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This course combines the current Estimating I and Estimating II courses. It will employ a teaching model whereby students are introduced to the concepts of manually calculating construction estimates prior to using other techniques such as software packages. This streamlines presentation of the required course material and reduces some duplication currently found in Estimating II since it may not be taken in the semester immediately after Estimating I, its pre-requisite. End-of-course student critiques over several semesters and instructor course assessments have justified making this change. In addition, this change was evaluated and endorsed by the Construction Management Industry Advisory Board. This change will have no impact on General Education nor on ACCE accreditation requirements since only 3 hours of estimating is required.