Now you can become a skilled project manager entirely online. Sharpen your knowledge of project management and acquire a graduate certificate with just four courses over the Internet. Delivered by a top academic and industry team, the program gives you the technical savvy and business skills you need in planning, risk management, leadership, and metrics generation. Be prepared to complete your Project Management Certification (PMP) successfully.
Director: David Keeney
Co-sponsored by Stevens Institute of Technology and ASME International. 

Project Management Graduate Certificate Program  (4 Courses) 
Introduction to Project Management MGT609    Summer 2004
Strategic Project Management MGT610   Summer 2004
Human Side of Project Management MGT612    Summer 2004
Advanced Project Management MGT783    Summer 2004

Credits 3 credits per Course/12 credits per Certificate ASME members can take advantage of the 10% discount off of tuition  
Tuition/credit $ 715/credit
Summer 2004 starting date May 17, 2004
Summer 2004 ending date August 16, 2004
Application  
   
Phone 201-216-5084, 800-496-4935
Fax 201-216-8044
Email webcampus@stevens-tech.edu
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The Graduate School
Stevens Institute of Technology
Castle Point on the Hudson
Hoboken, NJ 07030
United States of America

If you're a professional with a bachelor's degree, you can earn a graduate certificate in this outstanding online, instructor-lead program, Project Management, a four-course program delivered by the same superior faculty who teach in conventional settings. You receive the finest professional education using rich e-learning features threaded discussions, chat, bulletin boards, e-mail, file sharing, whiteboards, and workgroups for in-depth participation. You also have online library privileges, with instant search and retrieval of important databases. Courses are taught at your convenience anytime, anywhere using the most widely adopted distance learning Web system, currently installed in nearly 700 colleges and universities in 36 countries.

Introduction to Project Management (MGT609)
Introduces project management, the administration of a temporary organization of human and material resources within a permanent organization to achieve a specific objective. You consider both operational and conceptual issues. You learn to deal with planning, implementation, control, and evaluation from an operational perspective. In the conceptual arena, you study matrix organization, project authority, motivation, and morale and explore the differences and similarities between project and hierarchical management. You investigate cases that illustrate problems posed by project management and how they might be resolved.      

Strategic Project Management (MGT610)
Receive a theoretical perspective to appreciate the implications generated by the introduction of project management into modern organizations. You come to appreciate that success in project leadership depends on effective managerial style and attitude, rather than on the deployment of specific tools used for planning and control. Focussing on developing conceptual thinking, you learn how to understand a project's entire landscape, leading to long-term project success. Stresses skills required to initiate and run a project. 

The Human Side of Project Leadership (MGT612)
Skill in motivating workers, organizing and leading teams, communicating and sharing information, and in conflict resolution are key ingredients critical for project success. Because many project leaders are drawn from technical arenas, they often assume that these qualities are reserved for functional managers and that they can ignore their value and importance. Alerts technical personnel to become sensitive to the human side of management to achieve project success. You are introduced to the theory and practice of leading project workers and teams.                                 

Advanced Project Management (MGT783)
Emerge with a global appreciation of the implications of project management theory and practice from the perspective of top management. You come away with knowledge and skills acquired by an experienced project manager. Dealing with advanced problems in organization structure, behavior, and leadership, you explore concepts and themes introduced in previous courses in the program at the highest and most sophisticated levels.