Project Management Certificate
[Program Overview] [Program Outcomes] [Curriculum] [Admission Requirements] [Transfer Credits] [Application Deadlines] [Academic Standing] [Time to Completion] [Accreditation] [Faculty] [Contact Information]
Program Overview
Project management is one of the fastest growing career fields in business. Organizations are increasingly using projects as a means of achieving their strategic objectives.
In response to this need, the College of Management is offering a Graduate Certificate and Concentration in Project Management. The required courses prepare students for the challenging field of Project Management by providing them with tools, skills, and knowledge necessary to initiate, plan, and implement projects successfully.
Some of the major skills areas covered include:
- Project planning, implementation, and control using Microsoft Project
- Request for Proposal (RFP) formulation
- Earned Value Analysis
- Computer-aided problem solving and decision making methodologies
- Systematic approaches to risk identification, risk modeling, risk impact assessment, respond planning, and documentation.
- Simulations using Microsoft Project, Crystal Ball, and Excel
- Techniques in data mining and visual display of quantitative data
- Team building, negotiation, and conflict resolution in projects
- Project management organizational options
Program Outcomes
Students completing the Project Management Certificate will be able to demonstrate the ability to:
- prepare, evaluate, and make proposal decisions
- develop, monitor, and implement project plans, using appropriate tools and techniques
- apply critical thinking, analyses, and strategies to complex business problems.
- negotiate and manage conflicted situations
- identify, model, assess, and document risk management factors and
- present, explain, and market project-related information.
Curriculum
- DSCI 620 Project Management (4 credits)
- DSCI 630 Project Risk Management (4 credits)
- DSCI 691 Models for Problem Solving (4 credits) or
- MIS 671 Problem Formulation, Data Presentation and Research Method (4 credits)
To receive PMI certification and/or training contact PMI at www.PMI.org
Admission Requirements
Materials submitted to the College of Management Graduate Program Office become the property of Metropolitan State University and are not returned. Applicants should allow 7-10 business days for review once all required application materials are received and sent to the College of Management Graduate Admissions Committee.
To be considered for admission you must submit:
Application - complete the Metropolitan State University Graduate Programs Application, including a $20 non refundable application fee (waived for baccalaureate graduates of Metropolitan State);
Official Transcripts - showing a baccalaureate degree or equivalent earned from an accredited institution.
Demonstrated Knowledge - principles of management and basic statistics and a basic knowledge of Microsoft Office are required.
Test Scores - applicants must submit recent assessment scores. If you already possess an earned PhD, DDS, MD, or JD degree from an accredited U.S. institution or are participants in a College of Management special program, the requirement for the assessments may be waived.
Current resume - applicants must submit a current resume; one year of professional work experience is required.
Goals Essay - a word-processed paper (double-spaced and approximately two pages) describing reasons for pursuing a Project Mangement Certificate.
Admission Requirements - International Student Applications
International students may apply for classroom-based or web-enhanced degree programs only. Applications from international students for this program will not be accepted.
Admission Decisions/Categories
The College of Management Graduate Admissions Committee evaluates your application for evidence of undergraduate scholarship, professional experience and demonstrated aptitude for successful graduate business study. If you meet all application requirements, you are given full admission to the program. If your abilities are assessed to be inadequate for graduate study, you may be required to enroll in appropriate undergraduate courses until your skills have been brought to a satisfactory level. These undergraduate courses must be successfully completed prior to taking any graduate level courses.
Registration by Undergraduate Students
With permission of the college, you may register for graduate level prerequisite courses during your last semester of undergraduate studies.
Reapplication for Denied Applicants
If your application for admission to the program is denied, you may reapply for admission only after a minimum of six months has passed after the denial. You will need to demonstrate a substantive difference in the reapplication to be considered for admission.
If your application to the program is denied, you may apply for another College of Management graduate program. A new application form must be accompanied by a $20 application fee, a new goals essay, updated resume, two new references and GMAT scores and/or assessment test scores appropriate to the degree for which you are applying.
English and Quantitative Competence Assessment
All College of Management students, except those in special international cohort programs, are expected to demonstrate English and quantitative competence at a level to ensure success in graduate studies. If your abilities are assessed to be inadequate for graduate study, you may be required to enroll in appropriate undergraduate courses until your skills have been brought to a satisfactory level. These undergraduate courses must be successfully completed prior to taking any graduate level courses.
