College of Professional Studies

Courses

Professional Project Management

• PPM 610 - Project Management Fundamentals

  College of Professional Studies
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Project Management Fundamentals prepares participants for hands-on, real world project management activities. Participants will acquire knowledge necessary for applying project management skills and tasks related to planning, scheduling, budgeting, communications, risk management and project closure.   
  
• PPM 612 - Project Planning

  College of Professional Studies
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  This course will outline the steps taken to complete the planning process and to create the components of the project management plan that will serve as the guide to project execution.
  PREREQ: PPM 610
  

• PPM 613 - Agile Project Management

  College of Professional Studies
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Provides an understanding of how new Agile principles and practices are changing the landscape of project management. Designed to give project managers fresh new insight to successfully blend Agile and traditional project management principles and practices to fit any business and project situation.
  PREREQ: PPM 610
  
• PPM 615 - Schedule Development and Management

  College of Professional Studies
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  This course guides the student through the process of planning, developing, and controlling the project schedule.
  PREREQ: PPM 610
  
• PPM 628 - Opportunity and Risk Project Management

  College of Professional Studies
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  This course addresses the risk management knowledge area with an approach that provides the project management professional the ability to minimize the threats of risk while maximizing the positive impacts of opportunities. 
  PREREQ: PPM 610
  
• PPM 629 - Procurement and Stakeholder Management

  College of Professional Studies
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  This course discusses both project procurement and stakeholder management.
  PREREQ: PPM 610
  
• PPM 632 - Organizational Behavior and Leadership

  College of Professional Studies
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Examine traditional and contemporary leadership theories and styles, gain an understanding of approaches that can provide direction and motivation to project teams.  
  PREREQ: PPM 610
  COREQ: PPM 646, PPM 711
  
• PPM 634 - Project Communications Management

  College of Professional Studies
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  This course will equip the project manager to achieve the goal of getting the right people, the right information, at the right time and ensuring that the key stakeholders are kept updated.
  PREREQ: PPM 610
  

• PPM 646 - Global Projects and Virtual Project Management

  College of Professional Studies
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  This course examines approaches to effectively manage large-scale projects which are primarily comprised of virtual teams that have the additional challenges of being multi-cultural, overcoming language barriers, and collaborating across different time zones.
  PREREQ: PPM 610
  COREQ: PPM 632, PPM 711
  
• PPM 711 - Capstone in Project Management

  College of Professional Studies
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Making use of case study examples, students will develop a comprehensive project management plan demonstrating expertise in the (10) knowledge areas across the (5) phases of the project lifecycle.
  PREREQ: PPM 610, PPM 612, PPM 613, PPM 615, PPM 628, PPM 629, PPM 634
  COREQ: PPM 632, PPM 646