Computer Information Technology (CIT)

CMGT 105 Construction Contract Documents (A, W, SP, SU,–DL)

3 credits
Course offers a study of construction industry documents as they relate to a construction project. Emphasis is placed upon legal aspects of documents; roles of design professionals, contractors, and owners; utilization and effects of construction documents; procurement of construction services; assembly of a project manual; specifications formatting; drawing and specifications coordination; submittals and project closeout. Standard forms, ethics, bonding, CSI MasterFormat, and credentialing will also be examined.
Lecture: 2 hours – Lab: 3 hours
Lab fee: $5.00

CMGT 106 Supervision of Field Operations (W, SP)

3 credits
CMGT 106 presents an overview of the principles of construction industry field operations and supervision. Emphasis is placed upon field supervision, revealing the importance of and insights into the complex and responsible task of managing people. Various phases of proper management will be discussed such as understanding employee behavior, boosting productivity, communicating effectively with employees, ethics and professionalism, handling discipline problems, sexual harassment and discrimination, planning and organizing, making and implementing decisions, solving problems, reducing costs and improving safety.
Lecture: 2 hours – Lab: 3 hours
Lab fee: $4.00

CMGT 115 Building Construction Methods (A, W, S,–DL)

3 credits
This course is a presentation on the technical operations, methods, and operational sequences used in the construction of a modern commercial building. The content will be provided so that the student understands the sequence of construction operations in the field. Students will also understand the rationale for, and the sequential nature of, the building construction process.
Lecture: 2 hours – Lab: 3 hours
Lab fee: $3.00

CMGT 121 Building Construction Drawings (A, W, SP, SU)

3 credits
CMGT 121 is a study of reading and interpreting building construction working drawings and project manuals, as related to residential, commercial and industrial construction. Emphasis is placed upon drawing organization; relationship of plan, section, and elevation; coordination of the drawings and specifications; shop drawings and submittals; graphic symbols and interpretation skills; and construction mathematics required for use in building drawings.
Lecture: 2 hours – Lab: 3 hours
Prerequisites: MATH 102 or instructor permission
Lab fee: $20.00

CMGT 131 Construction Quantity Survey (A, W, SP, SU)

3 credits
This course develops a student’s use of construction math relative to linear, area, and volumetric measures of common construction materials. Also presented is how to compute and organize basic material quantities used in a building construction project, including those required for site preparation.
Lecture: 1 hour – Lab: 4 hours
Prerequisite: CMGT 115, 121 or higher or permission of instructor
Lab fee: $15.00

CMGT 135 Safety and Loss Prevention (W, SP)

3 credits
CMGT 135 is an introduction to materials covering the expanding concerns of construction safety and loss prevention. Emphasis will be placed upon identification of work hazards and unsafe practices; supervisory safety and loss prevention techniques to minimize loss in productivity and resources; OSHA and Ohio BWC as safety resources; creation of a safety plan; the profitability of safety and loss prevention; and the creation and promotion of an ethical and pro-active safety culture in the construction workplace.
Lecture: 2 hours – Lab: 3 hours
Lab fee: $7.00

CMGT 141 Building Estimating (SP, SU)

3 credits
This course is a study of the current manual practices of estimating skills and methods utilized to create project estimates. Emphasis will be placed upon preparation of estimates for typical commercial building projects; incorporating drawing interpretation, quantity survey, and construction methods in estimate creation; and calculating the time, cost, and effort in the form of crew size for the various tasks involved with a construction project.
Lecture: 2 hours – Lab: 3 hours
Prerequisite: CMGT 131 or permission of instructor
Lab fee: $9.00

CMGT 153 Residential Construction (A, W, SU)

3 credits
Class offers a presentation and overview of residential construction. Emphasis will be placed upon home construction methods and field operations, structural design elements, terminology, materials and equipment used, and an understanding of the sequential nature of the residential construction process.
Lecture: 2 hours – Lab: 3 hours
Lab fee: $2.00

CMGT 221 Managing a Construction Company (A, W, SP)

3 credits
CMGT 221 gives students an overview of the operations and management of a construction firm. Emphasis is placed upon construction management firm organization, roles and responsibilities of construction industry participants, accounting and cash flow, analysis of general management techniques, and ethics and professionalism. Students will create a sound business plan in order to better understand what it takes to be successful in the construction industry.
Lecture: 2 hours – Lab: 3 hours
Prerequisites: CMGT 105, 115, and 121 or instructor permission
Lab fee: $5.00

CMGT 231 Computer Estimating Buildings (W, SU)

