Courses and Course Syllabi

Common Introductory Courses

CEMT 105 Introduction to Construction Technology (3) Class: 2 Lab: 2 Rec: 0 P: None C: None. A survey of the opportunities available within the construction industry. The laboratory is utilized to learn the basics of computers, the library, and e-mail systems available on campus, and the basics of word processing, spreadsheets, and computer programming. No previous computer knowledge is necessary.

CEMT 110 Construction Accounting (3) Class: 2 Lab: 2 Rec: 0 P: Sophomore Standing C: None. Accounting fundamentals as utilized in the construction industry with a special emphasis on basic design of construction cost accounting systems as used to manage a construction company. Use of construction cost indices for labor and materials, as well as, use of construction accounting for estimating and bidding purposes. Use of accounting management software as appropriate.

CEMT 125 Construction Visualization (3) Class: 2 Lab: 2 P: None

CEMT120 Construction Materials and Methods (3) Class:2 Lab: C: CEMT 105

CEMT 275 Applied Civil Engineering Drafting (3) Class: 2 Lab: 2 Rec: 0 P: ART 117 and ART 165 C: None. Preparation of structural construction drawings for buildings, bridges, roads, and topographic drawings.

CEMT 299 Construction Mechanical and Electrical Systems (4) Class: 2 Lab: 2 P: CEMT 299 (CEMT 120 Materials and Methods)

CEMT 280 Quantity Survey (3) Class: 2 Lab: 3 Rec: 0 P: CEMT 334 C: None. A study of methods to estimate quantities of materials required in construction. Practice in making quantity surveys.

CEMT 104 Fundamentals of Surveying (3) Class: 2 Lab: 3 Rec: 0 P: MATH 154 or equivalent C: MATH 154 or equivalent Measurement of vertical and horizontal distances and angles using the tape, level, transit, theodolite, and EDMI. Computations of grades, traverses, areas, and curves.

CEMT 160 Statics (3) Class: 3 Lab: 0 Rec: 0 P: MATH 154 or equivalent C: None. Forces acting on bodies at rest, including coplanar, concurrent, and nonconcurrent systems. Includes centroids, moments of inertia, and friction.

Upper Level Cosntruction Management Courses

CEMT 302 Construction Law and Ethics (3) Class: 3 Lab: 0 Rec: 0 P: Junior standing C: None. Practical focus on key legal and ethical issues applicable to the construction industry and how to manage them. Laws related to construction work, contractual relationships and strategies, torts, liabilities, bonding, insurance, risk management, dispute avoidance and resolution, liens, partnering, and ethics are among topics covered.

CEMT 330 Construction Field Operations (3) Class: 3 Lab: 0 Rec: 0 P: CEMT 231 and junior standing or consent of instruct C: None. Study of types and uses of construction equipment and machinery in relation to diverse field operations. Analysis of equipment productivity and costs.

CEMT 341 Construction Scheduling and Project Control (3) Class: 2 Lab: 2 Rec: 0 P: CEMT 280 and CEMT 347 C: None. A study of the use of computers for creating, presenting, revising, and updating construction schedules, and in using the schedule and other programs to assist in managing a construction project.

CEMT 342 Construction Cost and Bidding (3) Class: 2 Lab: 2 Rec: 0 P: CEMT 280 or consent of instructor C: None Course includes a study of the methods of estimating costs for labor, material, equipment, and direct overhead for construction projects; how to establish markups for indirect overhead and profit; procedures for setting up a computerized estimating system; and conceptual estimating procedures.

CEMT 347 Construction Contract Administration and Specifications (3) Class: 2 Lab: 2 Rec: 0 P: Consent of the instructor C: None. Subjects that are appropriate to all parties involved in the construction process. Course includes analysis of contracts, the general and special conditions of the contract, dispute resolution, and the theory of CPM scheduling.

