Online Bachelor's in Project Management

The opportunities for students, in this first course, for all majors are to learn personal and professional leadership styles and drivers by providing an overview of leadership basics. Leadership skills are utilized across fields of study. Regardless of the roles individuals assume in an organization, they will need to communicate effectively, influence others, and understand the way they respond to others and why. The course engages students in discussion, exploration, and application of leadership skills, principles, and practices. Students will learn about the relationships and connections leaders have with individuals and organizations. Topics include leadership communication, motivation, style, and characteristics.

Credits: 3

Students examine the essential functions of management, including planning, organizing, leading, staffing, and controlling, and how they can be utilized to strengthen management, employee, and organizational performance. MGT300C is offered as a competency-based version which affords students a self-paced through eight weeks to move through the course material and create final deliverables that show competency in the concepts and skills presented. 

Credits: 3

This course provides students with an understanding of process strategy, quality improvement, and the tools utilized in the production of goods and services. Students learn concepts regarding operations, quality, and process management, and evaluate how these concepts can be used to gain a competitive advantage in the industry. Students also learn how mathematical models are used to assist in making decisions in regard to operations, inventory, quality, and materials requirements.

Credits: 3

This course provides the student with a high-level overview of project management. Student will cover project management techniques such as project selection, management, organization, planning, conflict, negotiation, budgeting, scheduling, control of the project, and termination of the project. Students cannot receive credit for both PJM310 and MGT410. Recommended Prior Courses: ORG300 and MGT300.

Credits: 3

This course explores project scheduling, monitoring, and controlling techniques used by successful project managers. Students assume the role of project manager in a 7-week, web-based simulation and apply the concepts conveyed in the course to a complex project. Through this experience, the course intends to develop the students’ competency in the following areas: project planning, scope definition and control, cost estimation, cost control, scheduling, controlling, trade-off decision-making, learning-curve theory, quality management, and communication management. Prerequisite: PJM310.

Credits: 3

This course will introduce students to the use of project management tools and software to plan, design, and facilitate effective initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, controlling, and closing projects. While students could use a variety of software packages or combination of software, they need to assess a variety of custom tools. Case studies are used throughout this course because the goal is to give students as much of a real-world feel as is possible. In addition to learning best practices in project management, students will have the option to use either Microsoft Project or a combination of other MS Office tools to complete numerous assignments, culminating in the final portfolio project. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to plan and manage a project using appropriate software applications. Prerequisite: PJM310. Recommended Prior Course: PJM330.

Credits: 3

This course examines the procurement-management knowledge aspect of project management. A critical component is obtaining the appropriate resources from external and internal vendors, which is the responsibility of the project manager. Students will learn the process of acquiring external resources through vendors and the legal requirements associated with contracts. Students will have an opportunity to study best practices regarding contract management and purchasing within a project management environment. Prerequisite: PJM310. Recommended Prior Course: PJM380.

Credits: 3

In this course, students learn the agile project management framework. The course contrasts agile and waterfall methodologies and discusses where Agile is most applicable and useful as a project management methodology. Recommended Prior Course: PJM310 or MGT410.

Credits: 3

This course equips students with the skills necessary to manage project risk. Students learn how various components of a project risk management plan including planning, risk identification, qualitative risk assessment, quantitative risk assessment, risk response planning, risk response implementation, and risk monitoring.  Prerequisite: PJM310. Recommended Prior Course: PJM400.

Credits: 3

This course introduces the concepts and benefits of having a systematic approach to project quality management. It examines the main considerations necessary to plan, manage, and control quality in project environments. Prerequisite: PJM310. Recommended Prior Course: PJM380.

Credits: 3

This course explores the intersection of the leadership and project management bodies of knowledge, with a focus on how project managers can leverage an understanding of leadership to enhance project success. Students study facilitation, negotiation, teamwork, communication, presentation, interpersonal, and conflict management skills, with specific attention to project management applicability. Recommended Prior Course: PJM310.

Credits: 3

The capstone course allows students to develop a project management plan for a project of their choice. Students learn how project selection techniques are applied and will utilize skills gained throughout their project management studies to demonstrate the ability to thoroughly plan a project. They define project objectives in relation to cost, schedule, and quality and develop the project scope. The proposed plan will address strategies for overcoming challenges, including a risk management plan, policies related to ethics and professional code of conduct, and leadership strategy. Prerequisite: Successful completion of all core coursework.

Credits: 3