School of Construction and Design
School of Construction & Design
From the Interim Director
The School of Construction and Design at Southern Miss, which houses nationally accredited programs, provides relevant knowledge and technology for design, construction and management education to serve the professional needs of the construction, architecture, interior design and industrial sectors.
By offering a learning environment that fosters the development of critical thinking and ethical understanding of the knowledge and technology for the built environment and society at large, students are prepared for success after graduation.
The School has experienced an increase in student enrollment over the past years, making it one of the fastest growing programs within the College of Arts and Sciences. It also offers the only accredited fully online program of construction—the Construction Management degree.
The mission of the School of Construction and Design is to provide relevant knowledge and technology for design, construction, engineering, and management education in order to serve the professional needs of the Construction, Architecture, and Interior Design sectors.
To achieve its mission, the School will provide a learning environment that fosters the development of critical thinking and ethical understanding of the knowledge and technology for the built environment and society at large.
- The Construction Management program is accredited by the American Council for Construction Education (ACCE).
- The Architectural Engineering Technology program is accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET.
- The Interior Design program is dually accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA), and the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD).
- The Construction Engineering Technology program is accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET. (Summer of 2019 was the last semester students were able to declare Construction Engineering Technology as their major. The Construction Engineering Technology degree is implementing a teach out plan to enable its current majors to complete the 120 credit hour degree plan by Fall 2022.)