Program Overview

Construction Engineering Technology Degree

Program Overview

The Construction Engineering Technology (CET) program at the University of North Texas is designed to provide students with a strong foundation in mathematics, science, engineering, and general education. The program is accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) and is offered through the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Program Details

• Program Type: Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology (B.S.E.T.)
• Format: On Campus
• Estimated Time to Complete: 4 years
• Credit Hours: 124

Program Requirements

• Construction Methods and Materials: Introduction to the materials, systems, methods, and procedures of building construction.
• Computer-Aided Design: Interpretation and creation of construction plans using hand drafting, CAD, and BIM methods.
• Structures: Analysis of continuous structures using slope-deflection, conjugate-beam, and virtual work methods.
• Construction Management: Planning, organizing, scheduling, and managing construction projects.
• Construction Scheduling and Control: Introduction to the principles and techniques of construction scheduling and control.
• Construction Contracts and Laws: Introduction to the laws and regulations governing construction contracts.

Marketable Skills

• Produce construction documents
• Analyze construction project costs
• Apply construction project management
• Select construction materials and practices
• Teamwork

Program Highlights

• Hands-on Learning: Emphasis on learning through experience in every course, with hands-on laboratory activities.
• Student Organizations: Opportunities to participate in student chapters of the Association of Construction Engineering Technology and other organizations.
• Research Facilities: Access to Discovery Park, a 300-acre research facility that brings together academic laboratories, offices, and classrooms.
• Residential Community: Opportunities to live in a Residents Engaged in Academic Living Community that brings together engineering majors.

Career Opportunities

• Engineering Technologists: Work side-by-side with engineering specialists and scientists in design, research and development, quality control, product development, and manufacturing.
• Construction Management: Opportunities to work in construction management, including planning, organizing, scheduling, and managing construction projects.
• Graduate Studies: Opportunities to pursue master's and doctoral degrees in technical fields, business, and law.

Courses

• Construction Graphics and Modeling: Interpretation and creation of construction plans using hand drafting, CAD, and BIM methods.
• Structural Analysis: Analysis of continuous structures using slope-deflection, conjugate-beam, and virtual work methods.
• Structural Design with Concrete, Timber, and Other Materials: Review of current requirements and techniques for design of modern structures using materials such as reinforced concrete, timber, engineered brick, and concrete masonry.
• Construction Management: Planning, organizing, scheduling, and managing construction projects.
• Advanced Design in Cold-Formed Steel Structures: Study of the theories of design and behavior of cold-formed/light gauge steel structural members, connections, and systems.