Degree Offered: Master of Construction Management (M.C.M.)

Program Description: The online Internet-based M.C.M. program is designed to bring the benefits of modern technology and high quality, graduate-level instruction to construction management professionals in a form that parallels their fast-paced working world.

The goal of the M.C.M. program is to fit into a project manager's busy work schedule. The program provides flexible, direct access to work-related graduate education from any location that has a communications link, at any time, and by making the best use of the latest advances in educational technology.

The non-thesis degree program requires 30 semester hours, consisting of the following online, web-based courses. The degree consists of 18 core credit hours and 12 concentration hours. If a student has not had the two prerequisite courses then they need to take them and then they only take two of the concentration courses.

Prerequisite Courses (6 hours)

CM 542—Construction Estimating
CM 562—Construction Scheduling

Core Requirement (18 hours):
CM 500—Advanced Construction Finance
CM 503—Sustainability in Construction
CM 530—Advanced Legal Issues in Construction
CM 532 – Construction Technologies, Equipment and Methods
CM 552 – Construction Management
CM 554—Computer Applications in Construction (BIM)

Construction Management Concentration (12 hours of the following):
CM 611—Advanced Materials and Methods
CM 621—Construction Operations and Safety
CM 653—Statistics and Applications to Construction
CM 655—Advanced Topics in Construction
CM 656—Construction Forensics
CM 657—Construction Marketing and Development  
CM 659—Advanced Legal Aspects in Construction  

Land Development Concentration (12 hours):
CM 660—Land Development I
CM 661—Land Development II
CM 662—Land Development Finance
CM 664—Legal Issues of Land Development

Admission Requirements:
• Graduate School Admission Requirements
• Program Admission Requirements

• At least one letter of recommendation from your employer
• Current resume
• Computer literacy required

Application Deadline: Students are admitted on a rolling basis each semester.
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Number of Graduate Faculty: 8
Number of Students: 30
Location of Course Offerings: Web-based Internet delivered program

Graduate Program Director: (Effective Fall 2011)
Dr. George Ford
828-227-2519
gford@wcu.edu

Departmental Website: Construction Management - cm.wcu.edu