Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Major in Construction Science and Management

Minimum required: 120 semester credit hours

Admission Requirements

  1. This degree program requires admission to the university.

General Requirements

  1. The general education core curriculum courses are listed in the degree plan below along with the statewide component code number. See the General Education Core Curriculum section of this catalog for the Texas State requirements and options in the core curriculum, including Honors courses.
  2. Students must complete a minimum of 36 advanced hours (3000 or 4000 level courses).
  3. Students entering Texas State with fewer than 16 credit hours completed after high school graduation will be required to take US 1100. All others will be exempt from taking this course. Students may be required to earn an additional elective to reach the 120 minimum total credit hour requirement for the awarding of a degree.
  4. Nine semester credit hours must be writing intensive (WI).
  5. If two years of the same language are taken in high school, then no additional language hours will be required for the degree. In the absence of such high school language, two semesters of the same modern language must be taken at the college level.
  6. A minor in Business Administration is required for this degree program. Courses for the minor in Business Administration are included in the following degree plan.
  7. No “D” grades received at other institutions will be credited towards the major.

Course Requirements 

Freshman
First SemesterHoursSecond SemesterHours 
CSM 12602CSM 23133 
MATH 2417 (Mathematics Component Code 020 [TCCN MATH 2412])4CSM 23423 
US 11001MATH 2328 (TCCN MATH 1342)3 
ENG 1310, 1320, or 1321 (Communication Component Code 010)3American History Component Code 0603 
Choose 4 hours from the following:4PHYS 1315
PHYS 1115 (Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 030 [TCCN PHYS 1301])
4 
CHEM 1341
CHEM 1141 (TCCN: CHEM 1311 & CHEM 1111)
   
CHEM 1335
CHEM 1135 (TCCN: CHEM 1309 & CHEM 1109)
   
 14 16 
Sophomore
First SemesterHoursSecond SemesterHoursSummerHours
CSM 22683CSM 23613CSM 21901
CSM 23643CSM 33603 
CSM 23603CSM 33673 
CSM 23623MKT 33013 
CSM 23633CSM 43133 
American History Component Code 0603  
 18 15 1
Junior
First SemesterHoursSecond SemesterHours 
CSM 3369, 3371, 3373, or 43143CSM 33683 
ACC 23013BLAW 330023 
ENG 3303 (Communication Component Code 010)3CSM 43613 
PHIL 1305 or 1320 (Language, Philosophy, and Culture Component Code 040 [TCCN PHIL 2306])3CSM 43643 
CSM 33663POSI 2310 (Government/Political Science Component Code 070)3 
 15 15 
Senior
First SemesterHoursSecond SemesterHours 
CSM 43693CSM 4360, 4363, or 43703 
CSM 43803ECO 2301 (Language, Philosophy, and Culture Component Code 040 [TCCN PHIL 2306])53 
MGT 33013ART 2313, DAN 2313, MU 2313, or TH 2313 (Creative Arts Component Code 050 [HUMA 1315])3 
COMM 1310 (Component Area Option Codes 090 literature)3ENG 2310, 2320, 2330, 2340, 2359, or 2360 (Component Area Option Codes 090 literature)3 
POSI 2320 (Government/Political Science Component Code 070)3  
 15 12 
Total Hours: 121
1

Credit earned successfully through testing of previously earned course credit for MGT 3303 may be substituted for MGT 3301.

2

Credit previously earned for BLAW 2361 or BLAW 3301 may be substituted for BLAW 3300.

3

CSM 3368 will satisfy the FIN 3340 requirement for the Business Administration minor.

4

Credit previously earned for MKT 3343 may be substituted forMKT 3301.

5

While ECO 2301 is strongly preferred, the department will allow an ECO 2314 course that is assigned component Code 080 to satisfy this requirement. Students who complete ECO 2314 in lieu of ECO 2301 will also need to complete ECO 2315 for the required Business Administration minor.

6

While PHIL 1320 is strongly preferred, the department will allow PHIL 1305 to satisfy this requirement.  Other language, philosophy, and culture component code 040 courses will not satisfy this requirement.