BUILDING CONSTRUCTION /69


 Holders of a four-year undergraduate degree in build-
ing construction or its equivalent in related fields may nor-
mally complete the requirement for the master's degree in
one academic year (two semesters) as full-time students.
"Equivalent in related fields" should include studies in
construction materials and methods, structures, and
management. Students with deficiencies in these related
fields may need longer residence for the master's degree,
as they will be required to take specified basic courses to
provide a foundation for advanced courses.
 No more than five credits of BCN 6934 or 6971 may be
used to satisfy the credit requirements for a master's
degree without written permission of the Director. Candi-
dates are required to take BCN 5463, 5625, and 5715.
Foreign students, at the discretion of the Graduate Coor-
dinator, may substitute another course for BCN 5715.
 The School reserves the right to retain student work for
purposes of record, exhibition, or instruction.

ARC 6653-Modeling Techniques in Architectural Acoustics (3)
Theory and practice of ultrasonic, computer, and other tech-
niques used to model human subjective response to sound and
their application in the design of buildings.
ARC 7790-Doctoral Core I (3) Philosophy, theory, and history
of inquiry into the processes of design, urban development, and
building systems.
ARC 7792-Doctoral Core II (3) Prereq: ARC 7790. Urban,
environmental, and legal systems in the context of urban devel-
opment.
ARC 7794-Doctoral Seminar (3) Current planning, architecture,
development, and construction theories.
ARC 7911-Advanced Architectural Research I (3) Prereq: STA
6167. Architectural, planning, and construction research design
with relevant mathematical and computer methods.
ARC 7912-Advanced Architectural Research II (3) Prereq:ARC
7911. Conduct of research in architecture, planning, and con-
struction.
ARC 7979-Advanced Research (1-9) Research for doctoral stu-
dents before admission to candidacy. Designed for students with
a master's degree in the field of study or for students who have
been accepted for a doctoral program. Not open to students who
have been admitted to candidacy. S/U.
ARC 7980-Research for Doctoral Dissertation (1-15) S/U.
BCN 5463-Advanced Construction Structures (4) Prereq: BCN
3461. Study of soils, dewatering and the temporary structures
that contractors have to build in order to build the primary
structure.
BCN 5463L-Laboratory in Advanced Construction Structures
(1) Laboratory training in the testing of construction materials.
BCN 5470-Construction Methods Improvements (3) Methods
of analyzing and evaluating construction techniques to improve
project time and cost control. Work sampling, productivity
ratings, crew balance studies, time lapse photography, and time
management.
BCN 5528-Survey of Construction Techniques (4) Designed for
students from allied disciplines such as architecture and engi-
neering who want to learn the work methods, materials and
equipment employed on residential, commercial, and industrial
construction projects.
BCN 5625-Construction Cost Analysis (3) Prereq: BCN 4612.
Study of cost engineering and cost distribution and comparative
analysis of actual and estimated cost as used for project control.
BCN 5715-Advanced Construction Labor Problems (3) Prereq:
graduate status. Labor problems in the construction industry and
associated legislation. How to work effectively with unionized
labor on construction projects.
BCN 5722-Advanced Construction Planning and Control (3)
Prereq: COP 3210, BCN 4612. Time-cost relationships for
various construction operations.
BCN 5905-Special Studies in Construction (1-5; max: 12)
Prereq: graduate status or special permission of instructor. For
students requiring supplemental work in the building construc-
tion area.
BCN 6228-High-Rise Construction (3)
BCN 6621-Bidding Strategy (3) Strategy of contracting to maxi-
mize profit through overhead distribution, breakeven analysis,
probability and statistical technique, a realistic risk and uncer-
tainty objective, and bid analysis both in theory and in practice.


BCN 6641-Construction Management and Value Engineering
(3) The various systems of contracting for construction with
special emphasis on the construction manager concept and
phased construction. Computerized construction management
control systems and value engineering.
BCN 6748-Construction Law (3) Formation of a company,
licensing, bid process, contracts, plans and specifications,
mechanics liens, insurance bonds, and remedies as they relate
to the building constructor and construction manager. Case
studies.
BCN 6931-Construction Management (1-5; max: 13) Con-
struction management or specialized areas of the construction
field.
BCN 6932-Building Construction Management (1-5; max: 12)
Building technology and management of specialized areas of
the building construction field.
BCN 6933- Advanced Construction Management (1-5; max:
12) Financial and technological changes affecting construction
and the management of construction projects. H.
BCN 6934-Construction Research (1-6; max: 12) Independent
studies. H.
BCN 6971-Research for Master's Thesis (1-15) S/U.
URP 6272-Advanced Planning Information Systems (3) Prereq:
URP 6271. Theoretical and practical knowledge about the
structure, use, and architecture of georeference data base sys-
tems. Discussion of spatial relationships which exist between
network and area related systems. Development and mainte-
nance of geographic information systems as related to urban and
regional planning.




BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION-
GENERAL
College of Business Administration

 Graduate programs offered by the College of Business
Administration are the Doctor of Philosophy in econom-
ics; the Doctor of Philosophy in business administration;
the Master of Arts in economics; the Master of Arts in
business administration with tracks in decision and infor-
mation sciences, finance, insurance, management, mar-
keting, or real estate and urban analysis; the Master of
Business Administration (MBA); and the Master of Sci-
ence in computer and information sciences. The Master
of Accounting degree (M.Acc.) is offered through the
Fisher School of Accounting. Fields of concentration and
requirements for the MBA are given under Requirements
for Master's Degrees in the front section of the Catalog.
Requirements for the Ph.D. and M.A. degrees may be
found under the description for the respective depart-
ment.
 The Ph.D. in business administration requires a princi-
pal or major field in one of the following: accounting,
decision and information sciences, finance, insurance,
management, marketing, or real estate and urban analy-
sis. Specific requirements for the various departments
and specialties within the departments are stated in the
department descriptions in this Catalog. All candidates
for the Ph.D. in business administration must satisfy the
following general requirements:
 Breadth Requirement.-All applicants for the Ph.D. in
business administration program are expected to have
completed prior to business-related course work at either
the advanced undergraduate or graduate level. Students
entering without prior work are required to take a
minimum of three graduate courses in at least two fields
other than their chosen area of concentration. Most
often, the appropriate courses will be found in the MBA
first-year core; the particular courses to be taken by a
student will be decided in consultation with the student's
academic adviser. After a student enters the Ph.D. pro-
gram, the courses taken to satisfy the breadth require-