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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 masters 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 masters level requirements over two academic years, with award of each degree at completion of its respective requirements. Merging the senior year and masters 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.
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Prerequisites
I & ME 350 or STAT 216 - Statistics
CE308- Construction Company Operations
CE 307- Estimating
CE 405- Scheduling
A capstone course in your undergraduate discipline and Industry experience such as a summer internship
are highly recommended.
You are required to take GRE exam prior to applying for the MCEM program, preferably when you are within one semester of receiving your undergraduate degree. |
Program of Study
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Fall Semester |
Spring Semester |
CE 504 (3)
CE 505 (3)
CE 575 (1)
Elective (3)
Elective (3)
Elective (3)
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CE 506 (3)
CE 554 (3)
CE 575 (2)
Elective (3)
Elective (3) |
Recommended Electives
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Fall Semester |
Spring Semester |
CE 404
FIN450
FIN 453
MGMT 402
Mgmt 462
MGMT 472
MKTG 446
I&ME 425
I&ME 525
ARCH 523
POLS 555 |
CE 404
MGMT 464
MGMT 468
MGMT 461
MGMT 403
MKTG 441
LRES 460 |
Any other 400 level or 500 level CE course or any other 400 level or 500 level course approved by your graduate committee can be used as an elective in the MCEM program. |
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| All Students obtaining the MCEM degree will work
as a team member to solve a realistic problem
existing for a construction company. The
recommended solution to this problem will be
given in a comprehensive oral and written
presentation to construction faculty and
industrial managers. |
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