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Students desiring to major in the architectural specialty should be familiar with drafting techniques, basic design, and graphic communication. The architectural coursework emphasizes advanced graphic communication (delineation) perspectives, sketching, model building, light and color usage, structural applications in design, design-build principles and architectural history. 

General Education (G.E.)              53 units total
"G.E. Foundation"
Area A - 13 units total:
A1 (Communications) COMM 3, 7, 8
A2 (English) ENGL 1
A3 (Critical Thinking -  C Sci 1 recommended)
B4 (Quantitative Reasoning - Math 72 or 75 required)
"G.E. Breadth"
Area B - 7 units total:
B1 (Physical Sciences - Physics 2A required),
B2 (Life Sciences)
Area C - 9 units total:
C1 (Arts)
C2 (Humanities)
C1 or C2 (open)
Area D - 9 units total
D1 (American History) HIST 11 or 12
D2 (American Government) PL SCI 2
D3 (social sciences - Economics 40 or 50 required)
Area E - 3 units total
E (Understanding & development - Fin 30 recommended)
Upper Division - series 100 courses
Integration - 9 units total:
IB Const. 114  Const. Mgt.
IC (Arts & Humanities)
ID (social, political economic…)
Multicultural / International - 3 units total
M/I (BA 104 or Comm 164 or Geog 167 recommended)

Const. Management "CORE"            60 units
Const. 1      Introduction to Construction Management
Const. 5      Construction Materials         
Const. 10    Estimating
Const. 15    Const. Computer Software   
Const. 43    CADD  Drawing
Const. 50    Basic Building Systems         
Const. 105  Const. Structures         
Const. 107  Adv. Const. Structures         
Const. 114  Movd to IB in the General Requirments
Const. 116  Scheduling & Control           
Const. 120  Contracts & Spec's
Const. 122  Construction Law                 
Const. 124  Construction Labor Law       
Const. 162  Mech. Systems
Const. 164  Building Electrical Systems   
C.E. 127      Const. Soils
GME 11/11L Plane Surveying                     
Acct.. 3 Essentials of Acct.
Mgt. 104     Management Principles

"Architectural Specialty"                   15 units
Const. 31     Basic Architectural Graphics 
Const. 32     Basic Architectural Design
Const. 131   Advanced Architectural Graphics
Const. 132   Advance Architectural Design
Const. 134   Architectural Problems (Urban & Environmental Design)


Community Service Projects
Construction 134 -
Advanced Architectural Problems


Additional CSUF Requirements       4 units
Math 76 or Physics 2B or Chemistry 3A, plus passing the CSUF upper division writing requirement.

Bachelor of Science Degree in
Construction Management            128 units

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