Architectural and Facilities Engineering Minor

Program Overview

The minor in architectural and facilities engineering provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the field, covering topics such as construction planning, building systems, and sustainable infrastructure. Students can choose from a range of elective courses to tailor their studies to their interests, including management, law, and art. The program requires a total of 27 credit hours and includes a capstone experience in the student's major.

Program Outline

Careers:

• Architectural engineer
• Building operations manager
• Construction project manager
• Facility engineer
• Materials engineer
• Structural engineer

Other:

• The minor in architectural and facilities engineering involves a total of 27 credit hours.
• Students must additionally have an architectural and facilities engineering focus for their capstone experience in their major (CE490/491, ME446, EE412, EM456 or equivalent).
• The curriculum has been designed to give students a well-rounded understanding of architectural and facilities engineering.
• All courses are three credits unless noted.
• Students must complete the following courses:
• Required Engineering Courses
• CE305 Construction Planning and Management
• CE408 Building Information Modeling/Integrated Project Delivery
• CE409 Fundamentals of Building Systems
• CE448 Introduction to Architectural Engineering
• Data Science/Mathematics
• DS241 Intro to Data Science
• or MA330 Advanced Engineering Math
• or STAT383 Probability and Statistics
• or STAT389 Probability and Statistics with Multivariate Analysis
• Architectural & Facilities Engineering Core Electives
• Students must complete two of the following courses:
• CE304 Intro to Scheduling and Estimating
• CE404 Applications in Scheduling and Estimating
• CE410/510 Sustainable Infrastructure and Building
• CE411 Construction Materials Engineering
• CE415/515 Foundations and Retaining Structures
• CE441 Reinforced Concrete Design
• CE442 Steel Design
• EE221 Linear Circuits
• EE321 Systems and Signal Processing
• EE331 Energy Conversion
• EE333 Power System Engineering
• EE/ME450 Control Systems
• EHS330 Safety Analysis
• ES238 Intro to Energy Systems
• EV305 Sustainability and the Environment
• ME310 Thermodynamic Systems Engineering
• ME411 Intro to Heat Transfer
• ME444 Computer-Aided Engineering
• Architectural & Facilities Engineering Electives
• Management/Law Elective
• Students must complete one of the following courses:
• EM/OM380 Project Management
• FN361 Financial Management
• OS286 Organizational Behavior
• ILW270 Law and Society I
• Art Elective
• Students must complete one course:
• DA110 Drawing
• DA120 Elements of Design
• DA200 3D Digital Modeling and Imagery
• or an approved course in art history, architectural history, art appreciation, applied art or related study (3 credits)