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Architecture–Engineering–Construction Management (MSAECM & PhD-AECM)

Master of Science in Architecture–Engineering–Construction Management

MSAECM

The Master of Science in Architecture–Engineering–Construction Management (MSAECM) program is jointly offered by the School of Architecture and the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering. The MSAECM program prepares building industry professionals for careers dealing with the entire life cycle of projects, including pre-design, design, construction, commissioning, operation, maintenance, and demolition/deconstruction stages. Graduates of our program are effective decision makers who can positively impact economic, environmental, and social aspects of the built environment through advanced management strategies and technologies.

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Joshua D. Lee

Associate Teaching Professor & AECM Track Chair

Program Overview

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The MSAECM degree program is intended for practitioners, researchers, and educators in architecture, engineering, construction management, and other professionals in the building industry who wish to be leaders in advanced management technologies and their application to the built environment. Recent graduates of the program are project engineers, project managers, construction managers, facility managers, owner's representatives, real estate developers, neighborhood development professionals, and sustainability consultants.

The program offers two options — the standard 16-month MSAECM program and the 9-month MSAECM Fast Track program — to accommodate flexibility in the admission and graduation needs of candidates through program length and prerequisite courses that build up toward more advanced courses. Both versions begin in the fall semester.

The standard 16-month MSAECM program is designed for applicants that have recently graduated with a degree in architecture, engineering, construction management, and/or other related degrees. Students admitted to the standard MSAECM program must complete a minimum residency of three academic semesters at full-time status (minimum of 36 units per semester).

The 9-month MSAECM Fast Track program is custom designed for mid-career applicants with extensive professional training and experience in AECM fields. Admission to the Fast Track program is contingent upon a resume review documenting a minimum of eight years of leadership experience in architecture, engineering, and/or construction management. Students admitted to the MSAECM Fast Track program must complete a minimum residency of two academic semesters at full-time status (minimum of 36 units per semester).

Contact Track Chair Joshua D. Lee with questions about the MSAECM program.

Program Curriculum

Students of both options of the MSAECM program work with the track chair to create a program of study that reflects each student's background and career goals by taking a mixture of appropriate core courses; "selectives" in sustainability assessment, management, computational skills, and quantitative modeling; and approved electives. Students in the 16-month program are also required to complete a summer internship during the summer semester, as well as a synthesis course that allows them to apply the theory covered in core courses to a local research project.