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Graduate School of Management & Technology - Programs

Master of Science in Management: Project Management

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 The UMUC Graduate School of Management & Technology has been reviewed and approved as a provider of project management training by the Project Management Institute (PMI).


Project Management Specialization Description

The UMUC Graduate School of Management and Technology has been reviewed and approved as a provider of project management training by the Project Management Institute (PMI).

The interdisciplinary Project Management specialization provides a strong theoretical and practical foundation in project management. This specialization is designed to serve managers and other professionals who wish to acquire, enhance, and certify their knowledge and skills to successfully design, integrate, develop, and manage projects. Students gain hands-on experience using various project management tools and techniques to successfully manage “real world” projects of varying sizes and degrees of complexity. Additionally, students apply emerging principles and methods in the modern project management field.

Career Path

The MSM program prepares graduates for a number of entry-, mid-, and high- level positions, as determined by a student’s work experience.

Depending on a student’s background and an employer’s criteria, graduates of the Project Management specialization may qualify for these positions:

Some fields such as aerospace, construction, information technology, and government contracting are natural environments to practice project management principles. Driven by the need for innovation in rapidly changing environments, many other fields and industries are discovering that project-based organizations are more appropriate than their traditional modes of management. This growing perception applies from the lowest levels of management to the strategic boardroom.

Requirements

Recommendations

Students who have not taken a finance course recently are strongly encouraged to take UCSP 620 and UCSP 621 prior to taking MGMT 640.

Students who have not had any recent statistics use should take UCSP 630 prior to taking MGMT 650.

Students who wish to improve their graduate writing skills may take COMM 600, Academic Writing for Graduate Students (3).

Core Required Courses

UCSP 611 Introduction to Graduate Library Research Skills (0), to be taken within the first 6 credits of study

  • MGMT 610 The Manager in a Technological Society (3)
  • MGMT 615 Intercultural Communication and Leadership (3)
  • MGMT 640 Financial Decision Making for Managers (3)
  • MGMT 650 Statistics for Managerial Decision Making (3)

Capstone Course: MGMT 670 Strategic Management Capstone (3)

Clustered Course Option

MGMT 630 Organizational Theory and Behavior in a Global Environment (6) is a six-credit course. Students who receive credit for MGMT 630 may not receive credit for MGMT 610 or MGMT 615.

Core Rules

  1. MGMT 610 must be taken within the first 6 credits of the MS in Management program.
  2. Students must complete 24 credits, including other core requirements, before enrolling in MGMT 670.
  3. MGMT 640 and MGMT 650 should not be completed simultaneously.
  4. MGMT 640 is prerequisite to FIN 610 in the Financial Management specialization.

Project Management (PMAN) Specialization Required Courses

  • PMAN 634 Foundations of Project Management (3)
  • PMAN 637 Project Risk Management (3)
  • PMAN 638 Project Communications Management (3)
  • PMAN 639 Project Quality Management (3)
  • PMAN 641 Project Procurement Management (3)
  • PMAN 650 Financial Management of Projects (3)

Capstone Course: PMAN 670 Advanced Project Methods (3)

Clustered Course Option

PMAN 600 Project Management: Foundations and Advanced Methods (6) is a six-credit course. Students who receive credit for PMAN 600 may not receive credit for PMAN 634 or PMAN 670.

Specialization Rules

Note: Some course names and numbers were updated beginning with the fall 2007 semester. If you began the program prior to fall 2007 and have chosen to follow your original, pre-fall 2007 requirements, you should use the pre-fall 2007 Study Plan for this degree.