Lay the Foundation for Your Construction Management Career
If you see construction as a system of people, plans, safety, and innovation working together, you’re already thinking like a manager. San Jacinto College’s Construction Management 4-Sector Specialty program helps you advance from the crew to a leadership role in any of the four major sectors: residential, commercial, industrial, or infrastructure.
Career Opportunities and Income
Visit sanjac.edu for information regarding career opportunities and potential earnings in the Greater Houston region.
Learning & Career Pathway
This learning pathway - a series of related and “stacked” certificates and degrees - includes the following awards. You can start at any point on the path and earn certificates on your way to completing the degree.
- Construction Management 4-Sector Specialty, CoT (1.5 years)
- Construction Management 4-Sector Specialty, AAS (2 years)
San Jacinto College works with many Houston-area and Texas universities that offer bachelor’s degrees that are a great next step after earning the Associate of Applied Science in Construction Management 4-Sector Specialty. The Transfer Plans tab above shows transfer plans for these universities.
Learning Outcomes and Career Skills
A student completing the last award in the pathway will be able to:
- Help estimate and schedule a construction project using design data and OSHA safety standards.
- Recognize and work with the various methods of construction and project delivery used in the four sectors of the construction industry.
- Interpret legal and construction documents used in all four sectors of the construction industry, such as contracts, blueprints, codes, and specifications.
- Work with the concepts used in “Green by Design.”
- Demonstrate familiarity with the basic components used in mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems and identify materials used in construction.
- Distinguish between hard and essential skills while working to improve both and apply concepts underlying construction management, leadership, motivation, problem solving, and decision making.
Licensure or Certification
The program also allows students to earn the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 30-hour certificate.
External Learning Experiences
This program includes external learning experiences outside of the classroom, e.g., an internship, externship, clinical, practicum, or cooperative learning experience. Those experiences are typically on-site at a business or organization.
All students participating in external learning experiences are required to comply with the immunization requirements and policies of the external learning sites. Some learning sites outside the college have their own vaccination requirements. These rules come from those facilities and are not mandated by the college. Failure to meet those immunization requirements may limit a student’s ability to complete the program and/or may delay the student’s graduation date. San Jacinto College does not process exemptions, and students should address potential vaccination exemptions directly with the external learning site.
Locations
College Admission
San Jacinto College is an open admission institution. All students are welcome to apply and will be admitted to the College. You may begin the process on the College’s “How to Apply” webpage.
Program Admission
There are no additional admission requirements for the Construction Management 4-Sector Specialty program; you only need to complete your application to the College, as noted in “College Admission” above, and follow the enrollment steps.
Competency-based education (CBE)
CBE is defined as courses in which all instruction and class activities are fully online. Progression through the course is determined by the student’s mastery of the competencies assigned to that course.
San Jacinto College is introducing CBE in the Construction Management 4-Sector Specialty, Certificate of Technology (4CSTR-MG4S) in several courses that constitute the first term of this certificate :
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| CNBT 1210 | Basic Construction Safety | 2 |
| CNBT 1311 | Construction Methods & Materials I | 3 |
| CNBT 2310 | Commercial/Industrial Blueprint Reading | 3 |
| CNBT 2342 | Construction Management I | 3 |
| Total Credits | 11 | |
For more information, students may contact the Department Chair.
Plan of Study
4CSTR-MG4S
| First Term | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| CNBT 1210 | Basic Construction Safety | 2 |
| CNBT 1311 | Construction Methods & Materials I | 3 |
| CNBT 2310 | Commercial/Industrial Blueprint Reading | 3 |
| CNBT 2342 | Construction Management I | 3 |
| Credits | 11 | |
| Second Term | ||
| CNBT 1315 | Field Engineering I | 3 |
| CNBT 1346 | Construction Estimating I | 3 |
| CNBT 2340 | Mechanical, Plumbing and Electrical Systems in Construction II | 3 |
| CNBT 2335 | Computer-Aided Construction Scheduling | 3 |
| QCTC 1243 | Quality Assurance | 2 |
| Credits | 14 | |
| Third Term | ||
| CNBT 1342 | Building Codes and Inspections | 3 |
| CNBT 2344 | Construction Management II | 3 |
| CNBT 2315 | Construction Specifications and Contracts | 3 |
| CNBT 2266 | Practicum-Construction Technology | 2 |
| Credits | 11 | |
| Total Credits | 36 | |
Capstone Experience: CNBT 2266