Curriculum

Typical Plans of Study

Following are typical plans of study for each MPM specialization. Courses shown with asterisks (*) next to them are mandatory and typically cannot be substituted or waived. Students may graduate from the MPM program with multiple specializations if they meet the course requirements of each specialization that they choose to pursue.

Due to the sequencing of required courses, full-time students can only start in the Fall Quarter, regardless of specialization.

MPM courses are categorized into three definitions:

• Core: Courses that must be taken by all MPM students to fulfill the requirements of receiving an MPM degree.
• Required: Courses that are required for a particular specialization. In the A/E/C Business Management specialization, required courses are typically selected from the list of designated electives.
• Elective: Courses that may be chosen within limits to complement the background and career objectives of each individual student.

In the MPM program, students are required to complete 12.0 units of coursework to graduate. Regardless of specialization, the unit allocation per course category is the following:

• Core: 3.5 units
• Required: 5.0 units
• Elective: 3.5 units

Courses can be full (1.0 units); half (0.5 units); and zero-credit (0.0 units). On this page, courses are listed as 1.0 units, unless indicated otherwise with a parenthesis (e.g., “Communication (0.5)”). Full-time students must take a minimum of 3.0 units of courses each quarter and may take up to 5.0 units without paying extra tuition.

The core courses of the MPM program are the following:

• Communication (0.5)
• Financial and Managerial Accounting
• Managerial Finance
• Capstone I (0.5)
• Capstone II (0.5)
• Professional Development (0.0)
• Project Management (0.0)
• Materials and Methods in Construction (0.0)

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• A/E/C Business Management
• Construction Management
• Real Estate Development
• Sustainability
• Transportation Management

A/E/C Business Management

The typical plan of study in the A/E/C Business Management specialization is described by quarter in this section.

The Designated Electives PDF summarizes which courses qualify for this category.

Full-time students must ensure that their designated elective choices, in combination with core and required courses, will summarize to a unit count that permits them to maintain full-time status each quarter.

Fall Quarter

• Financial and Managerial Accounting *
• Construction Management *
• Communication (0.5) *
• Materials and Methods in Construction (0.0) *
• Designated Elective
• Designated Elective 

Winter Quarter

• Managerial Finance *
• Capstone I *
• Designated Elective 
• Designated Elective 
• Designated Elective 
• Elective 

Spring Quarter

• Capstone II *
• Designated Elective 
• Elective 
• Elective 
• Elective 
• Elective 

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Construction Management

The typical plan of study in the Construction Management specialization is described in this section.

Fall Quarter

• Financial and Managerial Accounting *
• Construction Management *
• Communication (0.5) *
• Materials and Methods in Construction (0.0) *
• Elective 
• Elective 

Winter Quarter

• Managerial Finance *
• Project Scheduling *
• Construction Contracts and Dispute Resolution*
• Capstone I *
• Elective 
• Elective 

Spring Quarter

• Building Construction Estimating *
• Construction Business Strategy (0.5) *
• Computer-Integrated Project Delivery (0.5) *
• Capstone II *
• Elective 
• Elective

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Real Estate Development

The typical plan of study in the Real Estate Development specialization is described in this section.

Fall Quarter

• Financial and Managerial Accounting *
• Commercial Land Use and the Regulatory Environment *
• Project Feasibility Analysis and Valuation *
• Communication (0.5) *
• Materials and Methods in Construction (0.0) *
• Elective 

Winter Quarter

• Managerial Finance *
• Transaction Management and Risk Mitigation *
• Project Funding and Global Capital Markets *
• Capstone I *
• Elective

Spring Quarter

• Asset Management and Strategic Planning *
• Capstone II *
• Elective 
• Elective 
• Elective
• Elective

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Sustainability

The typical plan of study in the Sustainability specialization is described in this section.

Fall Quarter

• Financial and Managerial Accounting *
• Sustainability Strategies in Organizations *
• Communication (0.5) *
• Materials and Methods in Construction (0.0) *
• Elective 

Winter Quarter

• Managerial Finance *
• Systems Thinking in Sustainable Design *
• Sustainability Policy and Regulatory Context *
• Capstone I *

Spring Quarter

• Metrics of Sustainability *
• Economics of Sustainability *
• Capstone II *
• Elective
• Elective

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Transportation Management

The typical plan of study in the Transportation Management specialization is described in this section.

Fall Quarter

• Financial and Managerial Accounting *
• Transportation Context Sensitive Solutions *
• Communication (0.5) *
• Materials and Methods in Construction (0.0) *
• Elective 

Winter Quarter

• Managerial Finance *
• Intelligent Transportation Systems *
• Management of Operations in Transportation *
• Capstone I *
• Elective 
• Elective 
• Elective

Spring Quarter

• Transportation Economics and Finance *
• Data Analytics *
• Capstone II *
• Elective
• Elective