BACCALAUREATE Degree

Program Description: The Bachelor of Science in Building Trades Management provides graduates of AS degree in inside wireman,plumbing, steamfitting and pipefitting, heating, ventilation, air conditioning(HVAC), and sheet metal a pathway to complete their four-year degree without having to transfer to a 4-year college or university. The curriculum offers an advanced scope of business leadership and management, research methodology, cost management, finance, scheduling, project management, construction laws, and technologies related to building trades. The program prepares journeypersons and apprentices in the building trades for a wider array of classifications, promoting social economic mobility, and providing employment advancement opportunities.It aims to enhance project workflows within specific trades, improve efficiency and reduce cost for contractors and end-users.

Program Student Learning Outcome:

1.    Be able to work as commercial and residential electrician, plumber, heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanic and installer, or sheet metal worker.

2.    Analyze worker or production problems and recommend solutions, such as improving production methods or implementing motivational plans.

3.    Coordinate work activities with other construction project activities.

4.    Apply and incorporate occupational skills and knowledge acquired from a 5-year inside wireman, commercial plumbing, heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC), or sheet metal program with business management in the construction industry.

5.    Attain business administration and management skills necessary to transition swiftly from the field to anoffice work environment and manage a project more effectively and efficiently.

6.    Demonstrate proficiency in all aspects of business and project administration, including managing a team,handling change orders, processing project submittals, and managing field directives

7.    Apply critical, ethical, and socially responsible thinking when problem-solving.

8.    Demonstrate proficiency in interpersonal communication to effectively collaborate with stakeholders in a project.

9.    Use applications to manage costs and human resources within their trades.

10. Manage a budget and report costs accurately.

11. Describe the use of documents to manage and control costs on a project.

12. Understand the use of emerging technologies that affect their trades.

13. Research, adapt, and display proficiency in specific occupation and management.

Estimate material costs for various trades.

Academic Requirements: Foothill College students who have completed40.5 quarter units (27 semester units) of the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) for UC or CSU campuses and have completed their 3rdyear of apprenticeship or have graduated from one of the programs listed below: 

o   Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Technology

o   Sheet Metal Building Trade 

o   Plumbing Technology  

o   Inside Wireman  

o   Plumbing and Pipefitting Apprenticeship  

o   Test, Adjust, and Balancing (TAB)Technician  

o   Air Conditioning Mechanic  

o   Steamfitting and Pipefitting Technology   

OR  

·      Students who have completed 40.5 quarter units (27 semester units) of the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) for UC or CSU campuses and have successfully completed a4-year or 5-year year registered and approved by the Division of Apprenticeship program in plumbing, steamfitting and pipefitting, HVAC, inside wireman, or sheet metal from a California community college may transfer credits earned to Foothill College.   

      OR

Completed an associate degree in plumbing, steamfitting and pipefitting, HVAC, inside wireman, or sheet metal. 

30-35

The goal of the Baccalaureate Degree Program in Building Trades Management is to prepare our workforce with career readiness pathways that support the construction industry and create economic sustainability for both contractors and workers. The program is centered around accessibility, stackable credentials for upward progression, and affordability for apprentices and journeypersons in the building trades programs.

BS = Bachelor of Science Degree: A minimum of 180 units is required to include:

·      Completion of lower-division core elective courses for a concentration: 40 – 88.5 units

·      Completion of a minimum of 40.5units (27 semester units) of the Intersegmental General Education TransferCurriculum (IGETC)

·      Completion of lower-division elective course(s): 10.5 – 31 units

·      Completion of upper-division major courses: 55 units

·      Completion of upper-division general education courses: 13.5 units

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)
BTM 310	Introduction to estimating	5	Y1, Fall
BTM 311	Scheduling of a LEAN Project	5	Y1, Fall
BTM 312	Construction Finance for Commercial Construction	5	Y1, Winter
BTM 313	Budgeting	5	Y1, Winter
BTM 314	Building Information Modeling	5	Y1, Spring
BTM 315	Construction Cost Management	5	Y1, Spring
BUSI 3xx	Leadership Skills and Team Dynamics	4.5	Y1, Summer
BTM 316	Projection Management Development for Commercial Construction	5	Y2, Fall
BTM 317	Legal Aspects of Construction	5	Y2, Fall
BTM 318	Green Building and LEED Certification	5	Y2, Winter
BTM 319	Construction Management Research and Capstone Project I	5	Y2, Winter
BTM 320	Construction Management Research and Capstone Project II	5	Y2, Spring
SOC 3xx	Society's Role in Environmental Sustainability	4.5	Y2, Spring
BUSI 3xx	Applied and Professional Ethnics	4.5	Y2, Summer

We submitted a proposal for a baccalaureate degree program to be offered in Building Trades Management to Cycle 4 Application early this year.

There is no baccalaureate degree offered to apprentices and journeypersons in the building trades.