Degree Overview

  • Delivery Format: on-campus
  • Required Credits: 12

Program Details

Teaches managerial aspects of contracting and the study of an individual firm in relation to the entire construction industry. 

What You Will Learn:

Students in the Construction Management Graduate Certificate Program will learn a wide range of leadership and management skills in addition to the following skills: 

  • Construction cost estimating (computerized takeoff and estimating techniques, financial and cost reporting, indices, profit factors and more). 
  • Project implementation and progress control. 
  • Facility maintenance (planning/control of facilities use, utility management, personnel administration, budgets and costs, and more). 
  • Legal aspects of construction (contractor/engineer/owner responsibilities, subcontracts and third-party liability, code compliance, insurance, and bonds).

Admissions & curriculum

12 Required Credits
Course listing and prerequisites
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Civil Engineering Salaries

$74,600

Starting Salary, NJIT Average

$74,723

Mid-Career Salary, National Average

Top ranked MS in Civil Engineering

Career Prospects

Where do Civil Engineering majors work?

Common Job Titles
  • Civil Engineer
  • Geotechnical Engineer
  • Structural Engineer
  • Design Engineer
  • Construction Management Engineer
Top Employers
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  • Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.
  • WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff
  • HNTB
  • Langan
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