Courses - Four Areas of Study
The certificate program in Project Management has four main areas of study. Students must fulfill requirements in the Project Management core, Communication Theory, Research Methods or Practical application.

Students are required to complete 12 hours of courses by following their program of studies and selecting courses from the four areas of study. Six (6) hours of Project Management courses are required and students must select one course from Communication Theory and one course from either Research Methods or Practical Application. One transfer course or one course substitution for a total of 3 credits will be allowed to apply towards the certificate program.  (Students who have obtained the PMP certification do not have to take COM 5450, but must complete 12 hours of courses.)

AREA I -- Project Management Core (6 credit hours)
COM 5450	Introduction to Project Management (Required Course)
COM 5451	Advanced Topics in Project Management (Required Course)
ISM 5315	Project Management (Alternate for COM5450)
AREA II -- Communication Theory (3 credit hours)
COM 5126	Organizational Communication Theory
COM 5467	Systems Thinking and Project Management
SPC 6306	Contemporary Topics in Interpersonal Communication
AREA III – Research Methods (3 credit hours)
COM 5127	Assessing Organizational Communication
COM 5316	Statistical Methods in Communication Research
EDF 5400	Basic Descriptive and Inferential Statistics Applications (Alternate)
AREA IV – Practical Application (3 credit hours)
COM 5338	Web site usability and design
COM 5339	Interactive Programming and Design for the Web
RTV 6425	Multimedia Project Planning

 

Workshops

The first two workshops scheduled are Project Time Management (scheduled for 7/24/08) and Project Management Fundamentals (scheduled for 7/31/08). For more details, click on the respective hyperlink (red text). It's possible to register for each class by navigating via the hyperlink to the course details page and clicking on the "Add to Cart" button, followed by the "Begin Registration" button. Both classes are well suited for experienced project managers and beginning project managers, as well as persons, such as systems analysts and senior managers, who are interested in learning more about project management. Additional workshops will follow in the months ahead.