Program Overview

  • Duration

    1 Year (Self-Paced) Program

    Can be done in 6 months

  • Total Courses

    14

  • Total Credit Hours

    84 Hours

Southeastern Michigan University's Construction Management program offers a comprehensive education that combines academic depth with practical experience. Our expert faculty members create a supportive learning environment, guiding students to develop the knowledge, skills, and critical thinking abilities needed to excel in the field of construction management.

Core Business Foundation:

The program typically begins with a solid foundation in core business disciplines, such as accounting, marketing, finance, management, and organizational behavior. This equips students with a well-rounded understanding of how businesses operate.


Professional Development And Networking:

Beyond the classroom, the College of Business places a strong emphasis on professional development and networking. Our students have access to a wide range of opportunities, including career fairs, industry conferences, and guest speaker events.


Global Business Engagement:

The College of Business is committed to preparing students for success in a globalized business environment. Our programs offer unique opportunities for international engagement, including study abroad programs, global business competitions, and collaborations with multinational corporations.

This course will introduce you to the principles and functions of business. Business will be discussed as a part of a total social, political and economic environment. The various functional areas of business will be discussed: economic systems, forms of business ownership, management, human relations, marketing, accounting and finance.


This course is designed to introduce you to the basic marketing concepts. It provides an overview of the marketing functions of selling, promotion, and distribution along with marketing research and strategic marketing process.


This course is designed to give you a comprehensive view of communication, its scope and importance in business, and the role of communication in establishing a favorable outside the firm environment, as well as an effective internal communications program.


The Fundamentals of Accounting course provides you with a solid foundation in the principles and practices of accounting; including Accounting Laws and Processes. This course focuses on user orientation of financial accounting, the uses of financial statements, how to analyze a business entity, and how the accounting system is structured.


Introduction to Finance is a course that introduces basic principles of finance. Through this course, you will be able to develop a fundamental understanding of the finance world, which will help you build a base for pursuing a career in the financial industry.


The course is designed to discuss management theories, concepts, techniques, and practices in the context of complex, dynamic, changing and globalizing business world. Applying the functional or process approach to the study of management, the discussion will cover all main management functions: planning, organizing, directing and controlling.


This course explores what an e-business is and how it is managed. E-Business is an interdisciplinary topic encompassing both business and technology. The major characteristics, opportunities, and limitations of this form of business are explored.


This course examines the role of the human resource professional as a strategic partner in managing today’s organizations. Key functions such as recruitment, selection, appraisal, compensation, and labor relations are examined. Implications of legal and global environments are appraised and issues such as diversity training etc. are analyzed.

Construction management is a course that helps in managing the production of construction work. The range of work includes new build, refurbishment, maintenance, and increasingly, design. In addition to the core themes of management and technology this professional role requires a range of management skills including team working and effective communication. 


The construction industry is one of the largest industries in the world. This course covers the surveying activity in construction management and is delivering graduates with the concepts of different surveying techniques in Construction surveying and Land surveying.


In this course, you will learn how to develop an estimate to be used for the competitive bidding of projects. It provides you with the entire Overview of the Estimating and Bidding Process along with different technologies that can be used in this process.


This course provides an introductory overview of the various materials used in construction. After receiving an introduction into fundamental principles of structural, physical and long-term performance, you would be able to learn about material and product manufacturing techniques and how they relate to mechanical and non-mechanical properties of the various materials.


This course which will cover managerial accounting applications including financial statement analysis, project/job cost analysis and cash flow analysis, internal accounting controls, that will most definitely enhance and further develop your construction management skills set.


This course is an introductory-level 2D and 3D Computer Aided Drawing class. CAD course is used to create, edit, annotate, and document drawings used in architecture, engineering, and construction. This is a course where you would learn to represent objects graphically and communicate this information using accepted drafting techniques, and practices.

Cost of Attendance

Tuition Fee Breakdown Cost
ASSOCIATE TO BACHELORS DEGREE $18,480
Medical Insurance $0.00
Personal Expenses $0.00
Study Materials $0.00
Food Cost $0.00
Total Tuition Fee $18,480
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Eligibility Criteria

High School Diploma, GED or equiv. International Education

Credit Hours

84 Hours

Course Duration

1 Year (Self-Paced) Program

Courses Offered

14

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