Orientation
Once you are fully admitted to a College of Management graduate program you will be required to attend a graduate student orientation session before or during your first semester of course work. If you do not attend an orientation session, a hold will be placed on your records preventing you from registering for further graduate classes until you attend orientation.
Transfer Credits
Courses are accepted in transfer upon the approval of the Graduate Programs Director in consultation with discipline coordinators. A course is accepted in transfer only if it has been completed within the last five years from an accredited institution, no degree was granted, and a letter grade of B or better was earned in the course.
Application Deadlines
- Fall Semester, August 1
- Spring Semester, December 1
- Summer Term, April 1
Academic Standing
You must maintain satisfactory academic progress to remain in a College of Management graduate or certificate program.
Only courses for which you receive a letter grade of C (2.0) or better count toward certificate requirements; and a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 is required for graduation.
If you receive a letter grade of C+ or below in any graduate course, you will be placed on academic probation. If you receive a letter grade of C+ or below in two courses, or if your cumulative GPA is below 3.0 for two consecutive semesters, you will be dismissed from the graduate program.
If you have been dismissed from the program for unsatisfactory academic progress, you may apply for readmission after one calendar year has passed. To reapply, submit an updated resume and a letter to the College of Management Graduate Admissions Committee indicating what circumstances have changed and how you plan to successfully complete the program. The admissions committee reviews your request and responds in writing.
Only courses in which you receive a letter grade are applied toward your certificate. The option of a competence/no competence with a narrative transcript is not available to College of Management graduate students. Only internships are graded using pass/fail criteria.
Appeal of Unsatisfactory Academic Progress Removals from the Program
If you are removed from the program for unsatisfactory academic progress, you may appeal the removal to the College of Management dean. The appeal must be in writing, and it must provide specific grounds for the appeal. The appeal is due to the dean within 30 days of the date of the letter notifying you of the decision to remove you from the program. The dean has 30 days to respond, in writing, to the appeal. Appeals received after 30 days will not be considered.
Time to Completion
You have two years from your first semester of graduate study to complete your certificate program requirements. You may request an extension of the time limit by writing to the College of Management Graduate Programs Office. Such requests must be received prior to the expiration of the time limit. Requests for extensions should include your reason(s) for requesting the extension, a summary of your plan to finish graduation requirements, and a specific date for the extension to expire. Extension decisions are made by the College of Management Graduate Admissions Committee and are not automatic.
Reactivating into the Program
If you are a student in good academic standing who has not registered for courses for three or more consecutive semesters, you must apply to reactivate into the certificate program. To reactivate, submit an updated resume and a letter to the College of Management Graduate Admissions Committee expressing a desire to reactivate into the program. The Admissions Committee reviews your request and responds in writing, specifying certificate completion requirements and deadline for completion. You may be required to satisfy certificate requirements in force at the time of reactivation, even if those requirements differ from those in force at the time of original admission to the certificate program.
Accreditation
Metropolitan State University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
Higher Learning Commission
30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2400
Chicago, IL 60602-2504
(312) 263-0456
Faculty
All faculty members are:
- Holders of doctorates in their fields
- Authors of applied and refereed publications
- Professionally trained as advisors for applied research projects.
- Experienced in their employment fields.
David Bahn, Allen Bellas, David Bouchard, Steven Creason, Timothy Delmont, James Fatzinger, Ken Hess, Roger Israel, Katryna Johnson, Nancy Nentl, Hameed Nezhad, David O'Hara, Narasimha Paravastu, Roger Prestwich, Jayant Saraph, Jennifer Schultz, Francis Schweigert, Michael Sher, Adrianne Slaymaker, Joel Wilson, Michael Wilson, Minh Vo, Carol Bormann Young, Kenneth Zapp.
Contact Information
| Office Location 1300 Harmon Place Minneapolis, MN 55403 |
Mailing Address 1501 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN 55403 |
| Phone: 612-659-7290 Email: com.graduateprograms@metrostate.edu Website: choose.metrostate.edu/comgradprograms | |