No entrance exams are required. Course times are scheduled year-round to be compatible with your work commitments. Each course meets online for ten weeks. Discussions using an online bulletin board afford the opportunity to examine everyday construction challenges shared by others in the construction industry.

Workplace Benefits

• Be better prepared to succeed at your chosen profession
• Learn from the experts in the various fields of construction
• Advance within your current trade or transition into a new career

Location of Classes
This certificate program is held online. Consistent access to the Internet is required.

The Certificate
To earn the certificate, students must complete eight of the following nine classes: Estimating and Bidding I, Estimating and Bidding II, Cost Awareness and Production Control, Construction Planning and Scheduling, Construction Materials and Processes, Contract Documents and Construction Law, Introduction to Construction Estimating, Construction Blueprint Reading, and Essential Construction Math. All courses should be completed within two years of starting the program.

The program advisor, Bob George, has extensive experience in construction estimating and project management and is an active member of several professional organizations. He has instructed in college-level programs throughout San Diego County. In this program, he will present experts in the various fields of construction.

My name is Bob George and I teach online courses for constructionclasses.com at San Diego State University. You know, typically when you are looking for a job in the construction industry, employers are going to look for three basic things. They're going to look for experience, they're going to look at how you present yourself, and they're going to look for education. Education is a big component. So, we can't guarantee you're going to get a job by going to our classes, but it certainly helps. Things are changing very rapidly, not only with computers but with any number of things. And employers are looking for people who can learn. They're looking for people who have the where-with-all, to actually go out and take classes and to learn and to try and keep up with where the construction industry is going. That's very important in industry today. Each class that we offer is going to require about five hours per week of effort on the student's part. And they are ten-week classes, so they're roughly 50 hour classes. Construction Blueprint Reading is a basic course that everybody needs. If you're interested in going into the estimating portion of construction then Introduction to Construction Estimating is for you. If you're more interested in Construction Supervision then we have nine or ten different courses in Construction Supervision. You can pretty much start wherever you want to start. You might need planning and scheduling on your job. With an online course you have to log on fairly often, several times a week. But it's not like an in classroom course where you go someplace and sit there for three hours and then don't do it again until next week. An online course is more of an educational experience. For ten weeks you are going to be immersed in the course. It's an incredible experience to be in a class and having discussions with people from...most of the people are from the United States. But, we have students from New York, Florida, and Illinois, and Alabama, and Washington, and Alaska, and Hawaii all in one classroom. We have also had students from Iraq, and Afghanistan, and good golly New Zealand, Iceland, Moscow, and London. See that's one of the really incredible and interesting things about online courses.</p>

Each course costs $525 (after first class, add $20 late fee.)

>> For an online demo go to www.constructionclasses.com/potential_student.htm

Textbook/course material information is available at www.sdsubookstore.com/es; just use the three-digit extension credit course number when selecting a course (courses are listed under the engineering department).

>> A special refund policy applies, please see Registration Information: Refunds and Withdrawals.

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For additional information please email construction-ces@sdsu.edu or call (619) 594-5489.

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