Project Management Concentration

This concentration provides specialized advanced study of the theory and practice of project management. Students acquire the skills to address the range of project management issues, including building projects for business success, metrics for project success, planning issues, risk management, leading project teams and the management of complex projects. Graduates are prepared to successfully complete the Project Management Institute Certification (PMP).

The Project Management Graduate Certificate looks at the impact and use of project management at the strategic level of the firm and also prepares the manager with additional project and organization planning tools at the project level of the firm.

Graduate certificate in Project Management also awarded for MGT 609, MGT 612, MGT 610, and MGT 614.

Recommended sequence: 609, 612, 610, 614

MS-Management Core Courses
All students in the Master of Science in Management Program on campus are required to take the following core courses:

• MGT 609 Introduction to Project Management
  
• MGT 600 Managerial Accounting
  
• MGT 607 Managerial Economics
  
• MGT 671 Technology and Innovation Management
• MGT 690 Designing Complex Organizations
• MGT 620 Statistical Models

Project Management Core Courses

• MGT 610 Strategic Perspectives on Project Management
• MGT 611 Project Planning and Monitoring
• MGT 612 The Human Side of Project Leadership
• MGT 614 Advanced Project Management
• MGT 618 Engineering Economics and Management Policy
  or
• MGT 621 Management Models
  or
• MGT 623 Financial Management
• 1 elective with approval of Academic Advisor choose from
  MGT 641 Marketing Management
  MGT 656 Quality and Process Management
  MGT 725 Strategic Management