Construction Management: Electricity - Associate Degree
The Construction Management-Electricity associate degree is designed to provide fundamental job management skills to those already working in the trade to advance their career in the construction field. The first year of the program consists of the completion of the Electricity technical diploma or related apprenticeship program. The second year of the program is online and consists of general studies courses and construction related courses. Subject areas covered include managing construction costs, project and personnel management, site supervision, estimating, and project scheduling.
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Program Costs & Financial Aid
Tuition: $11,765, Books: $1,622, Supplies: $550
This program is fully eligible for financial aid.
Estimates based on in-state residency. Please visit the following URL to learn more about tuition and fees for this program. https://www.nwtc.edu/admissions-and-aid/paying-for-college/tuition-and-fees?ProgramCode=104551
Requirements for Program Entry
- Please note that all new students apply to the technical diploma program. While attending you may later have the associate degree added.
Program Outcomes
- Apply principles of personnel supervision.
- Define the methods, materials and techniques used in construction.
- Explain the relationship between contract documents and the construction process.
- Plan, prepare and update construction project schedules.
- Interpret construction documents to estimate basic construction costs.
- Define the roles, relationships and responsibilities of the participants in the construction process.
- Demonstrate basic knowledge of contract administration procedures and the communication methods used in their implementation.
- Control construction costs.
Curriculum
Students following the study plan below will complete the Construction Management - Electricity associate degree in the number of semesters shown.
First Semester
8 Week 1
8 Week 2
Second Semester
8 Week 1
8 Week 2
Third Semester
8 Week 1
8 Week 2
Fourth Semester
8 Week 1
8 Week 2
- Curriculum Note: The credit for 10-890-101 is an Institutional Requirement for graduation. Consequently, it is not part of the program credit requirements, but must be passed with a C or better.
- Students must earn a "C" or higher in all 10-413-XXX courses.
- Students must earn a "C" or better in 31-804-304 Vocational Math A
Course Descriptions
Safety, electrical code applications, box selection, wire selection, wire terminations, single-point lighting control, multiple-point lighting control, receptacles. (Corequisite: 10-413-102, Residential Electrical Code 1)
Course Typically Offered: FallStudents gain skills that lead to success in college and employment. This course encourages students to develop a growth mindset and make wise choices. Students should take this course in their first semester. (Pre-requisite: None.)
Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall SpringThis course provides the opportunity for the learner to develop the knowledge and skills to apply the concepts of whole numbers, fractions, decimals, measurement, proportions, and percent to their career. No prerequisites needed.
Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall SpringAtomic structure, electrical quantities, Ohm's Law, magnetism, AC concepts. (Corequisite: 10-804-301, Vocational Math A )
Course Typically Offered: FallNational Electrical Code, residential circuits, conductor sizes, branch circuits, box fill calculations, switch control, branch circuit overcurrent protection and calculations, and ground fault circuit interrupters.
