Engineering Technology Major, B.S. (Construction Engineering Technology Concentration)

College of Business and Technology

Department of Engineering Technology, Surveying, and Digital Media

Engineering Technology Program Information

Box 70552
Phone: (423) 439-7813
email: johnsonk@etsu.edu

The Department of Engineering Technology, Surveying, & Digital Media, a unit of the College of Business and Technology [CBAT], is one of the largest and most academically diverse units of East Tennessee State University. The Department offers undergraduate degree programs in numerous concentrations, undergraduate minors in two areas, and graduate degree programs in three concentrations. Several programs are accredited through ABET. Additionally, there are many majors and/or programs that are available through the Academic Common Market allowing out-of-state students to enroll at ETSU at in-state tuition rates.

The department’s adminstrative and faculty offices are housed primarily in two buildings on the ETSU main campus. The Engineering Technology and Surveying & Mapping programs are located in Wilson-Wallis Hall while the Digital Media program is housed across State of Franklin Road from the main campus in the Scott M. Niswonger Digital Media Center.
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Work done for an Associate Degree will not substitute for 4xxx level work.

Construction Engineering Technology Concentration

This program is accredited by the Technology Accreditation Commission (ETAC) of ABET, www.abet.org, 111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202-4012 – telephone: (410) 347-7700.

This concentration offers a diversified curriculum that prepares individuals for employment in the construction industry. Graduates are prepared for job opportunities in construction operations, management, testing, and design.

General Program Information

To earn a degree from ETSU, there are specific course requirements put forth by ETSU, by the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR), by each college, and by each department. All students must meet the degree requirements at each of these levels. Please follow the format below:

University-level Degree and Graduation Requirements

• Degree and Graduation Requirements 
• Completion of a minimum of 120 credit hours is required.
• CSCI 1100 or the proficiency exam
• Proficiency Intensive Course Requirements
• California Critical Thinking Skills Test (CCTST)  (Senior Exit Exam)
• Additional Requirements for Transfer Students
• Second Bachelor Degrees
• Double Majors/Double Degrees

Total Credit Hours for Degree: 128

TBR General Education Requirements: 41 Credit Hours

Below you will see the categories and courses specified under TBR General Education Requirements. Note that certain courses are required for this degree, specific to this major. Thus, these courses will satisfy both a TBR General Education requirement AND a requirement of this major. (Other majors may require different General Education courses.) Where specific courses are required for this major, we only list those courses under the category. If there are no specific major requirements for a category, all course options appear.

Communication

9 credits, consisting of 6 credits of written composition and 3 credits of oral communication.

Written Composition

Complete both of the following: 

• ENGL 1010 - Critical Reading and Expository Writing (3 credits)
• ENGL 1020 - Critical Thinking and Argumentation (3 credits)

• Students required to complete learning support in writing must enroll in a learning support-designated section (L01-L99) of ENGL 1010  during their first 15 hours at ETSU (not including summer) unless they are also required to complete learning support in reading. Students needing learning support in both reading and writing should enroll in ENGL 1010-Lxx immediately upon completing learning support in reading. Additional information may be found on the University Advisement Center website www.etsu.edu/uac/learningsupport. Students must earn a grade of “C” or better in ENGL 1010  and ENGL 1020 .

   

Oral Communication

• SPCH 2300 - Public Speaking (3 credits)

Humanities and Fine Arts

9 credits, consisting of 3 credits of literature, 3 credits of fine arts, and 3 credits of humanities electives.

Literature

Complete one of the following: 

• ENGL 2030 - Literary Heritage (3 credits)
• ENGL 2110 - American Literature I (3 credits)
• ENGL 2120 - American Literature II (3 credits)
• ENGL 2210 - British Literature I (3 credits)
• ENGL 2220 - British Literature II (3 credits)
• ENGL 2330 - World Literature (3 credits)
• ENGL 2430 - European Literature (3 credits)

Fine Arts

Complete one of the following:

