This career development course is crafted to assist BDIC students (juniors and seniors) to prepare for internship and job opportunities by honing essential professional skills needed to succeed in today's dynamic job market. Students will be encouraged to explore relevant career paths through the lens of their interdisciplinary concentrations, while identifying personal values, preferences, skills, and abilities to individualize personal and professional goals.

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The success of a construction project is dependent on a schedule that is well-defined yet flexible to allow for inevitable delays or changes. Without an effective schedule, projects often run over budget and deadlines are missed which can jeopardize the success of the project. The Construction Project Scheduling and Control, is a comprehensive course that examines the analytical methods used to devise an efficient and successful schedule for construction projects of all sizes.

This course provides students with fundamental skills in structural wood design for residential, commercial and industrial applications. Through examples and hands-on lab projects, students learn about structural wood behavior and techniques for designing individual wood components including: beams, columns, trusses, wood/steel connections, and floor panels using lumber, timber and engineered wood products. Satisfies criteria 2 and 3 of the Integrative Experience (IE) requirement for BCT students.

This course provides students with fundamental skills in structural wood design for residential, commercial and industrial applications. Through examples and hands-on lab projects, students learn about structural wood behavior and techniques for designing individual wood components including: beams, columns, trusses, wood/steel connections, and floor panels using lumber, timber and engineered wood products. Satisfies criteria 2 and 3 of the Integrative Experience (IE) requirement for BCT students.

This course builds on building technology fundamentals and focuses on the design, control, and optimization of environmental (heating, cooling, and plumbing) systems in buildings. Students will learn how to analyze, design, and optimize active heating and cooling technology, including plumbing systems, in both residential and commercial buildings. In the lab, students will gain expertise in building energy modeling (BEM) using a state-of-the-art BEM tool (eQuest) to optimize the energy performance of an existing campus building.

This course builds on building technology fundamentals and focuses on the design, control, and optimization of environmental (heating, cooling, and plumbing) systems in buildings. Students will learn how to analyze, design, and optimize active heating and cooling technology, including plumbing systems, in both residential and commercial buildings. In the lab, students will gain expertise in building energy modeling (BEM) using a state-of-the-art BEM tool (eQuest) to optimize the energy performance of an existing campus building.

Students in the UMass Clean Energy Corps will work in teams with energy engineers and other staff of the UMass Clean Energy Extension to provide energy analysis and high-level energy audits to Massachusetts cities and towns. We will collect and analyze municipal energy data, conduct walk through and instrumented energy audits on site for some facilities, and provide guidance to help municipalities cut their energy consumption by at least 20%. Students will learn a variety of data analysis and building diagnostic techniques as well as gain experience working with municipal clients.

This course teaches construction safety concepts through lectures, demonstrations and a self-guided study of safety principles and OSHA requirements. Students will acquire additional safety credentials through independent study (at some additional cost). This can be an OSHA 10-hour card (a basic requirement for work on construction sites), or an OSHA 30-hour card. For those who already have an OSHA 10 card, an alternate safety certification/or independent study as agreed to by the instructor can be completed.