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Dec 16, 2025
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CON 2001 - Introduction to Construction Management2 lecture hours 2 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
This course discusses construction jobsite management and leadership issues that would be encountered by entry level employees and interns. Students will explore numerous jobs and types of firms in the construction industry and be introduced to Request for Information (RFIs), shop drawings, and the submittal process. Other on-site issues such as project recordkeeping, communication, and technology will also be introduced. Leadership strategies and tactics will also be discussed. This course is not eligible for credit as a technical elective in the Civil or Architectural Engineering degree programs. (prereq: none)
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Describe basic strategies in business communication, both orally and in written form, that are common in the construction industry
- Demonstrate basic strategies for construction recordkeeping
- Prepare proper shop drawings and RFIs for a construction project
- Identify leadership strategies
- Explain principles in quality assurance and quality control on a construction project
- Apply ethical standards to issues that a construction manager faces
Prerequisites by Topic
Course Topics
- Introduction to plan reading
- Construction process overview (conception to completion)
- Types of construction
- Roles and responsibilities in the construction industry
- Personality types and self-reflection
- Leadership attributes and motivational strategies
- Communication techniques including oral communication on the jobsite
- Team building
- Construction meeting minutes
- Submittals
- Document control
Laboratory Topics
- Weekly hands-on exercises and interactive problem-solving sessions that reinforce the weekly lecture topics
Coordinator
Dr. Jera Sullivan
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