• ARTH 2010 - Art History Survey I (3 credits)
• ARTH 2020 - Art History Survey II (3 credits)
• DANC 1500 - Dance as a Human Experience (3 credits)
• HUMT 2310 - Arts and Ideas I (3 credits)
• HUMT 2320 - Arts and Ideas II (3 credits)
• MUSC 1030 - Introduction to Music (3 credits)
• MUSC 1035 - History of Jazz (3 credits)
• THEA 1030 - Introduction to the Theatre (3 credits)

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Complete both of the following:

• ECON 2210 - Principles of Macroeconomics (3 credits)
• PSYC 1310 - Introduction to Psychology (3 credits)

Humanities

Complete the following:

• ENTC 3020 - Technology and Society (3 credits)

History

6 credits, consisting of both of the following:

• HIST 2010 - The United States to 1877 (3 credits)
• HIST 2020 - The United States since 1877 (3 credits)

• Note:  HIST 2030 History of Tennessee  (3 credits) may be substituted for 3 credits of United States History.

Natural Sciences

8 credits, consisting of two of the following (required labs are listed below the lectures):

• PHYS 2010 - General Physics I-Noncalculus (3 credits)
• PHYS 2011 - General Physics Laboratory I-Noncalculus (1 credit)

• and

• PHYS 2020 - General Physics II-Noncalculus (3 credits)
• PHYS 2021 - General Physics Laboratory II-Noncalculus (1 credit)

• or

• CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry Lecture I (4 credits)
• CHEM 1111 - General Chemistry Laboratory I (0 credit)

• or

• GEOL 1040 - Exploring Geology Lecture (3 credits)
• GEOL 1041 - Exploring Geology Laboratory (1 credit)

Mathematics

Students will enroll in the appropriate general education math course during their first calendar year of enrollment at ETSU. Students required to complete learning support in mathematics must enroll in a learning support-designated section (L01-L99) of MATH 1530  during their first 15 hours at ETSU (not including summer) unless they are also required to complete learning support in reading or writing. Students needing learning support in reading or writing in addition to learning support in math should enroll in MATH 1530-Lxx immediately upon completing their other learning support requirements. Additional information may be found on the University Advisement Center website www.etsu.edu/uac/learningsupport/

• MATH 1530 - Probability and Statistics – Noncalculus (3 credits)

Technology Core Requirements: 19 Credit Hours

• ENTC 1510 - Student in University (2 credits)
• ENTC 2170 - CADD (Computer Aided Design Drafting) (4 credits)
• ENTC 3030 - Technical Communication (3 credits)
• ENTC 4017 - Industrial Supervision (3 credits)
• ENTC 4060 - Project Scheduling (3 credits)
• ENTC 4600 - Technical Practicum (4 credits)

Construction Engineering Concentration Requirements: 68 Credit Hours

• ENTC 2410 - Construction Fundamentals (4 credits)
• ENTC 2420 - Residential and Commercial Planning (4 credits)
• ENTC 2440 - Mechanical Systems (4 credits)
• ENTC 3010 - Statics and Strength of Materials (4 credits)
• ENTC 3400 - Construction Materials (4 credits)
• ENTC 3410 - Construction Estimating and Planning (4 credits)
• ENTC 3420 - Advanced Construction Estimating and Planning (4 credits)
• ENTC 3430 - Materials and Methods I (4 credits)
• ENTC 3440 - Materials and Methods II (3 credits)
• ENTC 3620 - Thermal and Fluid Technologies (4 credits)
• ENTC 3650 - Applied Electricity and Electronics (4 credits)
• ENTC 4417 - Construction Financing and Administration (3 credits)
• ENTC 4777 - Safety Management (3 credits)
• SURV 2550 - Surveying Measurement Fundamentals (3 credit hours)
• Technology Elective (4 credits)
• ACCT 2010 - Principles of Accounting I (3 credits)
• MATH 1720 - Precalculus II (Trigonometry) (3 credits)
• MATH 1840 - Analytic Geometry and Differential Calculus (3 credits)
• MATH 1850 - Integral Calculus for Technology (3 credits)

• Note: MATH 1910 and 1920 may be taken instead of MATH 1720, 1840, 1850. One hour must be compensated for by an advisor approved course.

Minor: no minor required

Additional Information

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