Online Construction Management Course

A new course in construction management is online and open to a global audience. Tuition for this course is the same for in state students, out of state students and international students. The course covers: "Analysis of critical construction management skills. Analysis of organizational systems related to construction management. Case studies. Analysis of theories of motivation, planning, leadership, organizational change, etc., as they relate to field construction operations."

The course texts will be:
Title: Good To Great
Author: Collins

and

Title: Construction Accounting and Financial Management
Author: Peterson

Interested students should contact the instructor with questions. Experience may be sufficient to replace the listed prerequisite. This course is one of thirteen online environmental engineering courses available from Iowa State University in the spring 2008 semester that begins in January.

The other courses offered through the civil engineering department at Iowa State include:

Principles of Environmental Engineering
Construction Management Functions & Processes
Design of Construction Systems
Case Histories in Construction Documents
Structural Analysis by Finite Elements
Planning and Scheduling for Highway Construction
Cost Estimating for Highway Construction
Project Controls
Computer Applications for Project Controls
Water Pollution Control Processes
Physical-Chemical Treatment Process
Surface Water Hydrology
Environmental Flows