PGCert in Business Administration, Management and Operations

This graduate certificate gives students conceptual grounding and practical experience in project management methods. Participants study current trends and learn how to handle scope, schedule, budget, resources and risk. Coursework includes drafting charters and combined plans with predictive as well as agile approaches, and students compare methodologies such as Scrum. The sequence consists of three courses, ending with a capstone. The nine credits can be completed in as few as twenty-four weeks, entirely online. Graduates are prepared to sit for the associate-level or full professional project management certification exams, and the credits can be applied toward an MBA. Both undergraduate and graduate students may pursue the certificate. Tuition is billed per credit, so the cost of the full certificate can be estimated easily before applying, and students can later continue into the broader business master's program.