UMass Amherst: Building and Construction Technology

University Requirements:

University General Education Requirements:

Students starting after fall 2010 (review the Gen-Ed requirements). Requirements shown in italics only apply to students that started before Fall 2010.

* NOTE: Only 1 course can be within a student’s major department

BCT Major Requirements:

• ___  BCT 204 Construction Materials & Methods (spring)
• ___  BCT 211 Energy Efficient Housing (fall)
• ___  BCT 220 Intro to CAD in Construction & Architecture (fall and spring)
• ___  BCT 304 Properties of Wood (fall)
• ___  BCT 313 Light-Frame Structures (fall)
• ___  BCT 314 Architectural Blueprint Reading and Estimating (TBD)
• ___  BCT 353 Business of Building (spring)
• ___  BCT 420 Advanced Topics in CAD (spring)
• ___  BCT 494 Integrative Experience Seminar (spring)
• ___  BCT 530 Mechanics of Building Materials for Construction (spring)
• ___  ECON 103 Introduction to Microeconomics (SB)
  • OR ___  RES-ECON 102 Introduction to Resource Economics (SB)
• ___  ECON 104 Introduction to Macroeconomics (SB)
• ___  NRC 492A Verbal Communication or COMM 260 Public Speaking (fall)
• ___  NRC 100 Society and Environment (I) (fall)

BCT Major – Science Requirements (3 classes):

• ___  PHYSICS 131 Intro to Physics I (131 or 131/133 - PS) (4 cr.)
• ___  PHYSICS 132 Intro to Physics II (132 or 132/134) or other PS course (PS) (4 cr.)
• ___  CHEM 110 General Chemistry or other PS course (PS) (4 cr.)

Professional Electives (choose any 4 on list below or get consent of advisor for substitutes):

BCT courses:

• ___  BCT 150 The Built Environment (I) (fall)
• ___  BCT 311 Sustainable Indoor Environmental Systems (spring)
• ___  BCT 397B Wood Structure Design Studio (spring)
• ___  BCT 411 Indoor Environmental Systems (spring – 2 cr.)
• ___  BCT 540 Design of Wood Structures (fall)
• ___  BCT 597G (BCT 514) Energy & Buildings (fall)
• ___  BCT 597P Project Management for Design and Construction (spring)
• ___  BCT 597S Build your “green” business plan (spring – 1 cr.)
• ___  BCT 597E  (BCT 515) Building Energy Systems (spring)

Other UMass courses:

• ___  ACCTG 221 Introduction to Accounting I
• ___  ARCH-DES 197E ST-Design Investigations (Fall)
• ___  ARCH-DES 211 The City (Spring)
• ___  ARCH-DES 397G Great Spaces (Fall)
• ___  ART-HIST 191A History of Architecture (Spring)
• ___  ART-HIST 342 19th Century Architecture: Reform, History and Technology (Fall)
• ___  ART-HIST 343 20th Century Architecture: Modernism, Capitalism and Globalism (Spring)
• ___  ART-HIST 344 Vernacular Architecture (Fall)
• ___  CE-ENGIN 211 Perspectives on the Evolution of Structures (Spring)
• ___  CE-ENGIN 240 Statics
• ___  CE-ENGIN 241 Strength of Materials
• ___  CE-ENGIN 290B History & Heritage of CE-ENGIN
• ___  CMPSCI 105 Computer Literacy
• ___  CMPSCI 121 Intro. to Problem Solving with Computers
• ___  ECON 330 Labor in the American Economy
• ___  ENVDES 205 Dynamics of Human Habitation (I)
• ___  ENVIRDES 291A Introduction to Environmental Design (Spring)
• ___  ENVIRSCI 213 Introduction to Environmental Policy (Fall)
• ___  LANDARCH 191A Seminar – Graphics I
• ___  LANDARCH 294A Seminar – Construction Materials
• ___  LANDARCH 397E Special Topics – Site Engineering Construction
• ___  LANDARCH 397F Special Topics – Site Structure
• ___  MANAGMNT 260 Introduction to Law
• ___  MANAGMNT 301 Principles of Management
• ___  MANAGMNT 314 Human Resources Management (requires 301)
• ___  NRC 585 Introduction to GIS
• ___  RESEC 162 The Consumer in Our Society (Fall)
• ___  RESEC 112 Computing: Foundations to Frontiers
• ___  RESEC 211 Introductory Statistics
• ___  STATISTIC 111 Elementary Statistics (R-2)
• ___  PHYSICS 190E Energy and Society (PS) (Spring)
• ___  PLSOILIN 115 Plants, Soils and the Environment (SI) (Spring)
• ___  PLSOILIN 285 Sustainable Living (Spring)