Project Management
11–12 Credit CertificateProgram Description
The Project Management Certificate develops practical applications of project management to formulate strategies allowing organizations to achieve strategic goals. Learners are prepared to serve as project leaders and team members who add value through leadership effectiveness, innovation, customer focus, team-building, critical-thinking, analytical decision-making capabilities, and professional responsibility, consistent with the objectives of the projects in which they are involved and the organizations they support. Learners apply the skills and tools necessary to design, implement and evaluate formal projects. Each learner will: understand the importance and value of managing projects, assume the role of a project manager, develop a project proposal, use relevant project management software, work with project teams, establish the proper sequence of tasks, chart progress, respond to variation and changes, develop a budget, direct resources and manage a project through its life cycle.
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Approximate Program Cost
$2,037
Tuition & Fees:
$1,927
Books & Supplies: $110
Books & Supplies: $110
Financial Aid
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Availability
Courses for this program may be available at a variety of campus locations through multiple modes of delivery if you meet the admission requirements and prerequisites.
* Campus and online availability of courses and programs may be subject to change.
Outcomes
Graduates will be able to…
- Apply effective project management strategies to workplace project
- Identify effective team organization and development strategies in project management
- Identify effective change management strategies in project management
- Explain the key knowledge areas applied in project management
- Explain the strategic planning process and its relationship to projects
- Develop a business case
- Develop a project charter and project proposal
- Develop a scope statement
- Explain the elements of the context within which projects are planned and executed
- Explain the elements that are the foundation of effective project scope management
- Explain the elements that are the foundation of effective project time management
- Identify effective leadership strategies in project management
- Explain the five project management process groups and interactions
Courses
The Project Management Certificate is a 11–12 Credit program. The following is a typical semester breakdown of the courses within the program.
* College 101 (10-890-165) is not part of the program credit requirements but is a College Requirement for graduation that must be passed with a “C” or better.
Credit for Prior Learning Available
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Pathways
Pathways are a series of connected programs that enable you to advance over time to better jobs and higher levels of education and training. By earning one degree, you could also be completing several courses of a related program in a pathway, bringing you one step closer to an advanced degree.
Completing the Project Management Certificate Earns You:
- 18% of the total credits in the Supply Chain Management Associate Degree (11 of 61 credits)
Admissions Process
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