Project Management
Academic Program
The Project Management program brings realistic examples from the workplace to the classroom and integrates those examples into the overall curriculum. Professors conscientiously approach and discuss the solutions and analyses at the practical level. The program is industry independent and focuses on no single technical domain. This allows the program to benefit students from a large variety of backgrounds.
The curriculum encompasses personal and qualitative issues, as well as the technical, quantitative aspects of managing projects. Several courses cover teamwork and team dynamics, helping students develop the skills necessary for tackling complex projects involving diverse perspectives. In many classes, students form teams to complete a substantial portion of the coursework, an invaluable experience for future project managers.
In Fall 2009, the MSPM program moved to a modular curriculum to meet student market needs. Under the new system, most courses are taught in a 7 week module, with two modular courses taught each semester. The MSPM program is 36 credit hours long. Students can obtain Advanced Academic Standing, which allows them to complete the program with less than 36 credit hours.
Curriculum
*For course descriptions and syllabi, please see the links at the end of the course listing*
Required Courses
- Intro to Project and Program Management (3 credits)
- Planning for Projects (1.5 credits)
- Scheduling (1.5 credits)
- Cost Estimating and Control (1.5 credits)
- Risk Management (1.5 credits)
- Project Portfolio Management (1.5 credits)
- Directed Computational Project Management (3 credits)
- Project Management Application (Capstone) (3 credits)
- Judgment, Uncertainty and Decision Making (1.5 credits)
- Data Analysis and Decisions (1.5 credits)
- Optimization Models for Decision Making (1.5 credits)
- Probabilistic Models for Decision Making (1.5 credits)
- Executive Decision Making (1.5 credits)
- Project Management Finance (3 credits)
- Project Organization: Management and Team Performance (3 credits)
- AND 3 credits of the following:
- Change Leadership (1.5 credits)
- Project Leadership: Essential Elements of Project Success (1.5 credits)
- Project Knowledge Management: Collective Intelligence (1.5 credits)
- Project Power: Influence, Politics, and Collaborative Decision-Making (1.5 credits),
- Electives (3 credits)
- Course Descriptions
- Course Syllabus Book
Pre-Requisite Chart
*The pre-requisite chart will be posted prior to the start of Spring 2010
Sample Program of Study
* The sample programs of study will be posted prior to the start of Spring 2010
Full-time Example
Part-time Example
Advanced Academic Standing
There are three ways to qualify for AAS:
1) Students with a current PMP Certification from PMI are eligible to waive 3 elective credits.
2) Students may apply for course waivers for graduate work taken within the past 5 years. Students waiving courses based on graduate work can waive up six credit hours. Waived courses must be equivalent to courses in the MSPM program.
3) Students who have completed the ESI/George Washington University Master Certificate Program in Project Management within the past five years may apply to waive nine credit hours. Accepted students will work with the Program Director to determine which courses should be waived.
To receive Advanced Academic Stanging, students must submit the Application for Advanced Academic Standing no later than three weeks before the first day of class. The Application for AAS can be found in Online Forms.