Industrial Technology

Construction Management Concentration

This concentration is designed to prepare graduates for advancement opportunities in construction-related industries primarily as superintendents, project managers, estimators, construction managers, and project executives. Students in this concentration take courses that emphasize theories and applications of planning, managing, directing, organizing and controlling construction operations.

This concentration is for all students who are
• interested in pursuing a rewarding career in construction management, or
• currently licensed in a building trade, or
• experienced construction workers wishing to expand their job responsibilities, or
• graduates of a construction related associates degree program

To satisfy the technical competency requirements, non-traditional students with construction related trades experience, may complete a portfolio assessment based on the State of Maine standards for Secondary Vocational Education. To satisfy the technical competency requirements transfer students must complete a construction –related associate degree program from a regionally-accredited community or technical college (2+2 articulation agreements are currently in place with Central and Southern Maine Community Colleges).

Program Requirements

Core Curriculum - 31 credits

Basic Competency - 9 credits
ENG 100C English Competency
Pre-Calculus (or above)
Reasoning

Fine Arts - 6 credits (courses from a different department)
Performance Centered
History Centered

Humanities - 6 credits (courses from a different prefixes)
Literature
Other Times/Other Culture

Social Sciences - 6 credits (courses from a different department)
Economics

Natural Sciences - 4 credits (with Lab)
Physics

Departmental Requirements

Writing Intensive - 3 Credits
W ITP 210 Technical Writing

Program Requirements (16 Credits)
EYE 112 Built Environment
ITT 181 Intro to Computers
MAT 148 Applied Calculus
........Statistics
K ... ..Geology with lab

General Electives - 6-7 Credits

Professional Required - 36 Credits
ITC 100 Intro Construction Management
ITP 280 Industrial Organization, Management, & Supervision
BUS 280 Legal Environment Business
ITS 300 Ergonomics/Time Study
ITS 320 Occupational Safety & Health
ITC 341 Construction Documents I
ITC 442 Construction Documents II
ITC 351 Construction Cost Estimating
ITP 230 Project Management
ITC 432 Construction Project Management

Technical Required – 33 Credits
(May be satisfied with a construction related associates degree or
Portfolio assessment)

ITT 103 Materials Properties & Testing
ESP 260 Soil & Water Conservation
ARC 221 Concepts of Structure (UMA)
ARC 322 Structures II (UMA)
ARC 332 Construction Techniques (UMA)
ARC 231 Materials & Methods (UMA)
ITT 282 CAD
ITT 425 Applied Proc. Cont. Eng.
ITT 440 Internship – Soph. Summer
ITT 441 Internship – Junior Summer
ITC 460 Capstone

Technical Electives - 3 Credits
ITT ..................

Students in the CM Concentration degree program will be required to compete a senior assessment; namely, the AIC, Constructor Certification Commission, Associate Constructor Certification Exam as part of the graduation requirement.

Undergraduate Degrees & Minors:

Industrial Technology

Industrial Management
Precision Manufacturing
Electro-mechanical Systems
Information & Communications Technology
Construction Management (Degree)
Construction Management (Certificate)

Applied Technical Leadership

Minors in Industrial Technology

References

Fall 2011 Course Schedule (PDF)

Two Year Course Schedule (PDF)

Program Core Competencies

Early Student Success WebSite

DOT Writing Manual

Research & Scholarship

University of Southern Maine Department of Technology
211 John Mitchell Center, Gorham, Maine 04038
Phone: 207-780-5440 Fax: 207-780-5129