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Project Management

The MSPMGT Program is available at the following locations:

Spring 2008: San Ramon, Sacramento

Fall 2008: San Francisco, Cupertino, Santa Rosa

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The MSPMGT Program is geared toward working adults who seek to build expertise in planning and executing complex projects within a variety of industry and organizational settings. In becoming leaders of project management, MSPMGT students learn relevant theory, practical applications, and the latest project management techniques and practices for strategically addressing contemporary project challenges.

The MSPMGT Program considers the contemporary issues, challenges and solutions for managing projects:

  • within global settings,
  • consistent with ethical standards,
  • with technological innovations,
  • that are organizationally effective, and
  • with strategic linkages

  • The program is conveniently offered at select campuses in the San Francisco Bay Area. Exceptional full-time faculty and the resources of a premium private university support the MSPMGT program.

    Program Requirements

    Students are required to complete 36 semester units towards the Master of Science in Project Management. Students demonstrate their understanding of theory and practice through the completion of a culminating project, which requires application of theory, diagnostic tools, and practical interventions to address an actual, existing organizational problem. The MSPMGT curriculum includes all degree requirements.

    Learning Objectives

    • Provide both a strong theoretical and practical curriculum for today's project managers.
    • Integrate financial, analytical, and organizational knowledge for managing contemporary projects.
    • Instruct students in the creation and preparation of a culminating project management portfolio that unifies their knowledge, fulfills and documents requirements for the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, and includes an individual culminating project.
    • Prepare project managers to sit for the PMP certification qualifying exam.
     
     
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