2007-2008 Academic Catalog

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• Degree Completion Majors and Minors
• Management and Organizational Leadership Major
• Social and Behavioral Studies Major
• Management and Business Information Systems Major
• Project Management Major
• Health Administration Major
• Management and Organizational Leadership Minor
• Management and Business Information Systems Minor
• Project Management Minor
• Professional Studies Course Descriptions

Project Management Major (BS)

The project management major offers a 36-semester-hour course of study that is designed to develop practitioners who can successfully plan, manage, and complete projects in a team-oriented environment.

In this program, built on Project Management Institute standards, students will learn to:

• Apply proven project management principles to business situations
• Systematically initiate, plan, execute, control, and close a well-documented project
• Apply leadership skills to projects effectively across cultural and geographical boundaries
• Identify and apply successful team development and management strategies
• Evaluate the implications of project management to organizational effectiveness
• Articulate principles of organizational dynamics relating to systems, culture, and environment
• Demonstrate effective communication skills and an understanding of organizational communication processes
• Develop insight into personal leadership style

Students are required to obtain a minimum grade of C- in all courses taken for the major.

Major Requirements