Construction Administration (BA)

Degree Requirements

Successful completion of a minimum of 128 semester credit hours.
Completion of the final 32 semester graded credit hours at Lewis University including four upper division foundation courses and/or major courses (12 semester credit hours.)
Achievement of an overall grade point average of at least 2.00 (“C”) for all courses taken at Lewis University and a 2.20 average for the foundation and major area courses.

General Education

(45 - 46 Credit Hours)
College Writing I (3)
College Writing II (3)
Intro. to Human Communication (3)
Mathematics (satisfied by Finite Math or other course equivalents) (3)
Social Science (satisfied by Macroeconomics) (3)
Social Science (3)
Social Science (3)
Natural Science (satisfied by Topics in Environmental Science) (3)
Natural Science (please see academic advisor) (3 - 4)

Three of the following five courses
Fine Arts Requirement (3)
Culture and Civilization I (3)
Culture and Civilization II (3)
Literature Requirement (3)
Introduction to Philosophy (3)

Two of the following Mission-based courses must be taken at Lewis
Christian Action and Values (3) OR Ethics (3)
Cultural Diversity and Intergroup Relations (3)
Theology (3)

FOUNDATION COURSES

(30 Credit Hours)
Accounting for Managers (3)
Finance for Managers (3)
Business Law I (3)
Industrial and Organizational Psychology (3)
Principles of Management and Leadership (3)
Principles of Project Management (3)
Business Communication in the Digital Age (3)
Principles of Marketing (3)
Statistics for the Decision Maker (3)
Computer Systems Requirement (satisfied by Intro to Information Systems or other course equivalents) (3)

Major Courses

(28-29 Credit Hours)
Organizational Staffing (3)
Business Ethics (3)
Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (3)
Cost Analysis and Value Engineering (3)
Labor Relations (3)
Construction Safety, Program Planning and Development (3)
Construction Management Document Software (2)
Construction Contracts (2)

Choose one of the following:
Intro to Geographic Information Systems (4)
Principles of Commercial Real Estate (3)
Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship (3)

Capstone

Advanced Project Management in Construction (3)

Electives

(23-25 credit hours)
* Elective credit hours will be satisfied through freshman and sophomore level construction courses transferred to Lewis from a regionally accredited community college, technical college, or four-year college/university. Examples of elective courses acceptable for transfer may include construction fundamentals, architecture and drafting, blueprint reading, methods of site building, construction safety, and construction layout and site operations. The program advisor will work with the student to determine the appropriate courses for meeting the elective credit hours required.

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