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Sample 4-Year Plan: Career and Technical Education B.S.

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Bachelor of Science in Career and Technical Education

The career and technical education program is designed for four general groups of students: (1) Kentucky in-service and pre-service career and technical teachers; (2) individuals preparing for careers in corporate industrial/technical training, personnel development, or special industrial re-training programs; (3) those seeking general training careers in business and industry; and (4) pre-service and in-service secondary business education teachers. This program is not intended for individuals seeking Kentucky provisional teacher certification in technology education.

Student must complete the requirements listed here for the Bachelor of Science in Career and Technical Education.

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Degree Requirements: B.S. – Career and Technical Education


Courses in Career and Technical Education		Credits
CTE 180	Foundations: Career/Technical Education			3
CTE 181	Instructional Systems Development			3
CTE 280	Instructional Methods: Career/Technical Education			3
CTE 281	Evaluation in Career/Technical Education			3
CTE 380	Organization and Management of Career/Technical Education			3
CTE 382	Exceptional Students in Career/Technical Education			3
CTE 487	Teaching Career/Technical Education Capstone			3
CTE 488	Problems in Career/Technical Education			4
CTE 494	Seminar: Career and Technical Education			3
EDU 300	Human Growth and Development
	OR			3
PSY 300	Personality Psychology
Technical Component (52 hours of approved credit in area of study including 21 hours at the 300 level or above)			52
TOTAL CREDITS			83

Bachelor of Science in Construction Management

NKU’s Construction Management program is a nationally recognized program, accredited by the American Council for Construction Education (ACCE), providing its students with both the theoretical and hands-on skills to manage a construction project from inception to completion. The program covers the technical aspects of project design and execution in addition to management and administration aspects resulting in project completion on time, within budget, and meeting the client’s expectations.

This balanced curriculum of 120 credit hours includes a minimum of 6 hours of co-op, allowing the students to learn onsite and apply what they learn in class to a real-world project. Students graduating from the program earn a minor in business, marketing, or entrepreneurship to complement their construction education. Graduates from the program occupy positions such as project engineers, project managers, project superintendents, construction estimators, construction schedulers, and construction safety officers.

Students must fulfill all requirements for the major and either the standard business component or the minor in entrepreneurial studies offered by the Department of Management. Students must earn a C- or better in all CMGT courses.

If a particular course has a prerequisite that is not listed as part of the major requirements, then the prerequisite is given in italics below the course for which it is a prerequisite, and it is marked with an asterisk (*). These prerequisites must be completed IN ADDITION TO other program requirements.

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Degree Requirements: B.S. – Construction Management


Core Courses in Construction Management				Credits
CMGT 101	Introduction to Construction Management						3
CMGT 120	Construction Materials and Methods I						3
CMGT 121	Construction Materials and Methods II						3
CMGT 220	Plane Surveying						3
CMGT 222	Architectural Drafting and CAD						3
CMGT 225	Construction Safety						3
CMGT 228	Soil and Foundation Interaction						3
CMGT 301	Cooperative Education in Construction Management (two required)						6
CMGT 303	Construction Contracts, Documents and Administration						3
CMGT 305	Mechanical Systems for Construction						3
CMGT 306	Electrical Systems for Construction						3
CMGT 320	Construction Estimating						3
CMGT 322	Structural Analysis						3
CMGT 324	Construction Scheduling						3
CMGT 329	Construction Equipment						3
CMGT 415	Construction Management						3
CMGT 420	Construction Cost Control						3
CMGT 431	Capstone: Commercial and Residential						3
Select two courses from the following:
CMGT 323			Land Planning and Development
CMGT 399			Independent Study in Construction Management (with approval of Department Chair)
CMGT 400			Building Codes
CMGT 426			Heavy Construction Techniques and Analysis
CMGT 427			Construction Law and Legal Contracts				6
CMGT 429			Civil Design
CMGT 430			Design Build
CMGT 383			Advanced Technical Study (with approval of Department Chair)
CMGT 424			Capstone: Construction-Renovation and Restoration
CMGT 494			Seminar: Construction Management
Required courses in construction management						57
Core Courses in Other Disciplines
MAT 119		Pre-Calculus Mathematics*					3
		*Prerequisite: MAT 109 Algebra for College Students (for students with below a 23 in math on the ACT)
GLY 120/ GLY 120L		This Dangerous Earth with Laboratory**					4
PHY 211		General Physics I with Laboratory**					5
BUS 330		Business Ethics					3
Select one course from the following**:
MAT 128	Calculus A
MAT 129	Calculus I						3
STA 205	Introduction to Statistical Methods
STA 212	Statistics for Business Applications I
Core Credits in Other Disciplines					15
Required courses from business component (listed below) or entrepreneurship minor					18
Additional prerequisite credits					0-3
TOTAL CREDITS					90-93
**Courses with double asterisks are both required and count toward general education credit.


Standard Business Component		Credits
BUS 230	Legal Environment		3
ECO 200	Principles of Macroeconomics
	OR		3
ECO 201	Principles of Microeconomics
MGT 205	Business Management Principles		3
ENTP 150	Overview of Accounting		3
Select two courses from the following:
ECO 200	Macroeconomics
	OR
ECO 201	Principles of Microeconomics (NOT taken above)
BUS 330	Ethics: Managerial Decision-Making
FIN 305	Principles of Finance		6
HRM 300	Introduction to Labor Relations
LDR 305	Human Relations in Organizations
LDR 308	Leadership in Organizations
LDR 395	Teamwork in Organizations
MKT 305	Principles of Marketing
Other as approved by the department chair			6
TOTAL			18

Bachelor of Science in Construction Management – Surveying Track

This program is a partnership degree program between Cincinnati State Technical and Community College (CSTCC) and NKU. Students pursuing this option must complete the Associate Degree in Civil Engineering Technology - Surveying from CSTCC and the advanced surveying certificate program from CSTCC. Students then transfer to NKU and complete an additional 30 hours of coursework including "CMGT 301: Cooperative Education in Construction Management," "CMGT 225: Construction Safety,""CMGT 303 Construction Contracts, Documents and Administration," CMGT 320 Construction Estimating;" CMGT 324 Construction Scheduling" CMGT 415 Construction Management" and "CMGT 431: Capstone: Commercial and Residential." The advanced surveying certificate at CSTCC for this degree is offered online. Graduates from this bachelor’s degree program will qualify to sit for the Professional Registration Test in Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana after serving the proper residency under a licensed surveyor. Students interested in pursuing the Indiana surveyor’s license are required to take approximately three additional science courses as outlined by the state of Indiana.

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