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Bachelor of Science

Building Construction Major

Program Curriculum

Program Requirements

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
Degree Core Requirements
BC 1114	Introduction to Building Construction	3
BC 2004	Construction Surveying	1
BC 2014	Construction Principles I	3
BC 2024	Construction Principles II	3
BC 2044	Construction Materials	3
BC 2064	Integrated Construction I	3
BC 3064	Integrated Construction II	3
BC 3114	Building Systems Technology	3
BC 4064	Integrated Construction III	3
BC 4434	Construction Practice I	3
BC 4444	Construction Practice II	4
Subtotal		32
Major Requirements
BC 1124	Construction Documents and Safety	2
BC 2104	Building Effective Construction Teams	3
BC 2114	Information Technology in Design and Construction	3
BC 2134	Construction Data Analysis	2
BC 3134	Temporary Structures in Construction	3
BC 4164	Production Planning and Process Design for Construction	3
CEM 3084	Construction Economy	3
FIN 3054	Legal and Ethical Environment of Business	3
MGT 3304	Management Theory and Leadership Practice	3
Subtotal		25
Career Bridge Experience ¹
ENGE 3900	Bridge Experience	0
Elective Courses
Technical Electives - Select 12 credits		12
Business & Management Electives - Select 6 credits		6
Free Electives		1
Subtotal		19
Pathways to General Education
Pathways courses can double count with any major requirements or elective requirements. Exceptions to this are BC 2214, which cannot double-count.
Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse
COMM 1015	Communication Skills (1F)	3
or ENGL 1105	First-Year Writing
COMM 1016	Communication Skills (1F)	3
or ENGL 1106	First-Year Writing
ENGL 3764	Technical Writing (1A)	3
Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities
Select three credits of Pathway 2		3
Select three credits of Pathway 2 that also satisfies Pathway 7		3
Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences
ECON 2005	Principles of Economics	3
or AAEC 1005	Economics of the Food and Fiber System
ECON 2006	Principles of Economics	3
or AAEC 1006	Economics of the Food and Fiber System
Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences
GEOS 1004 & GEOS 1104	Earth Science: Our Past, Present, and Future and Introduction to Earth Sciences Laboratory	4
PHYS 2205 & PHYS 2215	General Physics and General Physics Laboratory	4
Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking
ACIS 1004	Accounting Foundations (5F)	3
BC 2214	Why Buildings Stand Up (5A)	3
MATH 1025	Elementary Calculus (5F)	3
Pathways Concept 6 - Critique and Practice in Design and the Arts
Select three credits of Pathway 6a		3
Select three credits of Pathway 6d		3
Pathways Concept 7 - Critical Analysis of Identity and Equity in the United States
Select a course from Pathway 7 that also satisfies Pathway 2 or PATHWAY 6a to avoid taking additional credit hours.
Subtotal		44
Total Credits		120

¹: Career Bridge Experiences help prepare students for post-graduation life and develop a professional identity. Internships, Co-ops, and Undergraduate Research are examples of possible Career Bridge Experiences. Students must participate in a Career Bridge Experience to complete the BS BC degree. Because some of these experiences are not credit bearing, the ENGE 3900 course is used to track and assess student participation in a Career Bridge Experience and to record fulfillment of this degree requirement on the transcript. Students should enroll in ENGE 3900 during the semester (or one of the semesters) that they undertake the Career Bridge Experience. Enrollment in ENGE 3900 requires approval of a Career Bridge Plan. Further information about acceptable Career Bridge Experiences and the process for submitting a Career Bridge Plan are explained in BC 1014 and first year advising meetings.

Electives

Business and Management Electives

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
Select six credits from the following:
AAEC 3324	Environment and Sustainable Development Economics	3
AAEC 3454	Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship	3
ACIS 2116	Principles of Accounting	3
AS 3215	Air Force Management and Leadership	3
AS 3216	Air Force Management and Leadership	3
CEM 4024	Construction Law and Contract Administration	3
ISE 4004	Organizational Processes and Design	3
MGT 2064	Foundations of Entrepreneurship	3
MGT 2354	Teams, Leadership, and Business: Cultivating Excellence	3
MGT 3064	Cornerstones of Entrepreneurship and Innovation	3
MKTG 3104	Marketing Management	3
MKTG 4734	Real Estate Marketing	3
MN 4005	Leadership and Management/Ethics	3
MN 4006	Leadership and Management/Ethics	3
MS 4005	Military Science IV, Army Reserve Officer Training Corps	4
MS 4006	Military Science IV, Army Reserve Officer Training Corps	4
PM 4684	Leasing Commercial Properties	3
REAL 2004	Principles of Real Estate	3
REAL 4754	Real Estate Law	3
UAP 2004	Principles of Real Estate	3

Technical Electives

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
Select 12 credits of the following. A minimum of 3 of the credits must be 3000-4000.
BC Electives
Any BC 2000-5000 level course or special study that does not fulfill a major requirement.

