Sustainability Teaching Approach in Construction Management Curricula

Construction programs in the United States play a vital role in sustainability education by producing professionals having knowledge of the same. The research goal was to analyze sustainability courses offered at construction management programs of ASC member institutions and evaluate them based on the expectations of prospective employers. The sustainability courses were assessed based on course description and learning objectives. The course syllabi were obtained and a questionnaire was sent to the faculty members of construction programs offering course(s) in sustainability. Construction firms were surveyed for their expectations on sustainability knowledge from the new hires. Findings indicated that there was a high degree of agreement between the objectives of the sustainability courses and industry's expectations. The findings provide important feedback for the construction programs to evaluate and revise their sustainability courses to match industry's expectations.