Project Management Degree

This course prepares students for success in their academic and professional careers. Learner strengths are assessed and analytical, relational, and resilience skills are developed.

This course provides an introduction to fundamental project management concepts, processes, and knowledge areas and illustrates the guiding principles that drive the development and management of projects. Focus is placed on identifying strategic direction and meeting stakeholder expectations by developing processes and strategies to achieve business goals and objectives. This course emphasizes ethical decision-making and critical thinking in the project environment. Prerequisite: Enrollment in the Project Management accelerated degree completion program.

The course addresses the many aspects of project management communications. Requirements for successful project communication in each process are addressed. Topics include key methods of communication, timing and types of deliverables, and recipients of each deliverable. Prerequisite: Enrollment in the Project Management accelerated degree completion program.

This course addresses the development of leadership skills to build and sustain high-performing project teams. Emphasis will be on leadership styles, team building, team problem solving and decision making, empowerment and coaching, and leading change. Prerequisite: Enrollment in the Project Management accelerated degree completion program.

This course addresses techniques for developing and controlling costs within a project while utilizing various estimating tools. Coverage includes cost estimates, baselines, and controls in terms of validating actions, reporting, cost outcomes, and variances. Earned Value Management techniques will be introduced and used to interpret the status of a project at any point in the lifecycle. Prerequisite: Enrollment in the Project Management accelerated degree completion program.

This course addresses the processes and procedures involved in assuring that projects satisfy the objectives. This course emphasizes managing project quality by identifying and applying relevant quality management tools, activities, and methods. Topics include quality planning, quality assurance, quality control, and process improvement. Prerequisite: Enrollment in the Project Management accelerated degree completion program.

This course addresses how to determine the items to be purchased or acquired in order to meet the project goals, when to acquire the items, and the options for procurement. Topics include vendor selection, contracting and negotiation. Prerequisite: Enrollment in the Project Management accelerated degree completion program.

This course will provide an in-depth analysis of risk management methodologies, from both the strategic and tactical perspectives. State-of-the-art tools and techniques for identifying, measuring, and monitoring risks in the project management environment are examined. Prerequisite: Enrollment in the Project Management accelerated degree completion program.

This course is the first of two project planning courses where students apply project management knowledge and skills acquired in previous courses to address an actual business need/project. This course focuses on project selection, initiation and planning phases, to include selecting, defining, and preparing a project and plan. By the end of the course, students will have developed their project’s charter, baselines, scope, and comprehensive project management plan. Prerequisite: Enrollment in the Project Management accelerated degree completion program.

Advanced Project Management is the second and final course dedicated to the team capstone project. The focus of this course is establishing approaches for executing, monitoring, controlling, and closing their capstone project. By the end of the course, each student will have completed each process phase of the project and will deliver a final student presentation to fellow students in the cohort. Prerequisite: Enrollment in the Project Management accelerated degree completion program.

This course focuses on the political and philosophical traditions of the American republic, especially as embedded in the ideals, values, traditions, founding documents, and institutions of the United States , and considers how these traditions relate to individual citizenship and global society. Prerequisite: 60 Credit Hours

This course focuses on the creative tensions that exist between the forces of tradition and change as the country undergoes social, cultural, and political change. It considers the manner in which change can renew the vitality of a republic. Prerequisite: 60 Credit Hours

This course examines civic engagement in relation to individual freedoms and responsibilities. It fosters engaged citizens, empowered to effect positive change. Prerequisite: 60 Credit Hours