Construction Management
Program Goals
The program is designed to increase the students' breadth and depth of knowledge in the principles and practices of construction management. The program serves as an excellent platform to develop senior management for the region's construction industry.
Graduates of the Master of Science in Construction Management will:
- exhibit strong technical and managerial skills
- apply scientific methodologies to problem solving
- think critically
- exercise creativity and inject innovation into the process
- operate at the highest level of ethical practice
- employ principles of transformational leadership
Concentrations
Three concentrations are available:
Construction Management Project Management
This concentration provides the knowledge and skills required to successfully manage complex construction projects. Topics include he hard skills of project management, such as estimating and budgeting, time management, and planning. Other topics include managerial and legal aspects of construction contract administration, international construction practices,strategic planning, quality management, and productivity analysis.
Real Estate
In this concentration students explore the knowledge and skills required to create, maintain, and build environments for living, working and entertainment purposes. Relevant issues include project finance, real estate as investments, design and construction, operations, development law, environmental remediation, public policy, market analysis, and architecture.
Sustainable development means integrating the decision-making process across the project team, so that every decision is made with an eye to the greatest long-term benefits. Currently, in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating system, the construction process represents a significant portion of the effort required to achieve high performance building programs.This concentration is intended to explore these concepts in detail.
For additional information, view the Goodwin College of Professional Studies' Construction Management page.
