construction Engineering Technology must have completed at least two years of college course work in their degree area and 30 semester credits of MCEM  course work. Once admitted, they will complete requirements for their undergraduate program of choice, the required prerequisites, and the 30 credits for the MCEM degree.