TCM 5433G - Project Planning and Scheduling (3 Credit Hours)

Lecture Hours: 0,2 Lab Hours: 0,2
This course covers the fundamentals and techniques of planning and scheduling for construction projects. Topics include bar charts, Critical Path Method using both arrow and node networks, precedence networks, cost-time trade-offs, PERT, resource leveling, updating schedules during construction, project control, earned value method, lean construction principles and practices, and computerized scheduling techniques. Graduate students will be required to complete individual advanced level research in an area beyond the scope of the undergraduate requirements that demonstrates a higher level of mastery in the subject matter with additional required deliverables representative of graduate level work, as determined by the instructor.

Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in TCM 1231 and STAT 1401 or permission of instructor.
Cross Listing(s): TCM 5433.
Restriction(s): NO Undergraduate Level Students