Construction Engineering and Management Certificate

Contact Information

Mark Van Vleck, PE
Program Coordinator
Civil/Mechanical 123
(361) 737-2855
Email: Mark.VanVleck@sdsmt.edu

Students are responsible for checking with their advisors for any program modifications that may occur after the publication of this catalog.

Degree requirements

Distribution of credits

Core requirements: 0 credits
Research or project requirements: 0 credits
Elective requirements: 12 credits
Total credits: 12

All credits must be taken from the courses approved for the certificate.

Core requirements

No specific courses are required for this certificate.

Research or project requirements

There is no research or project requirement for this certificate.

Elective requirements

This certificate requires a total of 12 credits of coursework to be selected by the student in consultation with the student’s advisor and from the list of approved certificate courses below. The courses taken must meet these criteria:

All courses must be SD Mines CEM graduate coursework. No transfer credit will be allowed.
No credit hours may be CEM 691 or CEM 791 .
Undergraduate courses (400 level and below) will not count toward the certificate.

These CEM courses are available in person or in distance format:

CEM 608 Construction Contracts Credits: (3-0) 3
CEM 410/510 Construction Project Management Credits: (3-0) 3
CEM 612 Construction Estimating Credits: (3-0) 3
CEM 614 Construction Project Scheduling Credits: (3-0) 3
CEM 615 Ethics and Law in the Constructed Environment Credits: (3-0) 3
CEM 616 Codes and Standards Credits: (3-0) 3
CEM 619 Construction Company Management Credits: (3-0) 3
CEM 620 Leading and Managing Design Organizations Credits: (3-0) 3
CEM 640 Temporary Structures Credits: (3-0) 3
CEM 665 Construction Equipment Management Credits: (3-0) 3
CEM 606 Managing Sustainable Projects Credits: (3-0) 3
CEM 630 Performance Management & Leadership Credits: (3-0) 3
CEM 675 Construction Equipment Operations Credits: (3-0) 3
CEM 750 Environmental Permitting Credits: (3-0) 3
CEM 751 Construction Stormwater Management Credits: (3-0) 3
Note that 700 level courses are not available to undergraduate students.

Examinations

No final degree examination is required for the certificate. Individual courses may hold final examinations as part of the course.

Additional requirements

In addition to these degree-specific requirements, the student must also meet the requirements and policies applied to all graduate degrees by the Council of Graduate Education.