Project Management Certificate

High-Quality Courses to Help You Become a Better Project Manager

Our online Project Management Certificate program is designed to sharpen your project management skills and deepen your understanding of essential strategies and methodologies.

You’ll learn to plan and manage projects using standard Project Management Institute (PMI)® methodology while building a solid foundation for project success by applying the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) framework. You’ll also learn the Earned Value Project Management (EVPM) methodology for monitoring projects to ensure time and cost efficiency and quality outcomes.

certificate Requirements

To earn a professional certificate in Project Management, participants must:

• Complete the four required courses (course fee: $599 per course)
• Complete all coursework with a final grade of C or better
• Submit a one-time certificate fee of $45

Learn more about the University of San Diego’s Professional and Continuing Education Certificate Benefits and Policies.

Learning Method Information

Online Fixed-Date

Online Fixed-Date: Online fixed-date courses offer a convenient, yet rigorous style of learning that enables you to collaborate with your instructor and other students in a shared, online learning environment. These courses have fixed start and finish dates, but as an online student you will have 24/7 online access to your classroom assignments, syllabus and course resources. Our online fixed-date courses allow you to work on your assignments anytime, although you are required to complete the assignments by specific dates.

How is the learning structured? In an online fixed-date course, you and your classmates will proceed through the curriculum together, collaborating in a shared learning experience. Each online fixed-date course is asynchronous, meaning that you can work on your assignments anytime, although required to complete the assignments by specific dates. The course is designed with learning modules where all of the content is grouped into weekly assignments. Each module covers one or more topics. Within each of the learning modules, you can expect the following components:

• Module introduction that outlines what you can expect to learn in the module.
• Required readings (textbook, articles, journals, etc.) and presentations (audio and/or video).
• Assignments with due dates (which may include: written assignments, journal entries, research, blogs, etc.) based on the readings and presentations.
• Discussion forum where you answer prompts from the instructor and interact with your classmates.
• Module conclusion to review the topics and what you should have learned.
• Typically, there is a final project, paper, or exam due in the last module that culminates all of the topics covered in each of the learning modules. You’ll find that the design of the learning modules has a rhythm to help you manage your time in the course.

Project Management Certificate Program Curriculum

The online Project Management Certificate Program consists of four online “fixed date” courses spanning the full spectrum of the project management experience. All four are required to earn your certificate:

• Stakeholder and Team Performance Domains
• Life Cycle and Planning
• Project Work and Delivery
• Measurement and Uncertainty

Benefits

Here are some of the most compelling reasons to enroll in the University of San Diego’s Project Management Certificate program:

• Learn best practices in the project management profession.
• Gain direct insight into applying them to your actual day-to-day project work or future aspirations.
• Explore the five processes or phases in a project management plan (initiating, planning, executing, monitoring/controlling and closing).
• Better understand the value of stakeholder and resource management when developing a project management plan and assembling a team.
• Learn strategies for mobilizing executive-level support and organization-wide support to help ensure project success.
• Describe and understand the best approach for estimating your project costs and mapping the project costs with your schedule management plan to create a time phased budget.
• Develop an understanding of different contract types and strategies for evaluating the variables involved in selecting third-party partners.
• Recognize the difference between predictive and agile approaches to project management.

Instructors

Professional development courses offered by the University of San Diego’s Division of Professional & Continuing Education are taught by faculty that possess a depth and breadth of academic and real-world professional experience.

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