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Total Units: 46

Term 1

11 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.

	Course Name	Units	Notes
	CNST 1: Introduction to Construction	3.00
Unit(s): 3.00 Transfer Status: CSU Contact Hours: 51.00 hours Lecture Out of Class Hours: 102.00 Total Course Hours: 153.00 This course is designed to teach students a broad overview of the construction industry and the opportunities available in this field. Emphasis will be on developing an understanding of the trades, processes, terminology, practices, and documents in the construction field. The student will be introduced to time, equipment, and materials and their relationship to estimating, cost, and performance.
	CNST 55: Computer Applications in Construction Management	3.00
Unit(s): 3.00 Transfer Status: CSU Contact Hours: 34.00 hours Lecture Out of Class Hours: 85.00 Total Course Hours: 119.00 Coursework introduces foundational technical computing for Construction Managers. It introduces commercial software commonly used in the management and control of construction projects. Application areas include office suite programs, paperless workflows, estimating, and scheduling.
	Select one:	5.00
MATH-30: Analytic Geom/Calc I (5.00 units) MATH-30s: Analytic Geom/Calc I Support (5.00 units)

Term 2

11 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.

	Course Name	Units	Notes
	CNST 45: Construction Graphics	3.00
Unit(s): 3.00 Transfer Status: CSU Contact Hours: 34.00 hours Lecture / 51.00 hours Lab Out of Class Hours: 68.00 Total Course Hours: 153.00 This course is a study of construction graphics as a representation of our built environment with the ability to communicate 3D forms and ideas through 2D representations and 3D computer models. The focus is on the development of the graphic communication skills needed by the construction professional by establishing a working vocabulary of symbols, details, and views used in construction drawings through lecture and practical application. Students will learn techniques of basic sketching and visualization, as well as an introduction to computer aided drafting and modeling using Sketch-up, Revit, and Navisworks (3D modeling and viewing software tools).
	ECON 4: Principles of Microeconomics	3.00
Prerequisite(s): Elementary Algebra or equivalent Unit(s): 3.00 Transfer Status: CSU/UC Contact Hours: 51.00 hours Lecture Out of Class Hours: 102.00 Total Course Hours: 153.00 This is an introductory course focusing on choices of individual economic decision-makers. Topics include scarcity, specialization and trade, market equilibrium, elasticity, production and cost theory, market structures, factor markets, and market failure. (C-ID ECON 201).
	Select one:	5.00
CHEM-1: General Chemistry I (5.00 units) CHEM-51: Elem Inorganic Chem (5.00 units)

Term 3

14 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.

	Course Name	Units	Notes
	ACCT 2: Financial Accounting	4.00
Unit(s): 4.00 Transfer Status: CSU/UC Contact Hours: 68.00 hours Lecture Out of Class Hours: 136.00 Total Course Hours: 204.00 This is the study of accounting as an information system, examining why it is important and how it is used by investors, creditors, and others to make decisions. The course covers the accounting information system, including recording and reporting of business transactions with a focus on the accounting cycle, the application of generally accepted accounting principles, the financial statements, and statement analysis. Includes issues relating to asset, liability, and equity valuation, revenue and expense recognition, cash flow, internal controls, and ethics. (C-ID ACCT 110).
	CNST 15: Materials and Methods of Construction	3.00
Unit(s): 3.00 Transfer Status: CSU Contact Hours: 51.00 hours Lecture Out of Class Hours: 102.00 Total Course Hours: 153.00 A comprehensive study of the principle building materials and systems that are found in the construction industry. An in-depth review of how these materials and systems interact together to produce a complete design and project. The class highlights upon materials testing, quality control, green building products, and various project delivery methods.
	CNST 21: Analysis of Construction Drawings and Specifications	3.00
Unit(s): 3.00 Transfer Status: CSU Contact Hours: 51.00 hours Lecture Out of Class Hours: 102.00 Total Course Hours: 153.00 This course is an advanced study of reading construction documents and specifications used in civil, residential, commercial, industrial, and specialty construction. The correlation of plans and specifications to the contract documents will be reinforced, as well as the use of the plans for material takeoff. The student will be introduced to the use of plans and specifications for materials quantity takeoff and the correlation to the project estimate.
	Select one:	4.00
PHYS-21: College Physics I (4.00 units) PHYS-41: Phy-Scientists/Egr I (4.00 units)

Term 4

10 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.

	Course Name	Units	Notes
	ACCT 4: Managerial Accounting	4.00
Prerequisite(s): ACCT 2 Unit(s): 4.00 Transfer Status: CSU/UC Contact Hours: 68.00 hours Lecture Out of Class Hours: 136.00 Total Course Hours: 204.00 This course provides students an in depth study of how managers use accounting information in decision-making, planning, directing operations and controlling. It focuses on cost terms and concepts, cost behavior, cost structure and cost-volume-profit analysis. Includes issues relating to cost systems, cost control, profit planning, and performance analysis in manufacturing and service environments. (C-ID ACCT 120).
	BUS 8: Introduction to Business Law	3.00
Unit(s): 3.00 Transfer Status: CSU/UC Contact Hours: 51.00 hours Lecture Out of Class Hours: 102.00 Total Course Hours: 153.00 Fundamental legal principles pertaining to business transactions. Introduction to the legal process. Topics include sources of law and ethics, contracts, torts, agency, criminal law, business organizations, and judicial and administrative processes. (C-ID BUS 125).
	CNST 35: Electrical and Mechanical Systems	3.00
Unit(s): 3.00 Transfer Status: CSU Contact Hours: 34.00 hours Lecture / 51.00 hours Lab Out of Class Hours: 68.00 Total Course Hours: 153.00 This course is an introduction to Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing Systems and the integration of these systems into the building design and construction process.