Will architecture firms hire Construction Management majors?
So I am a senior is high school (graduating this week) 😼. And even though I’m attending university for CM I really wanted to be an architect and study architecture. The issue was that the accredited schools I applied to didn’t offer very good scholarships and aid and my family isn’t very well off. So my plan right now is to get my undergrad in CM, work in the field for a bit, and then go back for my master’s in architecture. I know it’ll probably take like three years but I’m willing to do it since I’ve wanted to complete a Master’s degree anyways.
So I’m curious is architecture firms have any use for people who studied CM. Because I would still like to work as an architect, I want to be in an architectural/design heavy environment instead of committing to a construction management job.
I’ve read that there are multiple positions and roles in architecture firms that do estimation, budgeting and what not so I just want to know if someone with a CM could realistically go into one of those positions and continue their education from there.