Undergraduate Project Management Certificate

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Is the Project Management certificate program for me?

If you want a career as a project manager with a desire to enhance your skills within the industry, this program is a great way to go. And you can also use the PM certificate program as a great stepping stone to a undergraduate program if you haven't yet earned your bachelor's degree.

The Project Management certificate is an online certificate program. While you earn your Project Management certificate online, you'll still have access to all CityU's great resources on "Blackboard" - our virtual classroom. Use this program to log in to get assignments, discuss topics with your classmates, collaborate on projects and check your grades. Basically, everything you do in class but without the commute. With online education, you can advance your career without taking time away from current responsibilities.

What will I learn in the Project Management certificate program?

In CityU's Project Management certificate program, you'll learn how to organize, lead and schedule projects. These topics (and more) will be covered:

Managing risk
Strategic planning
Team and client scheduling
Leadership and partnership
Project control
Systems theory
Cost management
Conflict resolution
Building relationships
Achieving consensus

What can I do with my Project Management certificate?

Project managers are everywhere - agriculture, health care, software development, marketing, manufacturing, academia and consulting, to name just a few. The skills you'll pick up in this program translate to virtually any area of business, public or private.

Why CityU?

Because you want an education that's relevant to what's happening in the real world, right now.
Our faculty teach what they do for a living, not just what's in the book. Many are PMP-certified by the Project Management Institute and work as project managers in their local PMI chapters.
We keep class sizes small so you can get the personal attention you deserve.
You can get an education without sacrificing your lifestyle. Complete your coursework on a schedule that works best for you.

How to get started:

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Total Required Credits:		25

PM 401	Fundamentals of Project Management	5
This course utilizes a real team project to manage a project's life cycle. Emphasis is placed on activity networks, managing resources, and creating control mechanisms that minimize risk. Project leadership is explored in the context of building effective project teams and maintaining stakeholder relationships. Students will learn and apply basic project management concepts including time and resource constraints, planning, scheduling, work breakdown structure, Gantt Charts, network diagrams, and project control.
PM 404	Introduction to Project Planning and Control	5
This course is aimed at providing a project planning framework, including detailed discussions and a series of related learning exercises on the sequence of project activities, including creating work breakdown structures, creating integrated networks, scheduling, and project cost and schedule controls. Prerequisite: PM 401.
PM 406	Project Risk and Change Management	5
This course utilizes a simulated project to teach students how to manage risk and crisis occurrence through a project's life cycle. Strong emphasis is placed on integrating SWOT, Risk Breakdown Structure, and Risk Mitigation into the overarching project life cycle. Project leadership is explored in the context of building effective project teams and maintaining stakeholder relationships, especially in times of uncertainty and crisis. Students will learn and apply basic project management concepts related to identifying, classifying, and mitigating risk. Prerequisite: PM 401.
PM 407	Introduction to Cost Management in Projects	5
This course introduces the basic processes associated with cost management, from the establishment of budgets and cost accounts to the monitoring, interpretation, and use of cost data throughout the life cycle of the project. Since projects are implemented in companies to improve their overall financial performance, emphasis is placed on viewing cost management as supporting projects in their developmental stage; establishment of budgets and cost accounts; the monitoring and recording of cost data; and the relationships between cost, schedule and performance data. Students will learn how project costs extend beyond project boundaries to include consideration of additional processes and management techniques such as return-on-investment, discounted cash flow, payback analysis and the concept of project life cycle cost. Prerequisite: PM 401
PM 408	People and Communication in Projects	5
This course provides an overview of people and communication factors in managing projects. Topics include human resource planning; how teams work; managing conflict; social and relationship capital in the context of projects; managing behaviors; diversity; leadership pitfalls; and communication factors within a project environment. Prerequisite: PM 401.

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