Construction Management, BS

About the Program

From the world’s tallest building to the home being constructed down the block, all construction projects need leadership and management expertise. In Purdue’s construction management program, you’ll gain skills to be a leader in the growing global construction industry. You’ll learn what it takes to successfully build all kinds of projects from idea to completion. The curriculum can prepare you to be a future executive in this increasingly fast-paced and high-tech sector.

SCMT offers students the opportunity to complete a bachelor’s degree in construction management technology in three years, allowing students to enter the work force or graduate school a year earlier than traditional plans of study. For more information about the degree-in-3 reach out to the CM major advisors.

The Construction Management Technology major is part of the Construction Management Technology program.  The Construction Management Technology program is accredited by the American Council for Construction Education, www.acce-hq.org.

Accredited by the American Council for Construction Education (ACCE)

Construction Management Website

Construction Management Major Change (CODO) Requirements   

Degree Requirements

120 Credits Required

Departmental/Program Major Courses (62 credits)

• CM 10000 - Introduction To Construction Management
• CM 11000 - Construction OSHA Ten-Hour Certification
• CM 15000 - Construction Management Fundamentals

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• CM 16400 - Graphics For Civil Engineering And Construction or
• CM 26200 - Introduction To Construction Graphics

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• CM 20001 - Intermediate Pre-Construction Management
• CM 25000 - Intermediate Construction Management
• CM 30001 - Advanced Pre-Construction Management
• CM 35000 - Advanced Construction Management
• CM 39000 - Construction Work Experience I
• CM 40000 - Construction Capstone I
• CM 45000 - Construction Capstone II

• SCMT Technical Elective Credit Hours: 3.00

• SCMT Technical Elective Credit Hours: 3.00

• CM 49000 - Construction Work Experience II

Other Departmental/Program Course Requirements (46 credits)

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• ECON 21000 - Principles Of Economics (satisfies Human Cultures Behavioral/Social Science selective for core) or
• AGEC 21700 - Economics (satisfies Human Cultures Behavioral/Social Science selective for core) or
• ECON 25100 - Microeconomics (satisfies Human Cultures Behavioral/Social Science selective for core) or
• ECON 25200 - Macroeconomics (satisfies Human Cultures Behavioral/Social Science selective for core) 

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• MA 15800 - Precalculus - Functions And Trigonometry (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning Selective for core)

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• MA 16010 - Applied Calculus I (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning Selective for core) or
• MA 16100 - Plane Analytic Geometry And Calculus I (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning Selective for core) or
• MA 16500 - Analytic Geometry And Calculus I (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning Selective for core)

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• MGMT 21200 - Business Accounting ♦ or
• MGMT 20000 - Introductory Accounting

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• MGMT 45500 - Legal Background For Business I ♦

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• PHYS 22000 - General Physics ♦ (satisfies Science for core) or
• PHYS 17200 - Modern Mechanics ♦ (satisfies Science for core)

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• TECH 12000 - Design Thinking In Technology ♦ (satisfies Information Literacy Selective as well as the Science, Technology and Society Selective for core) or
• ENGR 13100 - Transforming Ideas To Innovation I and
• ENGR 13200 - Transforming Ideas To Innovation II

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• Written Communication Selective​

• ENGL 10600 - First-Year Composition (satisfies Written Communication for core) or
• ENGL 10800 - Accelerated First-Year Composition (satisfies Written Communication for core) or
• SCLA 10100 - Transformative Texts, Critical Thinking And Communication I: Antiquity To Modernity (satisfies Written Communication for core)

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• Oral Communication Selective

• COM 11400 - Fundamentals Of Speech Communication (satisfies Oral Communication for core) or
• EDPS 31500 - Collaborative Leadership: Interpersonal Skills (satisfies Oral Communication for core) or
• COM 21700 - Science Writing And Presentation or
• SCLA 10200 - Transformative Texts, Critical Thinking And Communication II: Modern World (satisfies Oral Communication for core) 

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• Advanced Communication/English Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00 (See CM list)
• Business Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00 (see CM list)
• Global Selective - 3:00 (see CM list)
• Human Cultures: Humanities Selective  (satisfies Human Cultures Humanities for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Management Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00 (see CM list)
• Science Lab Selective (satisfies second Science Selective for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Intercultural Requirement - Credit Hours: 0.00

Electives (12 credits)

Any course, any subject

Supplemental List

Click here for Construction Management Supplemental Information .

Grade Requirements

• “C-” or better is required in all CM courses.
• Any course taken at Purdue can be attempted no more than three times (inclusive of W, WF, WN, and IF).

GPA Requirements

• 2.0 Graduation GPA required for Bachelor of Science degree.

Pass/No Pass Policy

• Pass/No Pass may be allowed for free electives only.

University Requirements

Sample 4-Year Plan

Critical Course

The ♦ course is considered critical.

In alignment with the Degree Map Guidance for Indiana’s Public Colleges and Universities, published by the Commission for Higher Education (pursuant to HEA 1348-2013), a Critical Course is identified as “one that a student must be able to pass to persist and succeed in a particular major.  Students who want to be nurses, for example, should know that they are expected to be proficient in courses like biology in order to be successful.  These would be identified by the institutions for each degree program”. 

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