Why Choose EIU for Construction Management
- Technology-driven Curricula
- Hands-On Practical Learning
- Business Emphasis
- Constructability with Experienced Instructors
- Career Opportunity
Technology-driven Curricula
The course work incorporates the latest available software applications, BIM programs, animations, simulations, and virtual reality methods to effectively plan projects, communicate to project stakeholders, and analyze project performance.
Hands-On Practical Learning
Students will learn construction management through numerous hands-on laboratory assignments, computer graphics simulations, and team-work integration projects. Their designs and construction implementation plans will incorporate life-cycle costing techniques, sensor networks, and they will begin to understand the concept of intelligent building design.
Business Emphasis
Principles of accounting, finance, risk minimization, and employee protection are emphasized so that the students will develop the best overall practical design for their project.
Constructability with Experienced Instructors
Students will learn from instructors experienced in the construction field. This lends practicality to the students’ design training. The student will gain a working knowledge of these concepts to communicate with engineering subject experts as they develop their craft.
Students will apply learned design techniques to building construction through a combination of interactive lecture/demonstration classes, graphic exercises and field exercises sponsored by industrial partners.
Career Opportunity
The Construction Management program prepares students to become competent construction professionals in the residential, commercial, and industrial arenas. The average salary for Construction Management professionals is about $74,950.