CEMT 350 Construction Project Cost & Production Control (3) Class: 3 Lab: 0 P: CEMT 455 & CEMT 330

CEMT 390 Construction Experience (1) Class: 0 Lab: 0 Rec: 0 P: Consent of instructor C: None. Minimum of 10 weeks of work experience in the construction industry, with at least five weeks of experience in the field. Written report of this experience.

CEMT 447 Construction Project Management (3) Class: 3 Lab: 0 Rec: 0 P: CEMT 341 and CEMT 342 C: None. A study of construction organizations, their forms and functions, project management procedures and documents, and financial management within a construction organization. Subjects appropriate for those working within a construction organization will be emphasized. Role playing may be incorporated.

CEMT 455 Construction Safety and Inspection (3) Class: 3 Lab: 0 Rec: 0 P: CEMT347 and Junior Standing C: None. A study of safety requirements for construction sites an projects. Accident record keeping, reporting, requirements of the OSHA code; inspection for safety and hazards, environmental issues and quality; risk control; and management issues related to these. Development and implementation of company safety and hazard communication and inspection programs.

CEMT 470 Site Development (3) Class: 3 Lab: 0 Rec: 0 P: CEMT 452 or consent of instructor C: None. Principles and practices of land development, with consideration of market analysis, site selection, restrictions imposed by covenants and governmental regulations, costs, and financing. Collection of data and preparation of drawings for site development.

CEMT 494 Engineering Economics for Construction (3) Class: 3 Lab: 0 Rec: 0 P: Senior standing C: None. Introduction to engineering economy and its methods related to time value of money. Economical evaluation and comparison of alternatives considering costs, returns, interest, taxes, and probability in a time span; determining feasibility, break-even points, and rate of return. Cost indices for construction.

CEMT 499 Construction Technology (4) Class: 0 Lab: 0 Rec: 0 P: None C: None. *(1-4 cr.) Hours, subject matter, and credit to be arranged by staff. Course may be repeated for up to 9 credit hours.

Upper Level Civil Engineering Courses

CEMT 260 Strength of Materials (3) Class: 3 Lab: 0 Rec: 0 P: CEMT 160 C: CEMT 267. Stress-strain relationships of engineering materials; composite analysis; shear forces and bending moments in beams; analysis and design of steel and wood beams and columns, beam deflections, and statistically indeterminate beam analysis.

CEMT 267 Materials Testing (2) Class: 1 Lab: 3 Rec: 0 P: TCM 220 C: CEMT 260, TCM 220. Laboratory and field testing of structural materials to determine their mechanical properties and behavior under load. Materials included are steel, aluminum, concrete, wood, and asphalt.

CEMT 430 Soils and Foundations (3) Class: 2 Lab: 3 Rec: 0 P: CEMT 486 C: None. Introduction to the analysis of foundations and related systems including shallow foundations, piles, caissons, and retaining structures; soil mechanics applications in the determination of settling of foundations and slope stability; techniques of subsurface investigation; interpretation of soil reports.

CEMT 452 Hydraulics and Drainage (3) Class: 2 Lab: 3 Rec: 0 P: Senior standing C: None. Basic hydrostatics; fundamental concepts of fluid flow in pipes and open channels; methods of estimating storm-water runoff; sizing of culverts, storm and sanitary sewers, and open channels.

CEMT 484 Wood, Timber & Formwork Design (3) Class: 3 Lab: 0 Rec: 0 P: CEMT 260 C: None. Design of wood structures including sheathing, joists, rafters, wood diaframing, beams, columns and formwork systems.

CEMT 486 Reinforced Concrete Design & Consturction (3) Class: 3 Lab: 0 Rec: 0 P: CEMT 484 C: None. The fundamentals of reinforced concrete design and analysis, including beams, slabs, columns, footings, and retaining structures. Introduction to pre-cast construction and prestressed concrete.

CEMT 499 Civil Engineering Technology (4) Class: 0 Lab: 0 Rec: 0 P: None C: None. *(1-4 cr.) Hours, subject matter, and credit to be arranged with staff. Course may be repeated for up to 9 credit hours.

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