Light Construction and Marketing Responding to the national need for an educated construction workforce
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A study conducted by JohnsManville concludes that the “building industry cannot operate efficiently in the public interest without more and better trained manpower,” and that it is necessary for trained professionals to acquire knowledge in 50 subject areas. The company and other industry partners provide funds to Colorado A&M to establish the college’s first interdepartmental degree program: Light Construction
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and Marketing. In its first year, the program includes courses in inorganic chemistry, English composition, America as a World Power, blacksmithing, freehand drawing, woodworking, mathematics, physics, military science, physical education, surveying, construction materials, mechanics, economics, geometry, theory of structures, contracts and specifications, technical writing, public speaking, psychology, finance, marketing, machine
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