The graduate certificate in Facility Asset Management, housed in the CRS Center within the Department of Architecture, provides students in any graduate degree program at Texas A&M University the opportunity to develop a body of knowledge in facility asset management that will further their career goals. Facility asset management is an integral part of the built environment. Students in the certificate program will learn how to strategically and systematically manage and ensure the functionality of the built environment by integrating people, place, process, and technology into sustainable design decision-making. Courses offered in this certificate will introduce AEC industry best practices concepts and components of project management; their interrelationships in design and construction practice; project life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle impact assessment (LCIA); strategic project planning, design, and implementation approaches; environmental performance measurements and life cycle inventory (LCI); life cycle costing (LCC) and direct monetary project costs; building design resilience and sustainability approaches; and facility maintenance and management.

Course List

Code	Title	Semester Credit Hours
COSC 670	Facilities Asset Management	3
Capstone 1		3
Select one of the following:
ARCH 685	Directed Studies
ARCH 691	Research
ARCH 693	Professional Study
COSC 685	Directed Studies
COSC 691	Research
COSC 693	Professional Study
LDEV 685	Directed Studies
LDEV 691	Research
LDEV 693	Professional Study
Electives 2		9
Select three of the following:
Planning and Development:
LDEV 651	Property Development Agreements and Regulation
LDEV 667	Design and Development Economy
LDEV 669	Income Property Land Development
Design:
ARCH 657	Advanced Professional Practice and Ethics
ARCH 660	Design Programming
ARCH 663	Interior Architecture
ARCH 676	Survey of Human Behavior and Design
Construction:
COSC 621	Advanced Project Management
COSC 622	Construction Economics
COSC 650	Advanced Construction Visualization
COSC 663	Sustainable Construction (Operations:)
Operations:
ARCH 619	Applied Solar Energy
ARCH 620	Building Performance Measurement
ARCH 634	Architectural Lighting
Internships: 3
ARCH 684	Professional Internship
COSC 684	Professional Internship
LDEV 684	Professional Internship
Total Semester Credit Hours		15

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Capstone must be taken from a member of the Facility Asset Management Committee and must demonstrate ability to integrate multiple areas in the field through a written document.

²

At least three (3) credit hours of course work with facility asset management content MUST be from outside the student's major field.

³

Internships must be approved by the Facility Asset Management Committee, must be in the field of facility asset management, and must be documented to show content in the field.

Students must complete a capstone Professional Study or Thesis with a Facility Asset Management focus that is approved by the Facility Management Certificate Council.