CEM at Virginia Tech

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 CEM coursework.

• BC 2114Information Technology in Design and Constructionopens 3 courses (2.5 directly)
• CEM 3024Construction Estimating and Schedulingopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• CEM 3084Construction Economyopens 1 course (1 directly)
• CEM 3134Temporary Structures in Constructionopens 1 course (1 directly)
• CEM 4445CEM Capstoneopens 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 CEM 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 34 CEM and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 14 more CEM 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 CEM, 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 CEM. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at CEM 4446

  1. BC 2024Construction Principles II
  2. CEM 3024Construction Estimating and Scheduling
  3. CEM 4445CEM Capstone
  4. CEM 4446CEM Capstone

• 3 courses deep, ending at CEM 3154

  1. BC 1224Introduction to Building Construction II
  2. BC 2114Information Technology in Design and Construction
  3. CEM 3154Smart Construction

• 2 courses deep, ending at CEM 2404

  1. CEM 2104Introduction to Construction Engineering and Management
  2. CEM 2404Construction Project Documents

• 2 courses deep, ending at CEM 3134

  1. BC 2044Construction Materials
  2. CEM 3134Temporary Structures in Construction

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for CEM yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under CEM yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

CEM does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Virginia Tech campus feed.