The UTSA College of Architecture and the Office of
Extended Education are joining efforts to bring you the following online
courses:
The Online Construction Industry Professional Development Academy
(A Certificate
Program)
The Online
Construction Industry Professional Development Academy Certification
reflects a commitment to best management practices, and to a high level
of skills and knowledge in the discipline of value engineering, cost
management and professional ethics.
The online courses are offered in English and consist of 7 sections. The
sections can be taken as stand-alone courses, or as an entire series.
Price for
entire Certificate Program: $5,933.00
(Active Duty Military Personnel $4,500.00)
Total Contact Hours: 135 (13.5 CEUs)
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entire "Online Construction Industry Professional Development Academy"
Certificate Program
Cost
By dissecting how cost is organized, categorized and what makes
up its parts, as it relates to activities and/or assets, a solid
knowledge foundation is laid for the succeeding sections. Upon
completion of this course, the participant will be able to:
• Understand what
makes up cost such as the basic resources, materials, and labor
• Understand the
distinction between cost elements that are directly and indirectly
applied
• Relate the cost
elements to the life cycle of the asset acquisition, use and disposal
• Use the
understanding of cost elements to understand how cost is measured,
applied and recorded to arrive at the
total activity and/or asset cost
• Solve problems
related to cost element sources and definitions
Course Price: $988.00
(Active Duty Military Personnel $917.00)
Total Contact Hours: 9 (0.9 CEUs)
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"Cost" Course
Cost Estimating
Project success cannot be supported without accurate knowledge of
the cost ceilings to which the project must be controlled and those
ceilings are imposed by budgets delivered from cost estimates. Upon
completion of this course, students will better understand cost
estimating and the following:
• The common
industry classifications of cost estimates
• The common
methodologies applied to prepare cost estimates of the various
classifications
• The accuracy of
estimates types to the typical definition of scope and viable
methodologies for the types
• How to apply risk
analysis techniques to determine appropriate contingency for an estimate
Course Price: $988.00
(Active Duty Military Personnel $917.00)
Total Contact Hours: 45 (4.5 CEUs)
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"Cost Estimating" Course
Project
Management
Effective Project Management is a vital tool to identify and
control risk, maximize cost savings, minimize schedule delays and
improve economic return. The Project Management course will include the
following:
• The role of the
project manager in project planning
• Common planning
strategies
• The major
components of project planning
• Analyze labor
cost performance using unit rates and variance analysis
• The three
components of labor cost: quantities, installed production rates and
wage rates
• Understand the
basic requirements of contract documents
• Typical project
delivery methods and provisions of the contracts that are employed for
each method
Course Price: $988.00
(Active Duty Military Personnel $917.00)
Total Contact Hours: 9 (0.9 CEUs)
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"Project Management" Course
Project and
Cost Control
The course on Project and Cost Control includes the following:
• Measuring work
progress & productivity
• Fixed or variable
budget
• Budget baseline
• Schedule baseline
• Control account
baseline
• Status, analysis,
trending and forecasting
• Success index,
variability and incentives
Course Price: $988.00
(Active Duty Military Personnel $917.00)
Total Contact Hours: 9 (0.9 CEUs)
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"Project and Cost Control" Course
Economic
Analysis
Engineering economic analysis is a technique that assists in the
solution of substantial engineering and construction problems where
economic aspects dominate over a considerable period of time. This
course will include the following:
• Calculation of
simple and compound interest rates using basic single payments, uniform
series and gradient formulas
• Calculation of
present value, future value and equivalent uniform annual value of a
cash flow series
• Evaluate and
select the best alternative using present value, future value and
equivalent uniform annual value
• Compare
alternatives using the benefit-cost ratio
Course Price:
$988.00
(Active Duty Military Personnel $917.00)
Total Contact Hours: 9 (0.9 CEUs)
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"Economic Analysis" Course
Planning
and Scheduling
Planning must consider all of the elements appropriate to the
effort being undertaken, consider all stakeholder’s interest and
concerns, develop effective alternatives, support negotiations to reach
the most effective alternative and monitor implementation.
Scheduling is the process that converts a project work plan into a road
map, which if followed, will assure timely project completion.
Scheduling is one of the tools used for monitoring and controlling
projects to ensure objectives of cost, quality and time are met and
provide a baseline against which progress is monitored, measured,
reported and controlled. Upon completion of this course, the
student will understand how to:
• Set goals and
objectives
• Gather
stakeholder input and information
• Determine &
select feasible alternative plans
• Communicate &
implement the plan
• Adjust the plan
to meet new conditions
• Review the
effectiveness of the plan against attainment of objectives
• Convert the plan
into a schedule
• Utilize schedules
to monitor, control and report work progress
• Analyze the
schedule to identify cortical activities and work paths and forecast
future trends.
Course Price: $988.00
(Active Duty Military Personnel $917.00)
Total Contact Hours: 45 (4.5 CEUs)
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"Planning and Scheduling" Course
Statistics,
Probability & Risk Management
Statistics constitutes methods useful for the analysis of
information utilized for decisions. One of the greatest risks to
projects is the lack of adequate and appropriate planning and an
important part of project planning is risk management. Risk
management in all its forms both simple and complex will potentially
have a positive effect on the implementation of projects. This
will include:
• Explain basic
definitions and terminologies in probability and statistics
• Describe frequency
distribution, cumulative probability curve and normal curve
• Apply statistical
techniques in project management decisions
• Explain basic
steps of a risk management process
• Describe risk
mitigation options
• Apply decision
tree analysis
Course Price: $988.00
(Active Duty Military Personnel $917.00)
Total Contact Hours: 9 (0.9 CEUs)
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"Statistics, Probability & Risk Management" Course
Information
If you need additional information, please contact us via the following methods:
Telephone: (210) 458-2411
Fax: (210) 458-2410
Email: extended.ed@utsa.edu
Mail: The University of Texas at San Antonio
Office of Extended Education
501 César E. Chávez Blvd., Room BV 1.320
San Antonio, Texas 78207