Facilities Management Minor

Minor in Facilities Management The FM minor is available to non-Facilities Management/Technology option students. FM minor graduates will be well prepared to assume entry level or basic supervisory and administrative positions in large, commercial and governmental activities like physical plant departments, facilities, campuses and industrial parks related to:

Having received training from an officially recognized program of the International Facility Management Association, FM minor students will be versed in a wide variety of critical facility management competencies including:

Facilities management is a customer service/technology oriented profession and thus very compatible with liberal arts, business and science curriculums. Characteristics of successful Facility Managers include:

• Technically (not engineering) oriented and comfortable with technical people

• Like variety and the constant opportunity to learn something new

• Think on their feet and react quickly to people and events

• Analytical and imaginative

• Relish the challenge of being in charge

• Like public relations work

• Enjoy working with people

Facility management simply means making sure that an organization's physical workspaces and customer service areas (office's, computer rooms, hotel rooms, recreation areas, etc.) best support the people who use them and positively promote the purpose of the organization. It combines the most interesting aspects of business administration, architecture, technology and behavior science.

Some typical Facility Management responsibilities include:

Entry level positions generally pay from $27,000 to $52,000 annually. In 1998, the average salary for facility management professionals was $64,000 while top facilities director and executive salaries ranged from $81,000 to over $200,000.