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EIT Offers New Construction Programs

糖心Vlog传媒LR will welcome its first students this fall in two degree programs in the Department of Construction Management and Civil and Construction Engineering. New programs will include a bachelor of science degree in architectural and construction engineering and a master of science degree in construction management. The new degrees double the programs being offered in the construction management department in 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 George W. Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology (EIT). 鈥溙切腣log传媒LR is the only public institution of higher education in Arkansas to offer any of聽these degree programs,鈥� said Dr. Eric Sandgren, dean of the EIT college. Architectural engineering is the discipline concerned with the planning, design, construction, and operation of buildings intended for human occupancy or habitation.聽Examples include high-rise and low-rise office buildings, commercial buildings, schools, hospitals, apartment buildings, arenas, stadiums, and more. The M.S. program in construction management has been designed to educate leaders for the construction industry. The degree will allow professionals in the construction industry to expand their knowledge and enhance their skills, but it will also make it possible for people from other backgrounds to enter the construction industry. Architectural engineers work closely with architects who develop the overall vision for a building, along with civil engineers who plan and design building sites and foundations. They also work with construction companies that convert the architectural concepts and designs into real buildings. Civil engineering is a broad discipline that prepares students to plan, design, construct,聽and operate infrastructure, such as highways, bridges, tunnels, locks, dams, levees,聽airports, railroads, and water and waste-water treatment. 鈥淎dding these new programs gives 糖心Vlog传媒LR students the chance to pursue degrees in聽high-demand fields and secure a bright future in the workplace,鈥� said Dr. Nickolas S.聽Jovanovic, program coordinator for the civil and construction engineering and the聽architectural and construction engineering programs. 鈥淭his kind of work is done right聽here in Little Rock but also everywhere else in the world. Designing and constructing聽new buildings and infrastructure will be necessary, not only to replace existing buildings聽and infrastructure, but also to support an expanding population, both聽here and abroad.鈥