The aim of the course is the specialization in concepts and methods of Science and Engineering of construction materials and ceramics, which enable the characterization, control, design, selection, protection and management, applied to the scale of real systems and conditions of their operating environment, with sustainability. Content: Categories of construction materials. classification and use criteria, based on the structure / property / technical relationship by material category, quality control, selection and design of materials, methodology, techniques and methods for characterization and control of materials.