CM at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Intro sequences

The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.

• 1. CM 1115Fundamentals of Construction Management
  2. CM 1413Jobsite Construction Management
  3. CM 3214Residential Construction Management
• 1. CM 1280Fundamentals of Virtual Design and Construction Management
  2. CM 1413Jobsite Construction Management
  3. CM 3214Residential Construction Management
• 1. CM 1413Jobsite Construction Management
  2. CM 1115Fundamentals of Construction Management
  3. CM 3214Residential Construction Management
• 1. CM 1113Construction Materials and Assemblies
  2. CM 2113Soil Analysis and Construction of Foundations & Temporary Structures

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate CM coursework.

• CM 3214Residential Construction Managementopens 6 courses (2 directly)
• CM 2113Soil Analysis and Construction of Foundations & Temporary Structuresopens 4 courses (1 directly)
• CM 3314Heavy Civil Construction Managementopens 3 courses (1.5 directly)
• CM 3313Commercial Construction Managementopens 2 courses (1.5 directly)
• CM 2114Principles of Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing Building Systemsopens 1 course (1 directly)
• CM 3335Construction Economics, Finance, and Accountingopens 1 course (1 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate CM work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 26 CM and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 9 more CM courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on CM, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in CM. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at CM 4411

  1. CM 1115Fundamentals of Construction Management
  2. CM 3214Residential Construction Management
  3. CM 3313Commercial Construction Management
  4. CM 4411Specialty Contracting Construction Management

• 4 courses deep, ending at CM 4436

  1. CM 1113Construction Materials and Assemblies
  2. CM 2113Soil Analysis and Construction of Foundations & Temporary Structures
  3. CM 3314Heavy Civil Construction Management

• 3 courses deep, ending at CM 4443

  1. BUS 2212Financial Accounting for Nonbusiness Majors
  2. CM 3335Construction Economics, Finance, and Accounting
  3. CM 4443Management of the Construction Firm

• 2 courses deep, ending at CM 2114

  1. CM 1114Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing Construction Materials and Assemblies
  2. CM 2114Principles of Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing Building Systems

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for CM yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under CM yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

CM does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Cal Poly SLO campus feed.