Innovative Delivery Method For Graduate Construction Management Education

AACE International has a long history of encouraging graduate education in cost engineering. In 1989 AACE International developed Recommended Practice No. 12R-89, Model Master's Degree Program with Emphasis in Cost Engineering. Purdue University's Department of Building Construction Manage...

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Published inAACE International transactions p. DE21
Main Authors Orczyk, Joseph J, Behling, Kevin R, Jenkins, James L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Morgantown American Association of Cost Engineers 01.01.2007
Subjects
Building construction
Collaboration
Cost engineering
Curriculum development
Distance learning
Enrollments
Graduate studies
Online instruction
Software
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Summary:AACE International has a long history of encouraging graduate education in cost engineering. In 1989 AACE International developed Recommended Practice No. 12R-89, Model Master's Degree Program with Emphasis in Cost Engineering. Purdue University's Department of Building Construction Management (BCM) also has a long history in encouraging graduate education. After 16 years of virtually no growth in graduate construction management student enrollment, change occurred rapidly in the 2006-2007 academic year. Enrollment jumped from zero graduate students in January 2006 to 17 students in January 2007. This growth was the result of a new program delivered by distance learning technology. The Department of Building Construction Management faculty and administration developed a new curriculum and delivery system for the fall 2006 semester. The Purdue Graduate School has approved the graduate construction management curriculum as an area of specialization.
ISSN:1528-7106