3 credits
This class offers a comprehensive study of the skills required to “take-off” the amount of materials from a set of construction plans in an orderly manner and arrive at a final price utilizing computer software. The course develops the general background information and bidding strategies to be used for estimating a commercial construction project.
Lecture: 2 hours – Lab: 3 hours
Prerequisite: CMGT 131 or permission of instructor
Lab fee: $20.00

CMGT 241 Planning and Scheduling (A, SU)

3 credits
CMGT is a study of the management and coordination of construction projects utilizing systematic planning and scheduling. Local and global construction industry methods and techniques will be reviewed and practiced in simulated projects. Topics include WBS (Work Breakdown Structure), PDM (precedence diagram method), and the manual calculations involved with CPM (Critical Path Method) scheduling. The student will learn fundamental skills to develop, analyze, and manage construction projects utilizing several scheduling methods. Fundamental course work will be supplemented with the use of Primavera Project Planner (P3) software.
Lecture: 2 hours – Lab: 3 hours
Prerequisites: CMGT 131 or permission of instructor
Lab fee: $10.00

CMGT 251 Construction Cost Controls (A, W)

3 credits
Course explores the various methods and techniques used by construction professionals for predicting and analyzing cost performance are presented. The student will learn how to implement cost reduction strategies, monitor field performance, and develop cost databases for estimating future work. This format will provide the student exposure to various types of schedules and projects, as well as assist in the understanding of the concepts and methods used for cost control and monitoring construction project progress.
Lecture: 2 hours – Lab: 3 hours
Prerequisite: CMGT 241
Lab fee: $10.00

CMGT 252 Construction Law (A, W)

3 credits
CMGT 252 presents an intensive study of the legal aspects and characteristics unique to the construction industry. Students review typical legal problems which arise in the day-to-day business of construction. Emphasis is placed upon the bidding process and laws; contracts, sub-contracts, and supply contracts; labor laws and issues, insurance and bonding; lien laws, dispute resolution, and remedies; and ethical behavior in the construction industry.
Lecture: 2 hours – Lab: 3 hours
Prerequisite: CMGT 105 or permission of instructor
Lab fee: $5.00

CMGT 261 Project Management (W, SP)

3 credits
This Capstone experience provides student the opportunity to demonstrate, present, and simulate methods and techniques used to obtain and manage a construction project. The methods and techniques studied include project marketing, obtaining financing, start-up, schedule development, control structures, organizational forms, subcontractor and vendor coordination, schedule adjustment, shop drawing coordination, move-out/shut-down phase, and correspondence and tracking techniques. Some computer simulations will be used to demonstrate project management activities and processes. Student teams are selected jointly by the students and approved by the instructor to prepare for and simulate the process of obtaining financing, marketing/sales, management and some field operational concerns by the project management teams. This information shall be organized by the teams and presented as if making a presentation to a potential customer as a final exercise for the course.
Lecture: 2 hours – Lab: 3 hours
Prerequisite: CMGT 251
Lab fee: $10.00

CMGT 281 Computer Estimating Residential (A, SP)

3 credits
This course offers a comprehensive study of the skills required to take-off the amount of materials from a set of residential construction plans in an orderly and effective manner and arrive at a cost for construction. The course will develop the general background information for the process of bidding/pricing a residential construction project utilizing estimating software.
Lecture: 2 hours – Lab: 3 hours
Prerequisite: CMGT 131 or permission of instructor
Lab Fee: $20.00

CMGT 282 Sustainable Construction (W,–DL)

3 credits
This course is an intense study of building documents, construction materials and methods, and the sales and marketing of construction management services as they apply to sustainable building of various types of new construction and existing facilities. Prior course work (ENVR 282) and/or field experience is essential, as this course will not be a review of conventional documents, methods, and estimating concepts.
Lecture: 1 hour – Lab: 3 hours
Prerequisites: ENVR 282 or permission of instructor
Lab Fee: $10.00

CMGT 291 Field Experience (A, WI, SP, SU)

4 credits
Off-campus work experience in construction, consulting engineering or some construction related industry that augments the formal education received in the technology with actual work conditions and job experience. “N” credit will not be allowed for this course.
Lecture: 0 hours – Lab: 48 hours
Lab fee: $15.00

CMGT 299 Special Topics in Construction Management (On Demand)

1-5 credits
This course provides the student and instructor flexibility to allow for special topics in the construction industry to be presented.
Lecture and Lab hours vary dependent upon topic
Prerequisite: Varies depending upon topic
Lab Fee: $10.00