DEA 2550 - Introduction to Facility Planning and Management

Fall. 2 credits. Letter grades only.

F. Becker.

Undergraduate course, but co-meets with graduate course

. Introduction to the field of facility planning and management. Course examines how the planning, design, and management of an organization’s physical facilities can help it meet its business objectives. Through readings, lectures, and discussions, students become familiar with basic characteristics and issues of strategic planning, space planning and design, project management, building operations, workplace change management, real estate, and computer-aided facility management systems. Different approaches to sustainable facility design and issues in effectively managing and operating green facilities are explored in a term project working with organizations that have implemented sustainable designs, policies, and practices.