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Community College of Allegheny County


BUILDING CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATING
Associate in Science

This program is offered in conjunction with the Joint Apprenticeship Committees of the building trades and the Pennsylvania Department of Labor.

This program teaches the quantity survey system used by professional estimators working for general contractors.

Graduates enter their field with academic preparation and experience in one of the trade technology programs and in construction materials estimating.

This program is only available in the evenings.

Degree Requirements

First Semester
Course
Credits
BLC121
Construction Materials & Methods
3
MAT114
Mathematics for the Technologies 1
4
7
Second Semester
BLC103
Construction Planning & Control
3
BLC294
Construction Estimating 1
3
6
Third Semester
BLC295
Construction Estimating 2
3
ENG101
English Composition 1
3
6
Fourth Semester
BLC296
Advanced Computer Estimating
3
ENG103
Technical Communication
3
6
Fifth Semester
BUS101
Introduction to Business
3
SPH101
Oral Communications
3
6
Sixth Semester
PHY100
Basic Physics
4

PSY215

Organizational Psychology
3
7
Construction Trade Technology Apprenticeship
28-45
Minimum Credits to Graduate
60-79


BUILDING CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION
Associate in Science

This program is offered in conjunction with the Joint Apprenticeship Committees of the building trades and the Pennsylvania Department of Labor.

Graduates enter their field with academic preparation and experience in one of the trade technology programs and in supervisory techniques, contracting, surveying, and estimating by the quantity surveying method.

This program is only available in the evenings.

Degree Requirements

First Semester
Course
Credits
BLC191
Construction Industry Supervision
3
MAT114
Mathematics for the Technologies 1
4
7
Second Semester
BLC103
Construction Planning & Control
3
BLC294
Construction Estimating 1
3
6
Third Semester
BLC203
Surveying
3
ENG101
English Composition 1
3
6
Fourth Semester
BLC192
Construction Contracting
3
ENG103
Technical Communication
3
6
Fifth Semester
BUS101
Introduction to Business
3
SPH101
Oral Communications
3
6
Sixth Semester
PHY100
Basic Physics
4

PSY215

Organizational Psychology
3
7
Construction Trade Technology Apprenticeship
28-45
Minimum Credits to Graduate
61-79