Master of Science in Construction Management
About the Program
Master of Science: 45.0 quarter credits
The Master of Science in Construction Management gives professionals the opportunity to develop the multidisciplinary skills required of effective construction managers. The program focuses on training professionals to meet the challenge of increasing owner demands, tighter project delivery times and increasing regulation. The program provides the leadership skills professionals need to navigate the many daily challenges construction organizations face in successfully managing construction operations.
Three concentrations are available: Construction Management Project Management, Real Estate, and Sustainability and Green Construction.
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.
Sustainability and Green Construction
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.
Admissions Requirements
Admission to the program requires:
- A bachelor’s degree in construction management or engineering, or a baccalaureate business or non-technical degree.
- A completed application
- Official transcripts from all universities or colleges and other post-secondary educational institutions (including trade schools) attended. Potential students must supply transcripts regardless of the number of credits earned or the type of school attended. If a potential student does not list all post-secondary institutions on his or her application, and these are listed on transcripts received from other institutions, processing of the application will be delayed until the remaining transcripts have been submitted.
- GPA of 3.0 or higher
- Two letters of recommendation (professional or academic)
- Up-to-date resume
- 500 word essay on why the applicant wishes to pursue graduate studies in this program
- International Students must submit a TOEFL score indicating a minimum of 600 (paper exam) or 250 (CBT exam). For more information regarding international applicant requirements, view the International Students Admissions Information page.
Visit the Graduate Admissions website for more information about requirements and deadlines, as well as instructions for applying online.
Degree Requirements
The Master of Science in Construction Management curriculum includes a core of 5 required courses (15.0 credits), a concentration, and 6.0 credits of culminating experience. The culminating experience includes a capstone project in construction management.
| Core Foundation Courses | ||
| CMGT 501 | Leadership in Construction | 3.0 |
| CMGT 505 | Construction Accounting and Financial Management | 3.0 |
| CMGT 510 | Construction Control Techniques | 3.0 |
| CMGT 512 | Cost Estimating and Bidding Strategies | 3.0 |
| CMGT 515 | Risk Management in Construction | 3.0 |
| Concentrations | 15.0-24.0 | |
| Students pursue a concentration in one of the following areas: | ||
| Construction Management Project Management Concentration | ||
| Applied Construction Project Management | ||
| Construction Contract Administration | ||
| Equipment Applications and Economy | ||
| International Construction Practices | ||
| Strategic Management in Construction | ||
| Schedule Impact Analysis | ||
| Quality Management and Construction Performance | ||
| Productivity Analysis and Improvement | ||
| Real Estate Concentration | ||
| Select eight of the following: | ||
| Community Impact Analysis | ||
| Real Estate Development | ||
| Advanced Real Estate Investment & Analysis | ||
| Advanced Market Research & Analysis | ||
| Sales & Marketing of Real Estate | ||
| Real Estate Economics in Urban Markets | ||
| Real Estate Finance | ||
| Real Estate Valuation & Analysis | ||
| Legal Issues in Real Estate Development | ||
| Sustainability and Green Construction Concentration | ||
| Community Impact Analysis | ||
| Sustainable Principles & Practices | ||
| Sustainable Technologies | ||
| LEED Concepts | ||
| Community Sustainability | ||
| Culminating Experience | 6.0 | |
| Capstone Project in Construction Management I | ||
| Capstone Project in Construction Management II | ||
| Total Credits | 45.0 | |
Construction Management Courses
CMGT 501 Leadership in Construction 3.0 Credits
This course is intended to introduce students to value-based, effective leadership principles and practices across the construction industry. Topics include prevailing theory, leadership traits & styles, emotional intelligence, motivation, collaborative environs and alliances, and change.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
CMGT 505 Construction Accounting and Financial Management 3.0 Credits
This course presents the principles of accounting for construction projects. Topics include techniques of cost accounting and financial analysis employed by the construction practitioners. Specific topics include accounting principles to track and manage labor, material, equipment, overhead and other construction resources. Topics specific to construction include contract revenue, financial reporting, and tax considerations for conductors.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
CMGT 510 Construction Control Techniques 3.0 Credits
This course addresses the knowledge and skill sets required to successfully plan and control complex construction projects. Topics include procurement and contracts, pre-bid planning, contract budgets and cash flow, and planning case studies.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
CMGT 512 Cost Estimating and Bidding Strategies 3.0 Credits
This is an advanced course in construction estimating addressing competitive bidding strategies. Topics include profit objectives, analyzing the competition, and determining optimum combo of price, cost and volume.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
CMGT 515 Risk Management in Construction 3.0 Credits
This course presents risk management techniques and practices specific to construction projects. Students will gain an understanding of the risks stemming from technical and business sources related to the construction process, and to identify, quantify, and develop the appropriate response strategies.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
CMGT 525 Applied Construction Project Management 3.0 Credits
This course presents the knowledge and skills required to successfully manage complex construction projects. Topics include the project management hard skills such as estimating and budgeting, time management, and planning.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: CMGT 501 [Min Grade: C]
CMGT 528 Construction Contract Administration 3.0 Credits
This course introduces the managerial and legal aspects of construction contract administration. The student is introduced to basic concepts of contract law employed in construction and the rules of interpretation. Topics include changes and change orders, disputes, differing site conditions, and defective documents.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
CMGT 530 Equipment Applications and Economy 3.0 Credits
