Online MBA: Project Management Specialization
Kick Off a Successful Project Management Career
Employers count on skilled project managers to set goals, oversee resources, and limit risks — all while keeping initiatives on track and within budget. Prepare to excel in these positions while becoming an integral part of your organization by earning your MBA in Project Management online with Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota.
Saint Mary’s career-focused curriculum immerses you in project management principles, helping you master methods for overseeing teams and meeting business goals. The coursework will equip you with skills for leading every step of projects, from strategic planning and initiation to resource allocation and quality control.
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Why Should You Specialize in Project Management?
Earning your MBA in Project Management online degree enhances your potential for PM roles that are integral to organizational success. Saint Mary’s offers courses through an online learning platform that emphasizes personalized instruction and provides flexibility for accessing materials when and where it works best for you.
Specialization Highlights
- Accredited by IACBE and PMI-GAC
- Six start dates per year
- Eight-week terms
- No GRE/GMAT requirements
- A business background is not required
Required Course List & Requirements
The Project Management specialization includes four courses (12 credits) that cover advanced principles of risk management, quality control, and strategic project execution. Saint Mary’s expert faculty members bring extensive industry experience to the online classroom and impart skills for leading successful projects and high-performing teams. You will also build competencies in predictive and agile project management. This specialization is accredited by the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE) and the PMI Global Accreditation Center for Project Management Education Programs (GAC). Additionally, students who hold PMP® certification when admitted to the program may seek approval from the program director to waive PRM 600 Foundations of Project Management and substitute another three-credit course.
View Program CurriculumThis foundation course covers key terminology, project management context, and the project management framework. This framework focuses on project leadership, business environment, and processes for agile and predictive approaches.
Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:
- Apply key project management terms
- Analyze the environment in which projects operate
- Describe a generalized view of the agile and predictive approaches
- Identify project management principles and domains needed for projects
- Analyze stakeholder needs and expectations
- Interpret the role of the project manager or leader in both the agile and predictive approaches
- Initiate a project by developing necessary documents for both the agile and predictive approaches
- Apply university and workplace citation and documentation carefully to all assignments
This course examines activities related to the predictive project management approach, including initiating, planning, estimating, and managing project integration, scope, schedule, resources, and cost.
Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:
- Plan and estimate project scope, resources, schedule, and cost in a predictive project
- Evaluate the project environment and artifacts to determine which approach aligns and delivers value
- Prepare scope baseline, including requirements traceability matrix, scope statement, and work breakdown structure
- Prepare schedule baseline by developing a network diagram, estimating activities durations, and developing project schedule
- Prepare an integrated project schedule incorporating resources using automated scheduling tools
- Identify indicators and implement methods to tailor processes
- Apply and document integration processes throughout a predictive project
Prerequisite: PRM 600
This course examines and applies methods used for planning, managing, and controlling quality. It explores statistical analysis of data for professional applications with an emphasis on quantitative methodologies.
Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:
- Leverage performance domains, methods, and artifacts to plan, manage, and control product and project quality
- Apply ethical considerations to project quality decisions
- Analyze dependencies between project requirements, specifications, and measurable quality standards on product and project performance
- Manage project lessons learned and retrospectives to integrate project knowledge with organizational knowledge base
- Apply identified strategies of quantitative problem solving in practical applications
Prerequisites: PRM 600, PRM 601
This course explores the principles and practices of risk management. Key concepts in managing uncertainty include developing a risk approach and identifying, analyzing, responding to, and monitoring risks in projects in predictive and agile management environments.
Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:
- Determine the level of risk exposure that is acceptable in pursuit of project objectives and define a risk strategy for the project
- Identify and accurately describe potential uncertainty including threats and opportunities associated with a project
- Analyze the likelihood of individual threats or opportunities occurring and their potential impact on overall risk of meeting objectives
- Determine appropriate responses to significant risks and evaluate implemented responses
- Evaluate uncertainty and risk considerations using adaptive approaches
Prerequisites: PRM 600, PRM 601
Tuition and Fees
A college education is invaluable. You can take it wherever you want to go or as far as you want to go. The cost of quality education should not get in the way of reaching your goals. Here at Saint Mary’s, we are committed to providing a quality education that is accessible and affordable.
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Achieve Tangible Results in Your Project Management Career
As you pursue your MBA in Project Management online with Saint Mary’s, you will gain relevant knowledge, essential skills, and hands-on training for accelerating your career. The coursework provides qualifications for an array of roles focusing on ensuring projects meet or exceed company objectives, including:
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Sources and Disclaimer
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, “Project Management Specialists.” Retrieved September 8, 2025, from https://www.bls.gov/ooh/business-and-financial/project-management-specialists.htm.
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, “Management Occupations.” Retrieved September 8, 2025, from https://www.bls.gov/ooh/management/.
*Completion times may vary.