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Study Civil Construction

Major in Construction Management with an Emphasis in Civil Construction
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Build and maintain our infrastructure.

The civil field encompasses some of the most essential building projects that are completed in our world each year. Handle the maintenance, design, and construction of natural and physically built environments.

Civil construction includes massive bridges for transportation, walkway construction, wastewater treatment centers, dams, and more!

Topics unique to the Civil Construction emphasis track include:

  • Construction Surveying
  • Civil Virtual Design and Construction
  • Heavy/Highway/Bridge Construction
  • Utility Construction

Leverage modern surveying equipment in classroom lab activities to determine construction project scope. Civil Construction students gain experience in civil construction design software like CAD and BIM.

Civil Construction graduates are recruited by construction employers to become:

  • Civil engineers
  • Project managers
  • Foremen
  • Project estimators
  • Proposal writers
Graduates plan, design, and then test structures before they are ready to be used by the public. They also maintain both natural and physically built environments.

Additional information
for the School of Construction

Catalog – see program guides