CEM Electives
Any CEM 2000-5000 level course or special study that does not fulfill a major requirement.
REAL
REAL 3034	Real Estate Market Analysis	3
REAL 3044	Financing Real Estate Projects	3
Others
SBIO 2314	Building Information Modeling for Wood-Based Construction	3
SBIO 3324	Green Building Systems	3
SPIA 4454	Future of Cities	3
SPAN 2124	Intermediate Spanish for Building Construction	3
SPAN 3534	Spanish for Business Professions	3
VT Corp of Cadets Academic Offerings
MGT 3935 & MGT 3936	Advanced Professional Development for Cadets and Advanced Professional Development for Cadets	4
MGT 3945 & MGT 3946	Cadet Organizational Leadership and Cadet Organizational Leadership	2
MGT 4935 & MGT 4936	Cadet Citizen Leader Practicum and Cadet Citizen Leader Practicum	4
MGT 4945 & MGT 4946	Executive Leadership for Cadets and Executive Leadership for Cadets	2
Students enrolled in a minor may use 6 credits of their minor requirements as technical electives with 3 of those being 3000-4000 level.
Students are responsible for checking the prerequisite courses for any listed technical elective course.
Students in their senior year, with a 3.0 or better GPA, may enroll in 5000-level courses satisfying undergraduate degree requirements within their department with the permission of the course instructor and the Department Head. Should the student become a graduate student, these courses may not be used on the Plan of Study for a graduate degree

Satisfactory Progress Toward a Degree

University Policy 6305 outlines university-wide minimum criteria to determine if students are making satisfactory progress toward the completion of their degrees. The Myers-Lawson School of Construction fully supports this policy. Specific expectations for satisfactory progress for BC majors are as follows:

A 2.0 overall GPA
A 2.0 in-major GPA (in-major consists of courses taken under the BC or CEM designations)
Enrollment in at least one required BC/CEM course each semester unless BC core course requirements are met.
Cannot repeat any course(s) more than 3 times, including attempts that end in W or WP grades.

A student who does not meet the requirements will be notified that they have one term of enrollment to rectify any deficiencies. Failure to do so within one term of enrollment will result in the student being required to transfer out of the major.

Graduation Requirements

Students must pass all required courses, complete a professional bridge experience, and earn an overall GPA of 2.00 or higher for graduation.

In-Major GPA

Consists of all courses under the BC and CEM designation.

Acceptable Substitutions

REAL 2034 Real Estate Data Analysis (3 cr) may be substituted for BC 2134 Construction Data Analysis (2 cr)
STAT 2004 Introductory Statistics (3 cr) may be substituted for BC 2134 Construction Data Analysis (2 cr)
ESM 2104 Statics (3 cr) may be substituted for BC 2214 Why Buildings Stand Up (3 cr) but the student is required to have another pathway 5a to fulfill pathway 5 requirement
PHYS 2305 Foundations of Physics (4 cr) may be substituted for PHYS 2205 General Physics (3) + PHYS 2215 General Physics Laboratory (1)
MATH 1225 Calculus of a Single Variable (4 cr) may be substituted for MATH 1025 Elementary Calculus (3 cr)
ACIS 2115 Principles of Accounting (3 cr) may be substituted for ACIS 1004 Accounting Foundations (3 cr) but the student is required to have another pathway 5 (either foundational or advanced) to fulfill pathway 5 requirement.
ISE 2014 Engineering Economy (2 cr) may be substituted for CEM 3084 Construction Economy (3 cr) but the student must still have 120 credits to meet graduation requirements

Foreign Language Requirement

Students must have had 2 years of a foreign language in high school or one year at the college level (6 credit hours) of the same language. College-level credits used to meet this requirement do not count towards the degree.

Roadmap

Plan of Study Grid
First Year
Fall Semester		Credits
BC 1114	Introduction to Building Construction	3
COMM 1015 or ENGL 1105	Communication Skills or First-Year Writing	3
GEOS 1004	Earth Science: Our Past, Present, and Future	3
GEOS 1104	Introduction to Earth Sciences Laboratory	1
Pathway 6a		3
	Credits	13
Spring Semester
ACIS 1004	Accounting Foundations	3
BC 1124	Construction Documents and Safety	2
COMM 1016 or ENGL 1106	Communication Skills or First-Year Writing	3
MATH 1025	Elementary Calculus	3
Pathway 2		3
	Credits	14
Second Year
Fall Semester
BC 2004	Construction Surveying (New course)	1
BC 2014	Construction Principles I	3
BC 2114	Information Technology in Design and Construction	3
BC 2134	Construction Data Analysis	2
ECON 2005 or AAEC 1005	Principles of Economics or Economics of the Food and Fiber System	3
PHYS 2205	General Physics	3
PHYS 2215	General Physics Laboratory	1
	Credits	16
Spring Semester
BC 2024	Construction Principles II	3
BC 2044	Construction Materials	3
BC 2064	Integrated Construction I	3
BC 2104	Building Effective Construction Teams	3
BC 2214	Why Buildings Stand Up	3
ECON 2006 or AAEC 1006	Principles of Economics or Economics of the Food and Fiber System	3
	Credits	18
Third Year
Fall Semester
BC 3064	Integrated Construction II	3
BC 3114	Building Systems Technology	3
BC 3134	Temporary Structures in Construction	3
CEM 3084	Construction Economy	3
Free Electives		1
	Credits	13
Spring Semester
BC 4164	Production Planning and Process Design for Construction	3
MGT 3304	Management Theory and Leadership Practice	3
Business & Management Elective		3
Technical Electives		3
Technical Electives		3
	Credits	15
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
BC 4064	Integrated Construction III	3
BC 4434	Construction Practice I	3
FIN 3054	Legal and Ethical Environment of Business	3
Technical Electives		3
Pathways 2 + 7		3
	Credits	15
Spring Semester
BC 4444	Construction Practice II	4
ENGL 3764	Technical Writing	3
Business & Management Elective		3
Technical Electives		3
Pathway 6d		3
	Credits	16
	Total Credits	120