Introduction to Building Construction Science Diploma


This program focuses on live projects and hands-on activities to teach students energy-efficient construction materials and methods associated with high-performance buildings. Students will learn advanced framing methods and other alternative building techniques associated with ‘green building’. Students will also learn energy auditing techniques and software associated with building energy analysis. Students will graduate from this program with the skills required to build high-performance buildings and monitor their energy use. As the construction industry reinvents itself around more sustainable building concepts, the Building Construction Science Program at A-B Tech is the “go-to” place for training and retraining for a new era of construction.

All credits in this program can transfer into the Associate's Degree in Construction Management Technologies which would allow a student to graduate in two years with a diploma and a degree. Many of the credits transfer into our Sustainability Technologies program as well. Furthermore, some credits will transfer into four-year programs.

 

* Requires benchmark testing
Course Prefix/Num Course Title  
General Education Courses (certificate General Education is optional)
ENG-110* Freshman Composition 3 SHC
MAT-121* Algebra/Trigonometry I 3 SHC
Total SHC for General Education Courses: 6 SHC
Core Courses
CST-111 Construction I 4 SHC
CST-112 Construction II 4 SHC
CMT-210 Construction Management Fund 3 SHC
Total SHC for Core Courses: 11 SHC
Other Major Courses
ARC-112 Construction Materials and Methods 4 SHC
ARC-131 Building Codes 3 SHC
BPR-130 Print Reading-Construction 3 SHC
CST-110 Intro to Construction 2 SHC
CST-113 Construction III 4 SHC
CST-241 Planning/Estimating I 3 SHC
CST-244 Sustainable Building Design 3 SHC
SST-120 Energy Use Analysis 3 SHC
SST-140 Green Building Concepts 2 SHC
Total SHC for Program 40 SHC

 

Estimated Costs

Consumable Fees $
Tools/Instruments $
Textbooks $