Certification Overview
The Certification in Project Management offers students a comprehensive review of project management concepts and techniques from an introductory level. After the successful completion of the four courses, students will not only have mastered competencies required for project management within organizations, but will also have completed 12 hours of college credit toward a degree. This certification may be completed online and in conjunction with the University's seven undergraduate degrees.
Certification Guide (PDF)
Hours Required: 12
Courses:
MGT4501 - Project Planning, Work, and Delivery
The course presents an overview of the project Work, Planning, and Delivery domains and their importance to the organization. Students in this course explore the activities and functions of project planning work, and delivery associated with predictive, adaptative, and hybrid project life cycles. The course adds new concepts and methods to those learned in previous project management courses and integrates and expands the topics of project planning, work, and delivery domains using case studies, exercises, and real-world experiences.
MGT4502 - Project Budgeting and Procurement
The course covers a broad range of cost-related uses, ranging from basic budgeting to cost estimating to capital budgeting. It also covers the basic contract and procurement principles as applied in predictive, adaptative, and hybrid project lifecycle models. The course adds new concepts and methods to those learned in previous project management courses and integrates and expands the topics of project budgeting and procurement using case studies, exercises, and real-world experiences.
MGT4503 - Project Uncertainty and Value Delivery
The course presents the core components within the project uncertainty and delivery domains. Topics include managing uncertainty, risk, and change, as well as the delivery of project value. The course adds new concepts and methods to those learned in previous project management courses and integrates and expands the topics of project uncertainty and value delivery using case studies, exercises, and real-world experiences.
MGT4504 - Project Stakeholder Engagement and Communications
The course addresses the concepts, theories, procedures, and methods involved within the Project Stakeholder Domain with an emphasis on stakeholder communications and engagement. Students in this course identify, evaluate, and apply project management approaches, processes, tools, and techniques within the Stakeholder Performance Domain.
