Relationship between Undergraduate GPA and Associate Constructor (AC) Exam Scores of Construction Management Students

9 pages•Published: May 15, 2022

Joel Wao, Robert Ries, Ian Flood and Sallie Schattner

Abstract

Construction industry needs skilled workers, and professional certification is a way to get them. Senior level construction management (CM) students can take Associate Constructor (AC) exam as one of the first certifications as they transition into the industry. However, fewer graduating students are AC certified. The value of certifications and increasing popularity of the AC exam can motivate students to take the exam to gain professional credential and recognition. Also, the exam being reflective of the CM curriculum can motivate students to get certified. Therefore, this research assessed the correlation between undergraduate GPA (UGPA) and AC exam scores of CM seniors. The hypothesis was that there would be a positive relationship between UGPA and AC exam scores. The independent variable was UGPA while the dependent variable was the AC exam score. SAS studio facilitated the statistical analysis of the data obtained from an accredited CM undergraduate program in the south eastern part of the USA. The result showed a strong positive correlation between the scores thereby supporting the hypothesis. It was concluded that CM students needed to consider AC exam as one of the certifications as they go into the construction industry especially when their academic performances are good.

Keyphrases: associate constructor (ac) exam, construction management, gpa

In: Tom Leathem, Wes Collins and Anthony Perrenoud (editors). ASC2022. 58th Annual Associated Schools of Construction International Conference, vol 3, pages 706-714.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/QJK7
	https://doi.org/10.29007/plzh

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{ASC2022:Relationship_between_Undergraduate_GPA,
  author    = {Joel Wao and Robert Ries and Ian Flood and Sallie Schattner},
  title     = {Relationship between Undergraduate GPA and Associate Constructor (AC) Exam Scores of Construction Management Students},
  booktitle = {ASC2022. 58th Annual Associated Schools of Construction International Conference},
  editor    = {Tom Leathem and Wes Collins and Anthony Perrenoud},
  series    = {EPiC Series in Built Environment},
  volume    = {3},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2632-881X},
  url       = {/publications/paper/QJK7},
  doi       = {10.29007/plzh},
  pages     = {706-714},
  year      = {2022}}

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