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Construction
Engineering
A new program in the Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering
The construction engineering degree program is a new offering,
expected to be in place and in the catalog in the Fall of 2006. The program
is supported by a generous endowment from the San Diego chapter of the
Associated General Contractors (AGC). Students who might be interested in the
degree program prior to publication in the catalog are encouraged to seek
additional information at the addresses below. Accreditation from the
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology will be sought for the
program.
The Construction Engineering program at
SDSU is to reflect a collaborative effort between the construction industry
and the university to provide effective and vigorous workforce development for
the continued growth of the 1. A core educational
curriculum emphasizing the theory and practice of construction engineering
and management of construction enterprises. 2. A diverse general
education curriculum to serve as the basis for effective citizenship,
effective contribution to society through a profession, lifelong enjoyment of
artistic and intellectual activities, and the application of intellectual
curiosity to a sometimes hidebound industry. 3. An outreach component
of the curriculum to facilitate comprehensive appreciation of the
construction industry in 4. Recruitment and retention of a diverse
student population. Construction
is a broad profession requiring the ability to skillfully balance the
technical demands of the profession (design of production systems, safe
execution of the required work within a budget and schedule) with the needs
of the larger society. Much of what we
know about the past comes to us from the inherited body of constructed works.
Whatever we are as a diverse society, for better or for worse, echoes in the
built environment which surrounds us, and everything we do represents an
interaction in some manner with the built environment. Construction efforts are required to
provide a venue for artistry no less than they are a home for a vibrant
economy. Construction
engineering as a discipline could be accurately described as the application
of scientific principals and project management tools to the construction
enterprise. It is fundamentally a problem-solving profession, in which the
construction professional must obtain the skills and breadth of understanding
to puzzle out how to bring the dream of a design into the reality of a
finished facility. Construction professionals must have an understanding of
the society and its basic function in order to successfully complete the
built works which enable that society. They must have an excellent grounding
in the foundational skills of the profession, but they must couple these with
the ability to relate to widely divergent interests. Mailing
address:
Civil and
Environmental Engineering Department Email: ce@engineering.sdsu.edu For more information on the Construction Engineering degree
program, contact Dr. Ken Walsh, AGC-Paul S. Roel Chair in Construction
Engineering and Management. Dr. Walsh can be reached at the address above, or directly via kwalsh@mail.sdsu.edu
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