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CMET
46 courses with the subject CMET, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
CMET 1400Introduction to Construction Management3
Prerequisite(s): ETCE 1222. An introduction to the construction process, building materials, systems and designs and management issues. The 2026-2027 UNC CHARLOTTE UNDERGRADUATE CATALOG course will focus on current trends in Residential, Commercial, Heavy Civil and Industrial Construction and the materials, systems and equipment used to complete projects.
CMET 1680Professional Development I: Construction Safety1
Prerequisite(s): Open to freshman level Civil Engineering Technology and Construction Management majors. Professional seminar laboratory study of OSHA regulations pertaining to construction safety. Course includes presentations by industry professionals. Three hours per week. CMET 2105. Plan Reading. (2) Prerequisite(s): ETCE 1222, CMET 1400, MATH 1103; Engineering major or minor. Corequisite(s): CMET 2221,
CMET 2680Professional Development II: Sustainable Engineering
and Construction. (1) Prerequisite(s): Engineering major or minor. Professional seminar study of introductory concepts of sustainability and their application to engineering and construction. Course includes presentations by industry professionals. Three hours per week. CMET 3123. Cost Estimating. (3) Prerequisite(s): CMET 2105, CMET 2105L, and CMET 2221; Engineering major or minor. Methods used to prepare construction cost estimates, engineer production and cost, and determine labor and equipment resources. Course Descriptions | 639
CMET 3680Professional Development III: Professional Ethics1
Prerequisite(s): Civil Engineering Technology or Construction Management major; and Junior standing. Professional seminar study of ethical issues and the application of professional ethical codes within th AEC industry. Course includes presentations by industry professionals. Three hours per week.
CMET 4073Special Topics - Construction Management (1 to 4)
Cross-listed Course(s): CMET 5000. Prerequisite(s): Senior standing, permission of instructor, and Engineering major or minor. A study of new and emerging technical topics pertinent to the field of construction management. May be repeated for credit.
CMET 3123 and Engineering major or minor. Pre- or Corequisite(s): CMET 4126. Methods for planning construction operations and projects for directed projects with an emphasis on developing schedules and cost estimates to reflect the plan. Three laboratory hours per week. CMET 4130. Infrastructure Systems (3) Prerequisite(s): CMET 3123, ETCE 3131, and Engineering major or minor. Design of processes for the 640 | Course Descriptions construction of permanent works applied to airports, roadways, bridges, dams/levees, water/wastewater facilities, and energy infrastructure; and the design and construction of associated temporary structures.
CMET 3224 and Engineering major or minor. A study of management issues encountered in home and job-site office operations. Topics include: insurance and bonds, risk management, cost accounting, and quality management.
Prerequisite(s): ETCE 3163 and Engineering major or minor. Temporary structures and used to support construction operations such as concrete e formwork, scaffolding systems, shoring systems, cofferdams, underpinning, slurry walls, and construction dewatering systems.
CMET 4680Professional Development IV. (1) Prerequisite(s): Senior
standing; and Civil Engineering Technology or Construction Management major. Seminar discussing professional development issues relating to the civil engineering technology and construction management professions. Course includes presentations by industry professionals. Construction Engineering (CNGR)
(1 to 4) Cross-listed Course(s): CMET 4073. Prerequisite(s): Permission of department. A study of new and emerging technical topics pertinent to the field of construction management. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite(s): ETCE 3271, ETME 3143, or permission of instructor. Integrated planning of energy efficient technologies for building environmental control systems. Introduction to the design, planning, and optimization of HVAC systems and technology needed to integrate the heating, cooling, natural ventilation, lighting, electricity, and building energy management systems into a building's structure and design.
Materials utilized in concrete, concrete construction, and quality control. Study of concrete properties and the variables that affect them. Topics also include: destructive and non-destructive testing of structural concrete, service life prediction models, and preventative measures, as well as recent advances in concrete materials, construction, and technology.
Prerequisite(s): ETCE 3163 or permission of instructor. Temporary structures used to support construction operations such as concrete formwork, scaffolding systems, shoring systems, cofferdams, underpinning, slurry walls, and construction dewatering systems.
Prerequisite(s): ETGR 3222, ECON 2102, or permission of instructor. Real property concepts, issues, and topics pertinent to the facility management professional to include fundamentals of commercial real estate investment, understanding market influences, contracts and property portfolio management.
Prerequisite(s): STAT 1220 or permission of instructor. Analytical and research techniques applicable to construction and facility management problems. Topics of study include defining research problems, experiment design, measurement, sampling, and analysis.
Prerequisite(s): CMET 3224 or permission of instructor. Study of the many organizational arrangements between construction owners, designers, contractors, and financiers. raduate Catalog 2026-2027
Prerequisite(s): CMET 6270 or permission of instructor. Study of useful life of building and infrastructure systems and creating a process to manage their life cycles; emphasis on justifying and funding capital projects.
Elective Courses (21 credit hours) Select from one of the following sequences: Master's Thesis and Research Sequence (21 credit hours) Required Courses (9 credit hours)
Prerequisite(s): CMET 6160 or permission of instructor. The principles and applications of quantitative methods of quality control to production processes with an introduction to process control charts, Pareto charts, and other quality analysis tools for the construction industry.
Facility Management. (3) Prerequisite(s): Permission of graduate committee advisor. Individual investigation and exposition of results for a directed project in construction and facility management. May be repeated for credit.
