Project Management
Purpose
This program offers an innovative curriculum that attains a balance of practice and theory in project management. Through specific instruction and practical experience, you will learn how to successfully plan, manage, and complete projects in a team-oriented environment.The PM program, built on Project Management Institute standards, will teach you 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
Credit Requirements
To graduate with a bachelor´s degree, you must complete a total of 126 semester hours as follows:| Minimum required entry credits for major | 78 |
| Additional credits needed for graduation | 12 |
| (general education, electives, or portfolio credit) | |
| Credits earned in Major courses | 36 |
| Total | 126 |
Program Format
- 16 months (36 semester hours)
- Meet one night each week, 6-10 p.m.
- 4 to 5 Saturdays per program
- Classroom-style instruction with some online assignments
- Some group projects
Locations
Portland, OregonBoise, Idaho
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