Parkland College

Construction Design and Management:
Contracting

Program Code: ECDB AAS

Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.)
Minimum graduation requirement — 65 semester hours

This program prepares the student to work in the residential/light commercial construction industry as a supervisor, cost estimator, or building materials salesperson. The student acquires a broad knowledge of business and construction practices in areas such as scheduling, estimating, plan reading, and specification interpretation.

Program Note*
• Students may substitute a technical elective for CIT 230 with approval of program director or department chair.
• MGT 113 (Human Relations in the Workplace) is recommended as a Business elective.

Suggested Full-time Sequence
 

FALL 1st Semester
CAD 124
CIT 113
CIT 115
CIT 130
MAT 134

SPRING 2nd Semester
CIT 111
ELT 111
ENG 101
MAT 135
Core elective
Bus/IT elective

SUMMER
CIT 230

 

FALL 3rd Semester
ENG 102 or SPE 101
Core elective
Core elective
Bus/IT elective
Humanities/Fine Arts or Social/Behavioral Sciences elective

SPRING 4th Semester
CIT 135
CIT 215
CIT 216
Bus/IT elective
Humanities/Fine Arts or Social/Behavioral Sciences elective



Requirements

Credit Hours

Required Program Courses (28 hours)

CAD 124 Introduction to AutoCAD

3

CIT 111 Construction Materials

3

CIT 113 Surveying I

3

CIT 115 Rough Carpentry

3

CIT 130 Construction Plan Fundamentals

3

CIT 135 Residential and Light Commercial Construction

3

CIT 215 Construction Cost Estimating

4

CIT 216 Construction Contract Administration

3

CIT 230* Construction Field Experience

1

ELT 111 Computer Applications for Technicians

2
 

Electives Core Courses (select at least 9 hours)

BGM 111 Concrete and Masonry

2

BGM 122 Plumbing

3

BGM 113 Interior Carpentry

3

CAD 118 AutoCAD-Architectural, Electrical, and Mechanical

2

CIT 212 Commercial Facility Systems

3
 

Elective Business/IT-Related Courses (select at least 9 hours)

ACC 101 Financial Accounting

4
BUS 101 Introduction to Business 3
CIS 134 Spreadsheet Applications 3

MGT 112 Human Resource Management

3

MGT 101 Principles of Management

3

MKT 101 Introduction to Marketing

3
 

Required General Education Core Courses (19 hours)

ENG 101 Composition I

3

ENG 102 Composition II
or SPE 101 Introductory Speech Communication

3

MAT 134 Techncial Mathematics I

4
MAT 135 Technical Mathematics II 3

Social/Behavioral Sciences, Humanities/Fine Arts elective*

         6

Total Semester Credit Hours

65

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