Construction Management Program Outcomes

Mission of the Department


The mission of the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering is to ensure student success by providing a high-quality education through focused instruction, research, and continuing professional development for the benefit of the engineering profession, the environment, and society.

Program Educational Objectives

The Construction Management Program is to reflect a collaboration between the construction industry and the university to provide an effective and vigorous workforce development for the continued growth of the San Diego region.

Program Educational Objectives are established jointly by our CCEE faculty and our industrial constituencies. They are formulated as follows:

Five years after graduation, the Construction Management graduates will:

Objective 1: Have the knowledge, as well as the technical, administrative and communication skills, necessary to succeed in the construction industry.

Objective 2: Demonstrate the knowledge and skills to ethically deliver construction projects with respect to scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, and the environment.

Objective 3: Be steadily progressing in their chosen careers through continuous formal and informal professional development.

Student Outcomes

Student Outcomes are established by ABET/ANSAC Criterion 3, relevant Program Criteria, and our program constituencies. They are formulated as follows:

By the time of graduation, the Construction Management graduates will have:

  1. An ability to identify, formulate, and solve broadly defined technical or scientific problems by applying knowledge of mathematics and science and/or technical topics to areas relevant to the discipline.
  2. An ability to formulate or design a system, process, procedure or program to meet desired needs.
  3. An ability to develop and conduct experiments or test hypotheses, analyze and interpret data and use scientific judgment to draw conclusions.
  4. An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
  5. An ability to understand ethical and professional responsibilities and the impact of technical and/or scientific solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
  6. An ability to function effectively on teams that establish goals, plan tasks, meet deadlines, and analyze risk and uncertainty.
  7. An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies. (ABET/EAC Criterion adopted by the CONM Program)