Course Typically Offered: FallGround fault circuit interrupters, arc fault circuit interrupters, layout and design, circuit determinations. (Prerequisite: 10-413-305 Intro to Residential Circuits)
Course Typically Offered: FallNational Electrical Code, residential circuit layout and design, small appliance circuits, special purpose outlets, service entrance equipment, calculations and demand factors. (Prerequisite: 10-413-102, Residential Electrical Code 1)
Course Typically Offered: FallElectron theory, electromotive force sources, voltage, current, resistance, power, Ohm's Law, series-parallel circuits and test equipment. (Prerequisite: 10-413-317, Fundamentals of Electricity)
Course Typically Offered: FallCable installation, small appliance branch circuits, special purpose outlets, multi-wire circuits, low voltage wiring. (Prerequisite: 10-413-306, Residential Circuits and Design)
Course Typically Offered: FallThis course provides the opportunity for the learner to develop the knowledge and skills to apply the concepts of algebra, geometry, and trigonometry to their career. (Pre-requisite: Completion of 31-804-304 Vocational Math A with a "C" or better)
Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall SpringRaceways and fittings, conduit bending, wire pulling methods, fastening systems, lighting and low-voltage wiring. (Prerequisite: 10-413-307, Residential Wiring)
Course Typically Offered: SpringCommercial building plans and specifications, computing electrical loads and branch circuits, emergency systems, raceways, conduit fill, power and lighting circuits, motor & appliance circuits. (Prerequisite: 10-413-103, Residential Electrical Code 2)
Course Typically Offered: SpringAC theory, inductance, capacitance, impedance, series ad parallel AC circuits, AC power, power factor corrections, rectification of AC, diodes and silicon controlled rectifiers. (Prerequisite: 10-413-314, DC Circuits)
Course Typically Offered: SpringElectrical symbols, wiring diagrams, ladder diagrams, control logic, pilot devices, solenoids, relays, and time delay control. (Prerequisite: 10-413-327, Commercial Wiring Techniques)
Course Typically Offered: SpringMagnetism, electromagnetism, transformers, DC generators and motors, AC single-phase and three-phase motors, and an introduction to AC drives. (Prerequisite: 10-413-330, AC Circuits )
Course Typically Offered: SpringThree-phase and single-phase systems, motor branch circuits, overcurrent and overload protections, power factor, hazardous locations, harmonics and National Electric Code. (Prerequisite: 10-413-105, Commercial Elec Code)
Course Typically Offered: SpringAddresses OSHA 29CFR1926 rules and is approved by OSHA for construction workers, foremen, job supervisors, and anyone involved in construction trades. Successful participants receive 30-hour card from OSHA.
Course Typically Offered: Fall SpringMotor starters, overcurrent protection, overload protection, motor branch circuits, starting methods, troubleshooting motor circuits, and an introduction to PLC's. (Prerequisite: 10-413-303, Industrial Controls)
Course Typically Offered: SpringConsiders material properties, processes of manufacture, installation procedures and performance. Construction methods, building systems and products will be evaluated. Materials will be analyzed and classified based on the Construction Specifications Institute Master Format.
Course Typically Offered: FallExplores the relationship between contract documents and the construction process including contractual relationships, legal roles and responsibilities, and contract types. Legal issues will be studied including regulatory issues, liens, bonds, insurance, and change orders and changed conditions. (Prerequisite: Completion of related technical diploma, registered apprenticeship or work experience)
Course Typically Offered: FallSurvey of theoretical foundations of human behavior such as sensation and perception, motivation, emotions, learning, personality, psychological disorders, therapy, stress, and human diversity in personal, social and vocational settings. (Prerequisite: Cumulative GPA of 2.6 or greater OR satisfactory reading and writing assessment scores OR 10-831-107, College Reading and Writing 1 with "B" or better OR Corequisite: 10-831-102, English Comp Prep)
Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall SpringThis course is designed to give an overview of how a market-oriented economic system operates, and it surveys the factors which influence national economic policy. Basic concepts and analyses are illustrated by reference to a variety of contemporary problems and public policy issues. Concepts include scarcity, resources, alternative economic systems, growth, supply and demand, monetary and fiscal policy, inflation, unemployment and global economic issues. (Prerequisite: Next Gen Rdg score greater/equal to 250 AND Writing score greater/equal to 237; OR ACT Rdg score greater/equal to 16 AND English greater/equal to 15; OR 10-831-107, College Reading and Writing with a B or better.)
Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall SpringStudents will learn how to plan, prepare and update construction project schedules in this course. We will learn how to define construction activities, determine activity duration, and assemble the activities into a logical construction schedule. We will learn to create and use bar charts and critical path schedules. Students are also introduced to computer-aided scheduling. (Prerequisite: Completion of related technical diploma, registered apprenticeship, or work experience; Corequisite: 10-455-105 Building Materials in Construction)
Course Typically Offered: FallFront-line supervisory functions including planning, controlling, delegating, organizing, human motivation, decision-making, conflict resolution, and managing a diverse workforce.
Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall SpringAll college students, regardless of their college major, need to be able to make reasonable decisions about fiscal, environmental, and health issues that require quantitative reasoning skills. An activity based approach is used to explore numerical relationships, graphs, proportional relationships, algebraic reasoning, and problem solving using linear, exponential and other mathematical models. Students will develop conceptual and procedural tools that support the use of key mathematical concepts in a variety of contexts. This course may be used as the first of a two part sequence that ends with Quantitative Reasoning as the capstone general education math requirement. (Prerequisite: Next Gen Arith score greater/equal to 250 AND Rdg score greater/equal to 250; OR TABE A 9/10 Math greater/equal to 12.7 AND Rdg greater/equal to 8.8; OR TABE 11/12 Math greater/equal to 780 AND Rdg greater/equal to 567; OR ACT Math score greater/equal to 15 AND ACT Reading score greater/equal to 16; OR prep courses-contact an academic advisor 920-498-5444)
Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall SpringTeaches students the basics of construction estimating with an emphasis on quantity takeoff procedures and pricing techniques for both detailed and conceptual estimates. Additional topics include types of estimates, estimating labor, materials, and equipment, and profit and overhead markups. (Prerequisite: 10-809-195 Economics, 10-455-102 Planning and Scheduling)
Course Typically Offered: SpringFocuses on the day-to-day activities of managing a construction project. Topics include the flow of project information, managing sources of risk, mobilization and organization of a project in the field, subcontractor management, and project close-out. (Prerequisite: 10-455-100 Contract Documents and Construction Law)
Course Typically Offered: SpringThis course focuses on developing effective listening techniques and verbal and nonverbal communication skills through oral presentation, group activity, and other projects. The study of self, conflict, and cultural contexts will be explored, as well as their impact on communication. (Prerequisite: Next Gen Rdg score greater/equal to 250 AND Writing score greater/equal to 237; OR ACT Rdg score greater/equal to 16 AND English score greater/equal to 16; OR preparatory course-contact an academic advisor at 920-498-5444)
Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall SpringBasic American values of justice and equality by teaching vocabulary, history of immigration/conquest, transcultural communication, legal liability, multicultural majority/minority relations, ageism, sexism, gender, sexual orientation, the disabled/ADA. (Prerequisite: Next Gen Rdg score greater/equal to 250 AND Writing score greater/equal to 237; OR ACT Rdg score greater/equal to 16 AND English greater/equal to 15; OR 10-831-107, College Reading and Writing with a B or better.)
Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall SpringThis course is intended to teach the skills necessary for effective control of construction costs at the job site. We will study construction cost and apply principles and practices associated with cost awareness and production control to each element of the project. Cost control begins with the estimate and then continues through work and cost analysis, production scheduling, reporting, production control and ends with project evaluation. (Prerequisite: 10-455-102 Planning and Scheduling; Corequisite: 10-455-103 Introduction to Construction Estimating)
Course Typically Offered: SpringLearners develop knowledge/skills in planning, organizing, writing, editing. Students will also analyze audience/purpose, use elements of research, format documents using standard guidelines, and develop critical reading skills. (Prerequisite: High school GPA greater/equal to 2.6; OR ACT Reading score greater/equal to 16 AND English greater/equal to 18; OR Next Gen Reading score greater/equal to 250 AND Writing score greater/equal to 260; OR "preparatory course(s)", contact academic advisor at 920-498-5444)
Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall SpringThe nature and variety of groups; inequality, race and ethnicity; family, population, social integration, and change; collective behavior; politics, economics, religion, education, and the effects of technology. (Prerequisite: Next Gen Rdg score greater/equal to 250 AND Writing score greater/equal to 237; OR ACT Rdg score greater/equal to 16 AND English greater/equal to 15; OR 10-831-107, College Reading and Writing with a B or better)
Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall Spring