MS in Facilities Management

Program Overview

The Master of Science in Architecture: Facilities Management (MScFM) is a collaborative professional degree program that prepares students to perform facility management services. The program requires a minimum of 30 graduate-level semester hours and includes courses in managerial accounting, facility management, construction management, and environmental stewardship. Graduates are eligible to work in private practice, government, or industry and to be licensed as a certified facility manager (CFM), facility management professional (FMP), and sustainability Facility professional (SFP).

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Master of Science in Architecture: Facilities Management (MScFM) is a collaborative professional degree program between the School of Architecture & Engineering Technology and the School of Business & Industry. Additional courses are provided by the School of the Environment, College of Education, and College of Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities. The MScFM is for students who have an undergraduate degree from an accredited institution of higher learning and wish to acquire an industry-driven professional degree that enables the graduate to perform facility management services. Facility management is a profession that encompasses multiple disciplines to ensure functionality of the built environment by integrating people, place, process, and technology. This MScFM require independent thinking skills and the ability to solve challenging problems through research, investigation, analysis, and development of sound and learned solutions as well as include a presentation and defense. Graduates are eligible to work in private practice, government, or industry and to be licensed as a certified facility manager (CFM), facility management professional (FMP), and sustainability Facility professional (SFP).

Outline:

The program requires a minimum of 30 graduate-level semester hours. Academic plans for students entering the MScFM from various undergraduate degrees will vary from 30 to 47 credits depending on the student’s undergraduate degree program.

Fall

• ACG 2071 Managerial Accounting Principles (3)
• ARC 2470 Introduction to Technology of Architecture (3)
• ARC 5289 Facility Management Profession (3)
• Leadership Strategy Elective (3)
• ARC 5686 Advanced Plumbing (3)

Spring

• ARC 6949 Coop Internship (1)
• ARC 6278 Construct Management (3)
• ARC 5018 Facility Management (3)
• FIN 3403 Corporation Finance (3)
• Environmental Stewardship Elective (3)
• STA 2023 Introduction to Probability and Statistics I (3)
• QMB 2100 Quantitative Methods & Business Decisions I (3) OR

Fall

• ARC 6932 Master’s Seminar II (3)
• EVR 5062 Principles of Environmental and Occupational Health (3)
• Leadership and Strategy Elective (3)
• Environmental Stewardship Elective (3)
• ARC 4610 Environmental Systems in Architecture (3)

Careers:

Graduates will be highly skilled professionals (http://www.ifma.org/images/education/fm_career-map_02b.jpg?sfvrsn=2). The Florida A&M University model prepares future facilities managers with the knowledge and skills to:

• Plan and organize facility function:
Interface with professionals and clients in the design and construction of facilities. Perceive design requirements, their impact on quality of life and environmental issues, and their value in the engineering of facilities Prepare candidates to work at the local, state, national, and international level.
• Manage personnel assigned to the facility function:
Coordinate efforts of in-house staff and consultants to perform specific aspects of the facilities management function. Evaluate performance and support personnel development 3. Provide leadership
• Administer the facility function:
Synthesize interdisciplinary efforts and act across traditional administrative, planning, and operational boundaries to organize, coordinate, and control diverse facilities and management activities. Analyze facilities needs and develop planning initiatives and effective implementation strategies that are responsive to specific current and projected facilities issues.
• Manage the Delivery of Facility Services:
Manage the process of facility development to complete projects on schedule and within budget, to a specified standard of quality Coordinate development activities with ongoing operations to minimize disruptions and maintain the continuity of facilities functions and economic viability.