Goals and Objectives: 2016-2017
School Year 2016-2017: Following is a list of program-level Goals and Objectives including Measurement, Input data and Student Learning Outcomes.
Goal #1: Teaching & Learning:
To fully prepare management-oriented professionals for the construction industry
through effective teaching/learning.
OBJECTIVE 1: Engender student participation in activities preparing them for
professional roles in the construction industry.
Measurement: Participation in ASC regional competitions.
Input Data: ASC regional competition feedback and results.
Student Learning Outcomes: In this competition, student participation facilitated
their application of knowledge gained in:
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Create written communications appropriate to the construction
discipline.
Create oral presentations appropriate to the construction discipline.
Create construction project cost estimates.
Create construction project schedules.
Analyzing professional decisions based on ethical principles.
Analyzing construction documents for planning and management
of construction processes.
Analyzing methods, materials, and equipment used to construct
projects.
Appling construction management skills as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
Apply construction management skills as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
Understand construction accounting and cost control.
Understand construction quality assurance and control.
Understand construction project control processes.
Understand different methods of project delivery and the roles and
responsibilities of all constituencies involved in the design and
construction process.
Understand different methods of project delivery and the roles and
responsibilities of all constituencies involved in the design and
construction process.
Understand construction accounting and cost control.
Understand construction quality assurance and control.
Understand construction project control processes.
OBJECTIVE 2: Require our seniors to take the AIC’s AC-Level 1 Construction
Fundamentals Exam and integrate this requirement into our capstone course
(CNST 450).
Measurement: The achieved AIC exam points are included in the total student
capstone course points in grading.
Input Data: AIC exam
Student Learning Outcomes: Students taking this examination facilitated
evaluation of knowledge gained in understanding:
 Creating a construction project safety plan.
 Creating construction project cost estimates.
 Creating construction project schedules.
 Analyzing construction documents for planning and management
of construction processes.
 Analyzing methods, materials, and equipment used to construct
projects.
 Applying basic surveying techniques for construction layout and
control.
 Understanding different methods of project delivery and the roles
and responsibilities of all constituencies involved in the design and
construction process.
 Understanding construction accounting and cost control.
 Understanding construction quality assurance and control.
 Understanding construction project control processes.
 Understanding the legal implications of contract, common, and
regulatory law to manage a construction project.
 Understanding the basic principles of sustainable construction.
 Understanding the basic principles of structural behavior.
 Understanding the basic principles of mechanical, electrical and
piping systems.
OBJECTIVE 3: Maintaining significant oral and written communication contents
in these courses: CNST 125, 201, 202, 213, 302, 303, 406W
Measurement: Students’ performance in oral presentation and written
assignments, as well as informal feedback from employers of graduates.
Input Data: Course syllabus and content, students’ assignments.
Student Learning Outcomes: to prepare and enable students to create sound:
 Written communications appropriate to the construction discipline.
 Oral presentations appropriate to the construction discipline.
Goal #2: Teaching & Learning:
To expand learning opportunities for CM students encompassing diverse
experiences.
OBJECTIVE 1: Maintain learning beyond the classroom opportunities with
service learning construction projects for EMU and the surrounding community.
Measurement: Program majors carry out a minimum of one service project within
or outside EMU annually.
Input Data: Eastern Constructors student group projects, Design/Manage/Build
course (CNST 220).
Student Learning Outcomes: Service learning projects enables students to apply
various learned skills including:
 Creating oral presentations appropriate to the construction
discipline.
 Creating a construction project safety plan.
 Creating construction project cost estimates.
 Creating construction project schedules.
 Analyzing professional decisions based on ethical principles.
OBJECTIVE 2: Maintain collaborative efforts of CM students and faculty in
scholarship and learning.
Measurement: Carry out one or two collaborative activities with students and/or
faculty annually.
Input Data: Independent study, directed study, co-op, regional ASC competition,
and faculty-student research collaboration such as the EMU Undergraduate
Symposium.
Student Learning Outcomes: Collaborative projects enable students to apply
various learned skills including:
 Creating written communications appropriate to the construction
discipline.
 Creating oral presentations appropriate to the construction
discipline.
 Applying construction management skills as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
OBJECTIVE 3: Maintain emphasis on green building in our Program curriculum
and student involvement.
Measurement: CM courses to include some components related to sustainability.
Input Data: Required green building course (CNST 440) and course syllabi.
Student Learning Outcomes: passing LEED Green Associate and LEED AP
exams; students completing this course enables them to analyze professional
decisions based on:
 Analyze professional decisions based on ethical principles.
 Understand the basic principles of sustainable construction.
OBJECTIVE 4: Foster student interaction with industry practitioners at informal
and professional gatherings.
Measurement: Program hosts two or three interactional events annually, which
students attend, such as: Student Contractor Awareness Night (SCAN) sponsored
by the AGC; Hardhat ceremony for new graduates.
Input Data: SCAN network event, hardhat awards ceremony for new CM grads,
field trips and professional meetings with students/faculty and industry
practitioners.
Student Learning Outcomes: Networking, knowledge gain; improved employment
of graduates.
