Supervision, Construction Technology (AAS)

Program Overview

The AAS in Construction Technology with a Supervision emphasis prepares students for management roles in the construction industry. Students develop skills in blueprint reading, surveying, project management, and OSHA safety standards. The program provides opportunities for hands-on learning and focuses on developing communication, critical thinking, and problem-solving abilities. Graduates are eligible for positions as purchasing estimators, salespersons, crew supervisors, or project managers in the construction field.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The AAS degree in Construction Technology with an emphasis on Supervision is designed to prepare students for a wide range of opportunities in the Construction field that require management skills. The curriculum incorporates courses in building materials and testing, estimating, planning and scheduling, project management, and other supervisory and Essential Learning courses that develop management skills. Career options include obtaining a position as a purchasing estimator, salesperson, crew supervisor, or project manager in the field of construction.

Objectives:

• Demonstrate the fundamental skill in the oral and written language as required to effectively communicate within the construction industry.
(Communication Fluency)
• Demonstrate blueprint reading skills, and the surveying skills necessary to function in the profession.
(Specialized Knowledge)
• Interpret, locate, organize and evaluate problems and tasks that arise in the building industry, solve these through the use of information resource skills necessary to the construction industry.
(Critical Thinking)
• Describe the scope and application of principle features of the field of study, including core practices in the construction industry.
(Specialized Knowledge)
• Demonstrate the mastery of OSHA safety standards in the construction industry.
• Generate a substantially error-free product or process for the workforce.
(Applied Learning)

Careers:

Career options include obtaining a position as a purchasing estimator, salesperson, crew supervisor, or project manager in the field of construction.

Other:

• All CMU/WCCC associate graduates are expected to demonstrate proficiency in specialized knowledge/applied learning, quantitative fluency, communication fluency, critical thinking, personal and social responsibility, and information literacy.
• 63 semester hours total for the AAS, Construction Technology, Supervision.
• Students must complete a minimum of 15 of the final 30 semester hours of credit at CMU/WCCC.
• 2.00 cumulative GPA or higher in all CMU/WCCC coursework.
• A course may only be used to fulfill one requirement for each degree/certificate.
• No more than six semester hours of independent study courses can be used toward the degree.
• Non-traditional credit, such as advanced placement, credit by examination, credit for prior learning, cooperative education and internships, cannot exceed 20 semester credit hours for an AAS degree.
• Pre-collegiate courses (usually numbered below 100) cannot be used for graduation.
• Capstone exit assessment/projects (e.g., Major Field Achievement Test) requirements are identified under Program-Specific Degree Requirements.
• The Catalog Year determines which program sheet and degree requirements a student must fulfill in order to graduate.
• Visit with your advisor or academic department to determine which catalog year and program requirements you should follow.
• See “Requirements for Undergraduate Degrees and Certificates” in the catalog for a complete list of graduation requirements.
• Students must complete the following in the first two months of the semester prior to completing their degree requirements:
• Review their DegreeWorks audit and create a plan that outlines how unmet requirements will be met in the final semester.
• Meet with their advisor and modify their plan as needed.
The advisor must approve the final plan.
• Submit the “Intent to Graduate” form to the Registrar’s Office to officially declare the intended graduation date and commencement ceremony plans.
• Register for all needed courses and complete all requirements for each degree sought.