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.

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

PRM606

Global Project Management  (3 cr.)

MIB510

International Business Environments  (3 cr.)

MIB545

International Geopolitical Analysis  (3 cr.)