Building Construction Management Technology, BS

Building Construction Management Major Courses (59 credits)

• BCM 10001 - Introduction To Construction (Satisfies Science, Technology & Society selective for core.)
• BCM 17500 - Construction Materials And Methods
• BCM 11201 - Construction Surveying Fundamentals
• BCM 21200 - Construction Layout
• BCM 21500 - Mechanical Construction
• BCM 27500 - Construction Plans And Measurements
• BCM 25001 - Construction Project And Administrative Management
• BCM 21601 - Electrical Construction
• BCM 28500 - Construction Mechanics
• BCM 30101 - Introduction To Construction Company Financial Management
• BCM 34500 - Scheduling
• BCM 35000 - Construction Site Planning
• BCM 35501 - Construction Site Supervision
• BCM 37500 - Estimating
• BCM 38000 - Concrete Construction
• BCM 38501 - Soils In Construction
• BCM 45500 - Construction Company Management
• BCM 45701 - Construction Safety
• BCM 47500 - Construction Costs
• BCM 48701 - Construction Capstone

Other Departmental/Program Course Requirements (58 credits)

• ECON 21000 - Principles Of Economics (can satisfy Human Cultures Behavioral/Social Science selective for core) or
• AGEC 21700 - Economics (can satisfy Human Cultures Behavioral/Social Science selective for core)

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• Human Foundations Elective (satisfies Human Culture - Humanities for core) see approved list at http://www.purdue.edu/provost/initiatives/curriculum/course.html - Credit Hours: 3.00
• TECH 12000 - Design Thinking In Technology (satisfies Information Literacy Selective as well as the Science, Technology and Society Selective for core)
• PHYS 21800 - General Physics (satisfies one Science Selective for core)
• Science Lab Selective (satisfies second Science Selective for core)- See Approved BCM List - Credit Hours: 4.00
• English First Year Composition Selective: See list of approved selectives) (satisfies Written Communication for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• COM 11400 - Fundamentals Of Speech Communication (satisfies Oral Communication for core)
• MA 15800 - Precalculus- Functions And Trigonometry (can satisfy Quantitative Reasoning Selective for core)
• CGT 16400 - Graphics For Civil Engineering And Construction
• MA 16010 - Applied Calculus I (can satisfy Quantitative Reasoning Selective for core)
• OLS 27400 - Applied Leadership
• MGMT 20010 - Business Accounting
• MGMT 45500 - Legal Background For Business I

Electives (3 credits)

• Free - Credit Hours: 3.00

University Core Requirements

• Human Cultures - Humanities - UCC Selective

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• Human Cultures - Behavioral/Social Science -  ECON 21000 - Principles Of Economics or
• Human Cultures - Behavioral/Social Science -  AGEC 21700 - Economics

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• Information Literacy -  TECH 12000 - Design Thinking In Technology
• Science #1 -  PHYS 21800 - General Physics
• Science #2 - See BCM’s list

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• Science, Technology & Society -  BCM 10001 - Introduction To Construction or
• Science, Technology & Society - TECH 12000 - Design Thinking In Technology  

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• Written Communication - See BCM’s list
• Oral Communication -  COM 11400 - Fundamentals Of Speech Communication

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• Quantitative Reasoning -  MA 15300 - Algebra And Trigonometry I or
• Quantitative Reasoning -  MA 15800 - Precalculus- Functions And Trigonometry or
• Quantitative Reasoning -  MA 16010 - Applied Calculus I

Program Requirements

Accredited by the American Council for Construction Education (ACCE)

Note

*Satisfies a University Core Requirement

Students must earn a “C-” or better in all BCM courses and all prerequisites for BCM courses.

120 semester credits required for Bachelor of Science degree.

2.0 Graduation GPA required for Bachelor of Science degree.

Any course taken at Purdue can be attempted no more than three times (inclusive of W, WF, WN, and IF)

Degree Requirements

The student is ultimately responsible for knowing and completing all degree requirements.

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Foreign Language Courses

Foreign Language proficiency requirements vary by program.  For acceptable languages and proficiency levels, see your advisor:

American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, (ancient) Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

Critical Course

The ♦ course is considered critical. A Critical Course is one that a student must be able to pass to persist and succeed in a particular major.