Correlating Student Performance in Fundamental of Construction Science Course with Mathematics and Physics Grade Point Average

It is believed that the performance of Construction Management (CM) students in their undergraduate study is dependent on their mathematics and physics performance. A Fundamental of Construction Science (FCS) course, offered for freshman, covers materials related to mathematics and physics. CM students must perform better in mathematics and physics to perform better in FCS course. This study aims at finding the correlation between the mathematics and physics Grade Point Average (GPA) with their performance in FCS course. This study also tests whether students improve their mathematics and physics knowledge by taking this course. The population for this study consists of the students enrolled in spring 2007 and 2008 courses. Relevant data related to this study were collected from office of Undergraduate Advising and from the test results conducted at the beginning and end of this course. The research hypotheses related to this study are: there is a significant correlation between mathematics and physics GPA with FCS course grade and the students significantly improve their mathematics and physics knowledge by taking this course. The statistical test results showed that there is a positive correlation between the mathematics GPA and FCS course grade and students significantly improve their mathematics and physics knowledge by taking this course.