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Master Degree Programs 219
Required Course Descriptions
PRM600
Fundamentals of Project Management (3 cr.)
This foundation course examines the project management framework.
This framework covers key terminology, project management context,
and processes. Topics include project management knowledge areas, life
cycles and organizational designs. Particular emphasis is placed on
project initiation.
PRM601
Project Planning and Estimating (3 cr.)
Prerequisite: PRM600
This course examines activities related to project planning and
estimating. It examines the use of various planning techniques in
managing budgets, schedules, and human/material resource allocations.
Planning activities associated with quality, communication, risk and
procurement are addressed.
PRM602
Project Human Resource Management (3 cr.)
This course examines the various organizational designs used to
effectively complete projects through people. Topics include
organizational planning, staff acquisition, team development, conflict
resolution, and negotiation.
PRM603
Project Communication (3 cr.)
This course examines various methods used to effectively communicate
project information including requirements, project plan, performance,
milestone reporting, and project closure. Technical writing and formal
presentation techniques are addressed.
PRM604
Project Risk and Quality Management (3 cr.)
This course explores the basic principles and practices of risk and
quality management. Key concepts in developing a risk management
plan include: identifying, analyzing, mitigating, and monitoring risks in
projects. Key concepts in quality management include quality planning,
quality assurance and quality control.
PRM605
Project Procurement and Cost Management (3 cr.)
This course examines the principles and concepts essential to procuring
products or services outside the project organization. Topics include
procurement planning, solicitation, evaluation, selection, negotiation, and
contract management. Various types of contracts used in procurement
are reviewed.
PRM606
Global Project Management (3 cr.)
This course focuses on the various considerations project managers
must make for successful global projects. It addresses the differences
between differing political climates and stages of economic development.
Social and cultural differences of countries are examined for their impact
on project processes.
Required Management Courses
GM600
Management Principles (3 cr.)
This course provides an overview of key organizational and behavioral
concepts, which underlie effective management practice in private and
public sector organizations around the world. Comparative management
systems are examined in terms of global applications. Special attention
is given to defining and interpreting cross-cultural differences and
influences. The course emphasizes the approaches of collaboration that
especially addresses the expectations, needs and performances of
people in organizations and gives attention to the external, internal and
global cultures that influence organizational structure, behavior and
change.
GM625
Leadership and Decision-Making (2 cr.)
This course introduces selected models and practices in the exploration
and understanding of what is effective leadership and decision-making.
Skills necessary for effective decision-making and problem-solving within
organizations are emphasized from the role of manager.
GM630
Quantitative Methods (3 cr.)
This course focuses on statistical analysis of data for professional
applications or research with an emphasis on quantitative methodologies.
The course covers populations, sample selection, descriptive and
inferential statistics. Significance, Chi Square, correlations, analysis of
variance and simple regression, and concepts of reliability, validity and
levels of measurement are addressed.
GM660
Financial Management (3 cr.)
This course introduces, discusses and analyzes financial issues facing
profit, not-for-profit and governmental organizations in today’s domestic
and global business environment. The course provides the general
manager with an ethical financial manager’s perspective by way of
examination of various financial areas including: types of organizations,
sources of capital, investment in the US and in foreign countries, asset
management, time value of money, international payments and foreign
exchange rates, trade theory and policy, and financial statement
analysis.
GM670
Strategic Management (2 cr.)
This course examines both the theory and application of strategic
management tasks. Among the tasks considered are: developing a
mission/vision statement, setting objectives, developing and
implementing a strategy, and evaluating performance.
GM675
Managerial Ethics and Issues (2 cr.)
This course examines various theories and methods that can be used to
resolve organizational dilemmas involving ethical behavior. Students
apply philosophical principles and managerial techniques to the
ambiguous and ethical issues facing today’s organizations domestically
and globally.