Construction Engineering Technology

The program prepares our graduates for the responsibility of managing and supervising all of the activities related to converting the plans and specifications prepared by engineers and architects into finished facilities. With increasing demand for economical service and continuous quality improvement, the construction industry continues to improve its technology as well as its management efficiency.

All engineering programs are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), and both four-year engineering technology programs are accredited by the Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET.

The program provides technical and managerial education in that field of construction most closely aligned with engineering, with a particular emphasis on highway, heavy, and underground construction.

The Educational Objectives of the Construction Engineering Technology Program at Louisiana Tech University are:

1. To prepare graduates to apply engineered construction principles in the construction process, with a focus on the knowledge and skills needed for the heavy-highway, underground utility, and building structural frame construction segments of the industry.
2. To prepare graduates for successful careers in the construction field by providing them with the appropriate technical background, strong communication skills, a sense of professional, ethical, and societal responsibilities, and tools for life-long learning.

Louisiana Tech University construction engineering technology students will demonstrate prior to graduation:

1. An ability to practice in the construction field using up-to-date techniques, skills, and tools as necessary for an engineering technologist.
2. An ability to identify, formulate and solve novel construction engineering technology problems using the appropriate scientific, mathematical, engineering and technological methods.
3. An ability to conduct experiments and to use the results to improve construction processes.
4. An ability to use knowledge, skills, creativity and critical thinking necessary for professional competence and life-long learning.
5. An ability to function effectively on teams.
6. An ability to engage in effective oral and written communications.
7. An understanding of contemporary professional, ethical, social and global issues and responsibilities with a respect for diversity.
8. A commitment to quality, timeliness and continuous improvement.

Curriculum

This four-year curriculum leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Construction Engineering Technology is accredited by the Technology Accreditation Commission (TAC) of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). It is in many ways similar to the Civil Engineering program offered by the college but has the following major differences:

• Emphasis is on practical applications of engineering science rather than upon the comprehensive understanding of the scientific theories.
• Considerable time is devoted to management and business administration courses.
• Less time is devoted to mathematics and science.

Graduation Requirements

All requirements listed in the General Information section of the University Bulletin apply. In addition, a student majoring in a program in the College of Engineering must have at least a 2.0 grade point average in courses bearing the specific rubric of the major program (e.g., computer science, civil engineering, etc.) when computed on all attempts for which a final grade was received (excluding 'W plus' grades). In order to graduate from a baccalaureate program in the College of Engineering, a student must complete 27 of the last 36 hours in the curriculum while enrolled in the College of Engineering.