The Master of Science in CSM has been officially recognized and promoted by two national construction organizations: the Associated General Contactors of America (AGC) in Washington, D.C., and the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) in Gainesville, Fla.
Many students pursue the MCSM degree at Clemson for a variety of reasons:
- Self-fulfillment
- Greater expertise in the construction industry
- Preparation to teach at a technical college or university
- Advancement within their company
- Earn an advanced construction degree to compliment a non-construction-related undergraduate degree
- Flexible curriculum
- Thesis or non-thesis option
- Distance-learning option
- Clemson University's reputation
- Strong relationship with the construction industry
- Excellent assistantship opportunities
- Excellent job opportunities and placement
Clemson’s distance-learning master’s degree program is the only totally distance-learning construction master’s degree program in the United States. It is one of four master’s degree distance-learning programs nationally that the AGC recognizes and promotes to its members as a means to attain a graduate level degree and to teach in the discipline. The NCCER has recognized Clemson’s program as a step in their construction industry career path and has promoted it as a component of their Project Management Academy taught at Clemson.