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Turn ideas into strategy, and strategy into concrete goals to help your team reach the finish line.
Company leaders have a vision, and the people executing on that vision have the skills to build something great. The Project Manager is the central figure who brings it all together!
In this program, you’ll gain the skills and insights to become that central figure. Your Project Management certificate will distinguish you in the job market for this rapidly growing profession. Each online course lasts eight weeks.
Project Managers are in high demand, but very few new graduates possess the necessary skills to do the job. You will.
You’ll learn from industry leaders about:
Median annual project manager salary across all industries in the US. (Project Management Institute)
Employers will need to fill some 2.2 million new project management-oriented roles each year through 2027. (Project Management Institute)
Cost behavior analysis, budgeting, cost volume-profit analysis, standard costs for control and product costing, alternative product costing methods, variance analysis and systems choice.
According to a recent study of human resource managers, effective project management is one of the most coveted skills for new hires in the modern economy. This course will introduce you to the power of effective project management through two primary frameworks: waterfall and agile. You will also learn vital project-management concepts that can be applied to a wide range of industries and occupations. This online class has optional live sessions.
Any successful project starts with a plan. This course provides students with a deep understanding of project planning. Projects are a series of tradeoffs between scope, cost, and time, so you’ll need to learn how to balance them in order to create a plan which is realistic and achievable. You will also learn how to leverage resources, and how to manage risk, quality, and stakeholder expectations to ensure project success. This online class has optional live sessions.
This course, built in collaboration with Google, provides a gentle, but thorough, introduction to programming using Python. You will learn the core concepts and techniques needed to create programs and perform basic data analysis. By the end of this course, you’ll be ready to pursue further study in computer science and unlock more advanced programming courses. This online class has optional live sessions.
In today’s fast paced work environment, no project proceeds from beginning to end without encountering unforeseen challenges, and the changing scope, priorities or context of a project may require various adjustments. Additionally, project implementation and closure requires conviction and trust in established processes and personnel. In either context, these are vital parts of a project’s success and are reflections of how future projects will be managed. This course covers project execution, monitoring / control, implementation / handover, DevOps, and project closure. This course is intended to finalize a student’s preparation for their Project Management Practicum and Internship.
This course is intended as a culmination of a student’s work in the Project Management Major. Students will work in groups to manage a simulated project from scope to completion - encountering - and overcoming - challenges and complications along the way. This course will also provide students with an overview of the product life-cycle, governance, and other topics to help contextualize project work.
This course is the study of the application of psychological principles and theories to the workplace. This course addresses topics such as employee selection and placement, psychological testing, performance appraisal, training and development, leadership, motivation, job satisfaction, work conditions, organizational development, and health in the workplace.
Contact Kate Teichman, Assistant Director of Admission, at 440.646.8360 or kathleen.teichman@ursuline.edu.
