Program Goals and Objectives

The CMT curriculum (formerly Civil & Construction Engineering Technology CCET), headed by the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, prepares a student for a practitioner's role in construction engineering and management.  Graduates are qualified for jobs as structural designers and detailers, construction field supervisors, estimators, expediters, construction cost analysts, schedulers, plan examiners for government agencies that control construction, and many more careers.  The CMT program provides an excellent educational experience for its students.  This experience includes an emphasis on the technical, communication, teamwork and life-long learning skills that graduate engineering technologists need to succeed in both the workplace and society in general.

The goal of the CMT program is to prepare students to pursue graduate education in their specific areas of interest, seek professional licensing, and become involved in project planning, design, construction and research.  It is also the objective of the CMT program at Temple University to provide students with knowledge of computer utilization applicably to industry practice, and societal factors from which students can solve practical problems related to Construction Management Technology.

The Construction Management Technology (CMT) program leads to the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree, which is accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).  Students enrolled in this four-year program are educated for careers as engineering technologists, who are specialists in the application of science for useful purposes.  The engineering technologist works with design engineers, translating conceptual ideas into functioning systems and providing supervisory direction for the implementation of these ideas by the technicians and craftsmen.

Program Offerings
The program is primarily offered at the Main Campus, but a few courses may be taken at the Center City or Ambler Campuses.  Day and evening courses are available, however, most technical courses are offered in the evening only.  While a minimum of four years are generally associated with the day/evening program, a completed evening (part-time) program may extend over eight years. 

Certifications and Computer Skills
CMT students, upon satisfactory performance in class, laboratory and/or passing the required test(s), would obtain the following certifications:

• -NICET Concrete Testing Certification
• -Temple’s 30-Hour Environmental and Construction Safety Certificate
• -Temple’s Timberline Estimating Software Training Certificate
• -American Institute of Constructors (AIC) Certified Associate Constructor
• -Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)

-Students also learn useful computer applications, including Autocad for engineering graphics and Primavera for project planning and scheduling.