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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Construction Science and Management (BS) Academic Degree Map

Location(s): Manhattan Campus


First Year Hours K-State Core  
Semester 1      
CNS 010   - CNS New Student 1st Year Workshop 1   0      
DEN 160   - College of Engineering Orientation   1      
MATH 150   - Plane Trigonometry   3   KSC 030  
ECON 110   - Principles of Macroeconomics   3   KSC 050  
ENGL 100   - Expository Writing I   3   KSC 010  
Arts & Humanities Requirement 3 KSC 060  
Total Credits: 13      
       
Semester 2      
CNS 012   - CNS New Student 1st Year Workshop 2   0      
CNS 220   - Construction Materials   2      
CE 212   - Elementary Surveying Engineering   3      
PHYS 113   - General Physics I   4   KSC 040  
ENGL 200   - Expository Writing II   3   KSC 010  
COMM 106   - Public Speaking I   3   KSC 020  
Total Credits: 15      
       
Second Year      
Semester 1      
CNS 200   - Computer Applications in Engineering and Construction   2      
ACCTG 231   - Introduction to Managerial Accounting   3      
CNS 210   Graphic Communication I   1      
CNS 231   - Statics A   3      
MANGT 220   - Principles of Management   3      
Social & Behavioral Sciences Requirement 3 KSC 050  
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
CNS 241   - Strength of Materials and Analysis   3      
CNS 242   - Strength of Materials Lab   1      
CNS 321   - Graphic Communications II   3      
CNS 330   - Site Construction   3      
MANGT 230   - Business Law I   3      
Arts & Humanities Requirement 3 KSC 060  
Total Credits: 16      
       
Third Year      
Semester 1      
CNS 310   - Introduction to Building Information Modeling   2      
CNS 325   - Construction Documents   3      
CNS 440   - Construction Methods and Equipment   3      
CNS 524   - Steel and Timber Construction   3      
CNS 535   - Electrical and Lighting   3      
CNS 550   - Construction Safety   2      
Total Credits: 16      
       
Semester 2      
CNS 542   - Ethics and Professional Standards   1      
CNS 641   - Construction Estimating   3      
CNS 642   - Construction Management   3      
CNS 645   - Construction Scheduling and Cost Control   3      
ENGL 417   - Written Communication for the Workplace   3      
Free Electives {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
Total Credits: 16      
       
Fourth Year      
Semester 1      
CNS 510   - Technology for Management of the Construction Process   2      
CNS 534   - Heating and Air Conditioning   3      
CNS 536   - Water Supply and Plumbing   3      
CNS 643   - Preconstruction Services/Design Build   3      
CNS 646   - Construction Financial Management   2      
Professional Elective 2    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
CNS 528   - Concrete and Masonry Construction   3      
CNS 660   - Construction Operations   3      
MANGT 530   - Labor Relations and Negotiations   3      
Professional Elective 2    
Free Electives {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
Total Credits: 14      
       
Total Program Hours: 120