Construction Science and Management

Description

Those who are most successful have acquired the proper academic training and have an understanding of the technology available to meet the increasing complexity of this industry. Kansas State University’s construction science and management program enables graduates to advance as far as their talent and determination will take them.

Careers

Graduates of this program are in high demand in the construction industry. Each year, jobs in the construction industry go unfilled because of a shortage of qualified managers with a college education in construction management.

Employment opportunities are diversified and are available not only in the construction industry, but also in related fields such as the building material industry and land development. Graduates may become a construction manager, general contractor, specialty contractor, project manager, general superintendent, estimator, cost engineer, scheduler, facility manager, expeditor, purchasing agent, office manager, sales engineer, building product technical.

Detailed Course Facts

Application deadline May (for Fall intake), October (for Spring intake) Tuition fee

• USD 275 Module (National)
• USD 728 Module (International)

*Tuition fee per credit hour. Students enrolled in a College of Engineering course pay a $19 per credit hour equipment fee and a $20 per credit hour course fee.

Start date January,September 2015 Credits 130 credit hours
Duration full-time 48 months Languages Take an IELTS test

• English

Delivery mode On Campus Educational variant Full-time

Course Content

The construction science and management program prepares students to be professional constructors and managers of personnel resources, financial resources, materials, and machines. The curriculum is an engineering based management program designed to produce technically competent managers of construction. Entering students should have a background in mathematics and physics.

The program prepares graduates to execute the designs created by engineers and architects. Graduates may enter fields of general, commercial, residential, heavy and highway, utility, mechanical, or electrical construction. Their education provides the fundamental engineering and management skills necessary for success in any of the above areas.
Constructors work in many settings. For example, as a principal in a small construction firm, a constructor may engage in many of the activities in management, whereas a constructor in a large firm may concentrate exclusively on only one or two of the activities. Most students in the program intend to enter building, heavy/highway, or utility construction fields. Other roles, such as construction education, will normally require an advanced degree and/or professional experience.
Through construction education, students attain a level of construction knowledge that would otherwise require decades of practical experience to develop. With this level of knowledge, graduates typically move rapidly into upper management positions in construction organizations.

English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 6.5 TOEFL iBT® test : 79

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Requirements

International admission:

• Online international student undergraduate application
• $80 USD application fee
• A copy of your passport photo page
• Affidavit of Financial Support (pdf) and bank statement
• High school and university transcripts

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

Related Scholarships*

• Academic Excellence Scholarship

  "The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."

• Alumni Study Travel Fund

  Scholarships for students who are already attending the University of Reading.

• Amsterdam Merit Scholarships

  The University of Amsterdam aims to attract the world’s brightest students to its international classrooms. Outstanding students from outside the European Economic Area can apply for an Amsterdam Merit Scholarship.

* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than Kansas State University.

Funding

Apply for admission and fill out the Kansas State University scholarship application. Nov. 1 is the priority deadline for incoming freshmen to submit the K-State scholarship application, or Feb. 1 for transfer students.