TECH 4320 - Estimating and Scheduling/Project Management

Credits: 3

The course is taught from a project manager’s point of view, and covers project design, quantity take-off, calculating unit cost, break-even point, returns on investment, depreciation, scrap, critical path scheduling, Gantt charts, direct cost, indirect cost, fixed cost, variable cost and utilizing Excel to perform all calculations. The course is project oriented and all technology courses that a student has completed are to be integrated in to the projects. Students are assigned an individual project as well as assigned to a team project. The student will develop the project from its conception, design, scheduling, product design, through completion, following all specifications and codes. The project ends with an oral, written and power point presentation.