Construction Science Major (COSI), BS

The Construction Science degree prepares students to be professional constructors and managers within the industry of the built environment. The curriculum is designed to produce professional personnel equipped to manage and mitigate the growing challenges in all aspects of construction. The degree consists of a compilation of engineering science and project management coursework that will prepare the student for professional careers in residential, commercial, and heavy construction.

The program prepares graduates to execute the designs created by engineers and architects. Students share the same classroom with engineering and architecture students preparing for their professional careers. This setting and approach equip the construction science students with an in-depth understanding of construction design, specifications, and expectations that govern the projects the student will be executing after graduation.

The program affords students a level of construction science education that would require multiple years of industry experience to develop. This provides students the opportunity to be highly marketable for the many open positions within the construction industry, as well as opportunities to rapidly advance within their construction organizations.

Requirements

Liberal Arts: 34 Hours

All majors at Harding are required to complete the 47-hour Liberal Arts program. The following Liberal Arts requirements are met within the content of the major:

MATH 2300 and PHYS 2000 satisfy 6 hours of Inquiry, Investigation, and Reasoning.
ENGR 3100 and IS 4200 satisfy 7 hours of Self and Society. According to Arkansas State Law, international students are required to take POLS 1787 , which will increase the number of hours for the major.

Major: 80 Hours

BUS 2040 - Business Accounting Credit Hours: 3
or ACCT 2050 - Financial Accounting Credit Hours: 3
BUS 3150 - Business Law Credit Hours: 3
BUS 4200 - Negotiations Credit Hours: 3
BUS 4350 - Christian Business Ethics Credit Hours: 2, 3
(2 credit hours meet the program requirement.)
CHEM 1010/1010L - General Chemistry Credit Hours: 4
or CHEM 1040/1040L - College Chemistry I Credit Hours: 4
COSC 3670 - Industry Fieldwork Experience Credit Hours: 1
COSC 4202 - Construction Science Thesis Credit Hours: 3
CVLE 1400 - Civil Applications and Communications Credit Hours: 2
CVLE 1500 - Engineering Data Analysis Credit Hours: 3
CVLE 2300 - Surveying Credit Hours: 2
and CVLE 2300L - LAB: Surveying Credit Hours: 1
CVLE 2700 - Structural Materials Credit Hours: 2
CVLE 3100L - LAB: Geotechnical Engineering Credit Hours: 1
CVLE 3200 - Construction Management Credit Hours: 3
CVLE 3250L - LAB: Civil Engineering Credit Hours: 1
CVLE 3902 - Civil Engineering Design/Build II Credit Hours: 1
ENGR 3100 - Engineering Economics Credit Hours: 3
HRM 3320 - Human Resource Management Credit Hours: 3
IDA 2060 - Interior Components I Credit Hours: 3
or IDA 3060 - Interior Components II Credit Hours: 3
or ARCH 2800 - Structural Systems I Credit Hours: 3
IDA 2210 - Architectural Graphics III Credit Hours: 3
or ARCH 2210 - Architectural Graphics III Credit Hours: 3
IDA 3620 - Construction Systems Credit Hours: 3
or ARCH 3200 - Environmental Systems Credit Hours: 3
IDA 3710 - Building Systems and Codes Credit Hours: 3
or ARCH 3500 - Regulatory Codes Credit Hours: 3
IDA 3730 - History of Architecture and Interior Design I Credit Hours: 3
or ARCH 2500 - History and Theory of Architecture I Credit Hours: 3
IS 3400 - Project Management Credit Hours: 3
IS 4200 - Advanced Global Project Management Credit Hours: 3
IS 4500 - Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) Preparation Credit Hours: 3
MATH 2300 - Precalculus Credit Hours: 5
(May be satisfied with College Algebra and Plane Trigonometry or MATH 2350 )
MGT 3680 - Management and Organizational Behavior Credit Hours: 3
PHYS 2000 - Structural Physics Credit Hours: 3

Choose 4-5 hours from the following courses:

Other courses may be approved by the department chair.

ENGR 1010 - Introduction to Engineering Credit Hours: 2
ENGR 3011 - Design Build Compete I Credit Hours: 1
ENGR 3012 - Design Build Compete II Credit Hours: 1
ENGR 3301 - Human-Centered Design Project I Credit Hours: 2
GEOG 3800 - Intro to Geographic Information Systems Credit Hours: 3

Remaining Bible/Electives: 6 Hours

BUS 4350 , included in the major, satisfies the Bible requirement in the semester it is taken.

See Bible Class Enrollment policy here.

Total Hours: 120 Hours

Note(s):

Construction science majors have the following Liberal Arts substitution: ENGR 3100 is a substitute for ECON 2010 and BUS 2510 .

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