Construction Administration / Bachelor of Arts
Total Credit Hours: 128
Major Credit Hours: 61-62
Program Entrance Requirements
Applicants should be at least 24 years of age; have earned a minimum of 12 semester (18 quarter) hours of transferable credit at a regionally accredited post-secondary institution; have earned a minimum of a 2.0 (4.0 scale) cumulative transfer GPA, based on all transferable courses to be considered for admissions; and have at least 3 years of full-time work experience. Credits earned through PLA cannot be used for satisfying the transfer credit hour requirement for admission into an accelerated degree program. Business course grades of “C” or higher will be accepted for transfer into the major.
Degree Requirements
- Successful completion of a minimum of 128 semester credit hours.
- Completion of the final 32 semester graded credit hours at Lewis University including four upper division foundation courses and/or major courses (12 semester credit hours).
- Achievement of an overall grade point average of at least 2.00 (“C”) for all courses taken at Lewis University and a 2.20 average for the foundation and major area courses.
Degree Requirements
I. General Education (45-46)
| 06-111 | College Writing 1 | 3 |
| 06-112 | College Writing 2 | 3 |
| 10-112 | Introduction to Human Communication | 3 |
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| Mathematics (satisfied by Finite Math or other course equivalent) | 3 |
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| Social Science (satisfied by Macroeconomics) | 3 |
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| Social Science | 3 |
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| Social Science | 3 |
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| Natural Science (satisfied by Topics in Environment Science) | 3 |
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| Natural Science (please see academic advisor) | 3 - 4 |
Three of the following five courses
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| Fine Arts Requirement | 3 |
| 09-101 | Culture and Civilization I | 3 |
| 09-102 | Culture and Civilization II | 3 |
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| Literature Requirement | 3 |
| 15-110 | Introduction to Philosophy | 3 |
Two of the following Mission-based courses must be taken at Lewis
| 19-310 | Christian Action and Values | 3 |
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| 15-330 | Ethics (Action and Values) | 3 |
| 20-290 | Cultural Diversity and Intergroup Relations | 3 |
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| Theology | 3 |
II. Foundation Courses (30)
| LA-120 | Accounting for Managers | 3 |
| LF-200 | Finance for Managers | 3 |
| LB-250 | Business Law I | 3 |
| L6-365 | Industrial and Organizational Psychology | 3 |
| LB-200 | Principles of Management and Leadership | 3 |
| LW-310 | Principles of Project Management | 3 |
| LB-300 | Business Communication in the Digital Age | 3 |
| LM-200 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| LG-349 | Statistics for the Decision Maker | 3 |
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| Computer Systems Requirement (satisfied by Intro to Information Systems or other course equivalents) | 3 |
III. Major Courses (28-29)
| L6-368 | Organizational Staffing | 3 |
| LB-450 | Current Issues in Management and Business Ethics | 3 |
| L6-371 | Negotiation and Conflict Resolution | 3 |
| LI-415 | Cost Analysis and Value Engineering | 3 |
| L6-372 | Global HRM Certification Seminar | 3 |
| LI-320 | Construction Safety, Program Planning and Development | 3 |
| LI-315 | Construction Management Document Software | 2 |
| LI-310 | Construction Contracts | 2 |
Choose one of the following:
| 02-312 | Introduction to Geographic Information Systems | 3 |
| LB-331 | Principles of Commercial Real Estate | 3 |
| LB-368 | Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship | 3 |
IV. Capstone (3)
| LI-410 | Advanced Project Management in Construction | 3 |
V. Electives (23-25)
Elective credit hours will be satisfied through freshman and sophomore level construction courses transferred to Lewis from a regionally accredited community college, technical college, or four-year college/university. Examples of elective courses acceptable for transfer may include construction fundamentals, architecture and drafting, blueprint reading, methods of site building, construction safety, and construction layout and site operations. The program advisor will work with the student to determine the appropriate courses for meeting the elective credit hours required.