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CE 456Planning and Scheduling

3 credits · Civil Engineering · Penn State

Theory and practice used in planning and scheduling projects; defining task and resources, creating logic diagrams, and monitoring the projects. C E 456 C E 456 Planning & Scheduling (3) "Planning and Scheduling" encompasses construction tenets and fundamentals including organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling representing concepts and principles integral to career applications in project and design management. Students who successfully complete this course will be able to: 1) understand and use planning, scheduling, and control techniques for managing construction projects 2) understand scheduling techniques and computer applications in critical path methods, PERT, and resource scheduling 3) understand construction financing and schedule / cost relations 4) understand the principles of project tracking, progress measurements, trend analysis, and forecasting

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Where it fits

Where it sits in degree plans

Suggested plans most often put it in Year 4 · Fall (1 program).

What it opens up

Courses that list CE 456 as a prerequisite (2)

  • CE 458 Construction Management II
  • CE 488C Capstone Project - Construction