CMET 10300 - Introduction To Construction Management

Credit Hours: 3.00. This course will provide students with an introduction to the construction management discipline, and prepare students for the program curriculum. Additionally, this course will serve as a Freshman Experience course, and will include utilization of campus resources, goal setting, values exploration, relationship of academic planning and life goals, discipline-specific career exploration, and critical thinking. Typically offered Fall.
General Education: First Year Experience
Course Learning Outcomes
1. Demonstrate familiarity of campus facilities, campus resources, and campus regulations. 2. Set personal and academic goals and develop strategies to achieve them. 3. Demonstrate an understanding of time management techniques and the value of setting priorities. 4. Describe their personal values and apply them to personal and academic success. 5. Learn to think critically and apply problem solving techniques. 6. Develop a Plan of Study to achieve academic success. 7. Demonstrate familiarity with Library resources (information literacy) including available library databases, academic journals, archives, indexes, abstracts, etc. 8. Learn to work effectively in teams. 9. Develop effective study skills including note-taking, reading, test-taking, and the use of study aids. 10. Demonstrate an understanding of personal financial management through discussions of the process of applying for financial aid, scholarships, grants, loans and their repayment, and credit card debt. 11. Demonstrate a general understanding of the construction management discipline. 12. Define the life cycle of a typical construction project. 13. Demonstrate an understanding of the topic areas included in the Construction Management and Engineering Technologies curriculum. 14. Define the typical career options available in the construction management discipline.

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