 Create oral presentations appropriate to the construction discipline
OBJECTIVE 5: Facilitate co-op and full-time employment opportunities for CM
students.
Measurement: CM Program hosts two Career Fairs annually; and email
circulation of job opportunities from faculty to students; students enroll in Co-op
course (CNST 385L).
Input Data: Students obtaining co-op and full-time positions.
Student Learning Outcomes: Improved employment of graduates; students
enrolled in the Co-op course are exposed to opportunities:
 Creating written communications appropriate to the construction
discipline.
 Creating oral presentations appropriate to the construction
discipline.
 Applying construction management skills as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
OBJECTIVE 6: Continue remodeling the construction lab (Phase II)
Measurement: Tools, materials and equipment are organized; electrical upgrades
completed; outdoor slab work area designed, approved and constructed.
Input Data: CM students utilize new facility in courses (CNST 201, 202, 206,
220); Students participating in the remodeling process.
Student Learning Outcomes: Students participation in the remodeling effort are
exposed to:
 Applying construction management skills as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
 Creating a construction project safety plan.
 Creating construction project cost estimates.
 Creating construction project schedules.
 Analyze methods, materials, and equipment used to construct
projects.
 Creating written communications appropriate to the construction
discipline.
 Creating oral presentations appropriate to the construction
discipline.
OBJECTIVE 7: Increase material testing experiences in CNST 202.
Measurement: SLO: Students will be able to perform and analyze the
American Concrete Institute (ACI) and Michigan Concrete Association (MCA)
acceptance tests for concrete with respect to the following seven ASTM
specifications:
 Concrete cylinders (C31)
 Density (C138)
 Slump (C143)
 Sampling (C172)
 Air content-volumetric (C173)
 Air content-pressure (C231)
 Temperature (C1064)
Input Data: Students take the Level 1 Concrete Testing Certification exam
including both the written and manual parts to achieve certification through the
ACI and MCA.
Student Learning Outcomes:
 Analyze methods, materials, and equipment used to construct
projects.
 Understand the basic principles of structural behavior.
Goal#3: Research & Acquisition of Knowledge:
Maintain CM faculty involvement in research and knowledge acquisition related to
their fields of expertise.
OBJECTIVE 1: Faculty to conduct research, attend and/or present at CMrelated conferences.
Measurement: One or two faculty research papers and/or conferences attended
by CM faculty annually.
Input Data: Conferences attended, research papers produced.
Outcome: Faculty knowledge gain; faculty network with industry and/or peer
institutions and subsequent transfer of that knowledge to students.
Student Learning Outcomes: Indirect.
OBVJECTIVE 2: Faculty to maintain affiliations with professional associations.
Measurement: Faculty attendance of professional association activities, as well
as service and contributions to affiliated associations.
Input Data: Membership in and affiliation with professional associations; e.g.,
AGC, AIA, ASC, Washtenaw Builders Association (WCA), Builders and
Remodelers Association of Greater Ann Arbor (BRAG), PMI, ASCE, ESD,
ATMAE, etc.
Outcome: Faculty knowledge gain; faculty network with industry and/or peer
institutions; incorporated knowledge acquired from professional associations into
course curriculum and/or Program and subsequent transfer to students.
Student Learning Outcomes: Indirect.
Goal #4: Engagement & Service:
Conduct service activities that strengthen and diversify the CM Program.
OBJECTIVE 1: Improve recruitment efforts to increase the percentage of
minorities and women in our Program.
Measurement: CM faculty and student ambassadors to attend one or two
recruiting events annually. In our effort to diversify and strengthen the program,
we have devised a way to identify strong students (male/female/minority) and
make them ambassadors to their alma mater high school to reach out and recruit.
Input Data: Recruiting events attended; Fallfest, Explore Eastern, Eastern
Scholars and/or similar setups visiting our program/lab; and targeted outreach.
Student Learning Outcomes: Involvement in this recruiting effort enables students
to
 Create written communications appropriate to the construction
discipline.
 Create oral presentations appropriate to the construction discipline
OBJECTIVE 2: Involvement of faculty and/or students in community service
building projects.
Measurement: Participation in one community project annually.
Input Data: Eastern Constructor projects.
Outcome: Community service, and voluntarism.
Student Learning Outcomes:
 Create written communications appropriate to the construction
discipline.
 Create oral presentations appropriate to the construction discipline.
 Create a construction project safety plan.
 Create construction project cost estimates.
 Create construction project schedules.
 Analyze professional decisions based on ethical principles.
 Analyze construction documents for planning and management of
 construction processes.
 Analyze methods, materials, and equipment used to construct projects.
 Apply construction management skills as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
 Apply electronic-based technology to manage the construction
process.
 Apply basic surveying techniques for construction layout and control.
 Understand different methods of project delivery and the roles and
responsibilities of all constituencies involved in the design and
construction process.
 Understand construction risk management.
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Understand construction quality assurance and control.
Understand construction project control processes.
Understand the basic principles of sustainable construction
(sometimes).
Understand the basic principles of structural behavior.
Understand the basic principles of mechanical, electrical and piping
systems (sometimes).