Required Project Management Courses

PRM600
Fundamentals of Project Management (3 cr.)
This foundation course examines the project management framework. This framework covers key terminology, project management context, and processes. Topics include project management knowledge areas, life cycles and organizational designs. Particular emphasis is placed on project initiation.

PRM601
Project Planning and Estimating (3 cr.)
Prerequisite: PRM600
This course examines activities related to project planning and estimating. It examines the use of various planning techniques in managing budgets, schedules, and human/material resource allocations. Planning activities associated with quality, communications, risk and procurement are addressed.

PRM602
Project Human Resource Management (3 cr.)
This course examines the various organizational designs used to effectively complete projects through people. Topics include organizational planning, staff acquisition, team development, conflict resolution, and negotiation.

PRM603
Project Communications (3 cr.)
This course examines various methods used to effectively communicate project information including requirements, project plan, performance, milestone reporting, and project closure. Technical writing and formal presentation techniques are addressed.

PRM604
Project Risk and Quality Management (3 cr.)
This course explores the basic principles and practices of risk and quality management. Key concepts in developing a risk management plan include: identifying, analyzing, mitigating, and monitoring risks in projects. Key concepts in quality management include quality planning, quality assurance and quality control.

PRM605
Project Procurement and Cost Management (3 cr.)
This course examines the principles and concepts essential to procuring products or services outside the project organization. Topics include procurement planning, solicitation, evaluation, selection, negotiation, and contract management. Various types of contracts used in procurement are reviewed.

PRM606
Global Project Management (3 cr.)
This course focuses on the various considerations project managers must make for successful global projects. It addresses the differences between differing political climates and stages of economic development. Social and cultural differences of countries are examined for their impact on project processes.

Required Management Courses

GM600
Management Principles (3 cr.)
This course provides an overview of key organizational and behavioral concepts, which underlie effective management practice in private and public sector organizations around the world. Comparative management systems are examined in terms of global applications. Special attention is given to defining and interpreting cross-cultural differences and influences. The course emphasizes the approaches of collaboration that especially addresses the expectations, needs and performances of people in organizations and gives attention to the external, internal and global cultures that influence organizational structure, behavior and change.

GM625
Leadership and Decision Making (2 cr.)
This course introduces selected models and practices in the exploration and understanding of what is effective leadership and decision-making. Skills necessary for effective decision-making and problem solving within organizations are emphasized from the role of manager.

GM630
Quantitative Methods (3 cr.)
This course focuses on statistical analysis of data for professional applications or research with an emphasis on quantitative methodologies. The course covers populations, sample selection, descriptive and inferential statistics. Significance, Chi Square, correlations, analysis of variance and simple regression, and concepts of reliability, validity and levels of measurement are addressed.

GM660
Financial Management (3 cr.)
This course introduces, discusses and analyzes financial issues facing profit, not-for-profit and governmental organizations in today’s domestic and global business environment. The course provides the general manager with an ethical financial manager’s perspective by way of examination of various financial areas including: types of organizations, sources of capital, investment in the US and in foreign countries, asset management, time value of money, international payments and foreign exchange rates, trade theory and policy, and financial statement analysis.

GM670
Strategic Management (2 cr.)
This course examines both the theory and application of strategic management tasks. Among the tasks considered are: developing a mission/vision statement, setting objectives, developing and implementing a strategy, and evaluating performance.

GM675
Managerial Ethics and Issues (2 cr.)
This course examines various theories and methods that can be used to resolve organizational dilemmas involving ethical behavior. Students apply philosophical principles and managerial techniques to the ambiguous and ethical issues facing today’s organizations domestically and globally.

Required Capstone Course

PRM689
Project Management Capstone (3 cr.)
Prerequisite: Must be taken in student's final semester
This course focuses on integrating project management knowledge, skills and tools developed in previous courses. It emphasizes critical analysis, synthesis and evaluation of the theories and application of project management. It includes a major research paper and presentation related to a project.

Elective Courses

PRM607
Fundamentals of Program and Portfolio Management (3 cr.)
Prerequisite or concurrent course: Fundamentals of Project Mangement
This foundation course examines the program and portfolio framework in which successful projects need to take place.  Students are introduced to key terms used in program and portfolio management.  Students examine program and portfolio management knowledge areas, processes, tools and practices and study to see how they are integrated into successful business and organizational contexts.

Students are introduced to the Standard for Program Management and Standard for Portfolio Management which describes the documented set of processes that represent generally recognized good practices in Program and Portfolio management, respectively.  Students examine the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to meet program and portfolio requirements.

MIB510
International Business Environments (3 cr.)
This course provides an introduction to the fundamentals and essential components of international business and the environments in which it is conducted. It examines theory and practice of elements that comprise the international environment within the global marketplace. The inner-workings of international business operations through the study of key issues facing international businesses are emphasized.

MIB545
International Geopolitical Analysis (3 cr.)
This course provides a framework for identification and analysis of the international political and economic issues that make up the international business environment. The international political economy is examined in light of national economies, political and demographic trends, social issues and the relationship between power and wealth. Ways in which political, economic, cultural, and religious forces and tensions affect international business are emphasized. The course identifies political forces that affect the economic choices of states, enterprises and individuals in international trade, investment and monetary affairs.