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EM 486 COST ENGINEERING: ESTIMATING, BUDGETING, AND CONTROL

Credits: 3 (2,0,3) Prerequisites: EM 327 Co-requisites: EM 482
Course Catalog:
Cost engineering for construction organizations, projects, and operations. Construction
financing; break-even, profit, and cash flow analyses; capital budgeting. Equipment cost and
procurement decisions. Construction financial accounting, cost accounting, and cost control
systems. Cost breakdown, fixed and variable costs, direct and indirect costs, insurance and bond
premiums, and overhead and markup. Cost indices and conceptual estimates, parametric
estimates, detailed estimates, unit price proposals, measuring work and payment determination.
Earned value analysis.

EM 492 COOP
Credits: 10 (0,0,0) Prerequisites: Completion of 90 credit hours
Course Catalog:
The PSU COOP Education Program combines classroom learning with work experience to assist
students in applying their knowledge and skills to real life situations & building strong
partnerships between the PSU and the local business community, as well as enable our students
to create future quality career in response to the evolving of local economic and workforce
development needs. Students are expected to prepare and present a report of their work
experience.

EM 495 SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT
Credits: 3 (3,0,6) Prerequisite: ENGL 301, Senior Level Standing
Course Catalog:
Project groups deliver their products that have progressed through the design, analysis, testing
and evaluation stages. The project teams produce a polished professional report that describes
the design process, implementation and testing, verification and validation, and a critical
appraisal of the project. An oral presentation and graphic works are complementary project
deliverables.

EM 496 INTERNSHIP
Credits: 1 (1,0,0) Prerequisite: EM495, Completion of 90 credit hours
Course Catalog:
This is an eight-week professional training course in Engineering Management. The program
combines classroom learning with work experience to assist students in applying their
knowledge and skills to real life situations and enable our students to create future quality
career in response to the evolving of local economic and workforce development needs.
Students are expected to prepare and present a report of their work experience.