This course provides an in-depth treatment of heavy construction equipment applications and covers the associated management practices. The application topics include techniques used to analyze and estimate equipment productivity, equipment selection, and optimization. The course includes a strong emphasis in equipment economics including owning and operating costs.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
CMGT 532 International Construction Practices 3.0 Credits
This course provides an introduction to the strategic issues relating to the business of construction on a global scale. The course is intended to provide students with the knowledge of current best practices by construction organizations in America, Europe and Asia.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
CMGT 535 Community Impact Analysis 3.0 Credits
This course provides an overview of commumity impact assessment, including the
benefits of conducting such an assessment. It also provides general guidelines for
conducting a community impact assessment, including types of impacts that should be addressed during the process and related issues.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
CMGT 538 Strategic Management in Construction 3.0 Credits
This course presents concepts in strategic management within construction organizations. Topics include clients/constructors/competencies, portfolio management, and marketing strategies for construction firms.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
CMGT 540 Schedule Impact Analysis 3.0 Credits
This is an advanced course that deals with the legal aspects of construction schedules. Topics include time impact analysis, applying CPM techniques to contract claims, and calculating delay damages.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: CMGT 510 [Min Grade: C]
CMGT 545 Sustainable Principles & Practices 3.0 Credits
This course addresses the fundamentals of green building concepts and practices
underlying sustainable construction from the perspective of the LEED Green Building rating system.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
CMGT 546 Sustainable Technologies 3.0 Credits
This course addresses sustainable technologies in the built environment and is
presented as a whole building design system. The course is organized into three major categories-Design Guidance, Project Management, and Operations & Maintenance.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
CMGT 547 LEED Concepts 3.0 Credits
This course addresses the fundamental concepts and practices underlying the LEED
green building rating system.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
CMGT 548 Quality Management and Construction Performance 3.0 Credits
This course covers quality management of construction processes. Topics include designing and implementing quality management plans, establishing a quality management system and Information technology in quality management.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: CMGT 501 [Min Grade: C]
CMGT 550 Productivity Analysis and Improvement 3.0 Credits
The focus of this course is construction productivity measurement and improvement. Topics include roles of the individual stakeholders, quantifying labor and equipment productivity, and techniques to improve job site productivity.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
CMGT 558 Community Sustainability 3.0 Credits
This course provides clear direction to students how to design cities and developments that are sustainable and reduce environmental harm.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
CMGT 696 Capstone Project in Construction Management I 3.0 Credits
The capstone project is completed independently over two quarters under the direction of full-time Construction Management faculty and is intended to reinforce the knowledge and skills acquired through graduate study.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
CMGT 697 Capstone Project in Construction Management II 3.0 Credits
The capstone project is completed independently over two quarters under the direction of full-time Construction Management faculty and is intended to reinforce the knowledge and skills acquired through graduate study.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: CMGT 696 [Min Grade: C]
Real Estate Courses
REAL 568 Real Estate Development 3.0 Credits
This course will provide a comprehensive exploration of the development process for real estate development projects. Residential, multi-family, single family, apartments, office buildings, retail projects, industrial developments and the development process for each market segment.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
REAL 571 Advanced Real Estate Investment & Analysis 3.0 Credits
This course will explore the market analysis and feasibility methods in framing and supporting investment decision making for real estate projects. Detailed market analysis strategies will be employed and case studies will be analyzed to deepen the student's knowledge and judgment for investment decision making.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
REAL 572 Advanced Market Research & Analysis 3.0 Credits
This course will explore the market research methods used to understand and dissect geographical and demographical real estate markets. Detailed market research strategies will be employed and case studies will be analyzed to deepen the student's knowledge of market research techniques and resources.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
REAL 573 Sales & Marketing of Real Estate 3.0 Credits
This course will explore the strategies for successful marketing of real property bases on market research and development strategies.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
REAL 574 Real Estate Economics in Urban Markets 3.0 Credits
This course will offer a unique and detailed perspective on urban real estate development and the special sub-markets in which they exist. Attention will be given to the characteristics of the particular economic factors relevant in urban real estate markets.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: REAL 568 [Min Grade: C]
REAL 575 Real Estate Finance 3.0 Credits
This course will focus on the options and implications of different financing methods with the unique tradeoffs associated with each considered.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
REAL 576 Real Estate Valuation & Analysis 3.0 Credits
This course will introduce the concepts of real estate valuation, appraisals, and the relationship of these to financing and cash requirements.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
REAL 577 Legal Issues in Real Estate Development 3.0 Credits
This course will explore the unique legal requirements of the real estate business including property rights, involuntary transfers, easements, private restrictions, public restrictions, zoning and land development laws.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
