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IT: Project Management
Master's ConcentrationThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2024-2025 academic year.
Program Highlights
- Assess technology: Appraise the potential and relevance of technology as well as analytical and quantitative methods.
- Gain hands-on experience: Apply project leadership knowledge and skills essential for creating high-performing teams.
- Learn to adapt: Tailor your approach to align with project and organizational characteristics and priorities.
- Apply management skills: Apply skills that amplify a project manager’s effectiveness, efficiency, and influence.
- Study connections: Evaluate how a project or program interfaces with operations and product management.
- Understand the big picture: Create project and program alignment with the broader project context and environment.
Required Courses
This program requires a total of 36 credits.
Initial Requirement
- (0 Credits, UCSP 615)
This course must be taken within the first 6 credits of study (if required). The UCSP 615 requirement may be waived if you previously earned a graduate degree from a regionally accredited institution. For more information, contact your academic advisor.
Core Courses (IT)
- (3 Credits, ITEC 610)
- (3 Credits, ITEC 625)
- (3 Credits, ITEC 626)
- (3 Credits, ITEC 630)
- (3 Credits, ITEC 640)
Concentration Courses (Project Management)
- (3 Credits, PMAN 634)
- (3 Credits, PMAN 635)
- (3 Credits, PMAN 637)
- (3 Credits, PMAN 638)
- (3 Credits, PMAN 639)
- (3 Credits, PMAN 641)
- (3 Credits, PMAN 650)
Career Preparation
This program is designed to help prepare you for work in project coordination, management, and program management. Potential job titles include technical director, IT manager, IT director, scrum master, transition program manager, cybersecurity project manager, and IT project manager. ÐÒ¸£±¦µ¼º½ courses are taught by experienced faculty and address skills and competencies that are highly valued by today’s employers.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
Strong writing skills are encouraged in this program.
Total Program Credits
36
Transfer Credits
Up to 12
Format
- All courses available online
- Select hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
- $544 per credit (in-state)
- $659 per credit (out-of-state)
- $336 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard ÐÒ¸£±¦µ¼º½ admission requirements.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.
Project Management
Graduate CertificateThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2024-2025 academic year.
The online project management graduate certificate program at University of Maryland Global Campus will help you develop advanced business management skills while building expertise for professional certification in project management. The curriculum, which is aligned with certifications from the Project Management Institute, will give you the tools you need to take on leadership roles in today's workplace.
Program Highlights
- Understand business processes: Schedule, manage, and track all phases of a project's life cycle.
- Proactively solve problems: Handle issues that adversely impact the scope and completion of a project.
- Lead a diverse workforce: Coach and mentor employees and manage culturally diverse work environments.
- Employ best practices: Perform quantitative analyses and manage risks involved in complex projects.
- Apply leadership skills: Assess performance at the individual, group, and organization levels.
- Demonstrate knowledge: Complete a team project and estimate actual versus expected duration and cost.
Required Courses
Initial Requirement
- (0 Credits, UCSP 615)
(to be taken within the first 6 credits of study)
The UCSP 615 requirement may be waived if you previously earned a graduate degree from a regionally accredited institution. For more information, contact your academic advisor.
Core Courses
- (3 Credits, PMAN 634)
- (3 Credits, PMAN 635)
- (3 Credits, PMAN 637)
- (3 Credits, PMAN 638)
- (3 Credits, PMAN 639)
Career Preparation
This program is designed to help prepare you for work in project coordination, project management, and potentially program management.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
We recommend a background in statistics, finance, and accounting. Strong writing skills are also encouraged.
Total Program Credits
15
Transfer Credits
Up to 6
Format
- All courses available online
- Select hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
- $544 per credit (in-state)
- $659 per credit (out-of-state)
- $336 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard ÐÒ¸£±¦µ¼º½ admission requirements.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.
Management: Project Management
Master's ConcentrationThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2024-2025 academic year.
Program Highlights
- Understand the PM role: Learn how project management complements, supports, and interacts with various business and operational functions.
- Develop skills: Learn how to improve and amplify your effectiveness, sphere-of-influence, and decision-making as a project manager.
- Tailor your approach:Â Adjust your approach and methodology to account for project needs, organizational goals, and key stakeholder priorities.
- Gain PM experience: Gain proficiency in skills, tools, and techniques essential to initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, and closing a project.
- Develop leadership skills: Build, nurture, motivate, and mentor effective project teams who can engage stakeholders, resolve conflicts, and influence success.
- Build an inclusive culture: Foster a culture that values diversity, embraces change, and promotes innovation and creativity.
- Use current PM methods: Become familiar with quantitative methods, modeling/simulation, and other decision-making and project management tools and techniques.
- Harness the power of data: Use data to measure value, create transparency, communicate project status, and forecast the future performance of a project.
Required Courses
This program requires a total of 36 credits.
Initial Requirement
- (0 Credits, UCSP 615)Â
This course must be taken within the first 6 credits of study (if required). The UCSP 615 requirement may be waived if you previously earned a graduate degree from a regionally accredited institution. For more information, contact your academic advisor.
Core Courses (Management)
- MGMT 630Â
- (3 Credits, MGMT 640)Â
- (3 Credits, MGMT 650)Â
Concentration Courses (Project Management)
- (3 Credits, PMAN 634)Â
- (3 Credits, PMAN 635)Â
- (3 Credits, PMAN 637)Â
- (3 Credits, PMAN 638)Â
- (3 Credits, PMAN 639)Â
- (3 Credits, PMAN 641)Â
- (3 Credits, PMAN 650)Â
Capstone Course
- (3 Credits, MGMT 670)Â
Career Preparation
This program is designed to help you prepare for in-demand project management careers in a variety of professional contexts, including business, government, or nonprofit organizations. Jobs applicable to this context include project managers, project directors, or supply chain managers. ÐÒ¸£±¦µ¼º½ courses are taught by experienced faculty and address skills and competencies that are highly valued by today’s employers.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
To be successful in this program, we recommend that students have a strong background in matters of statistics and either finance or accounting. Strong writing skills are also encouraged.
Total Program Credits
36
Transfer Credits
Up to 12
Format
- All courses available online
- Select hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
- $544 per credit (in-state)
- $659 per credit (out-of-state)
- $336 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard ÐÒ¸£±¦µ¼º½ admission requirements.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.