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Management: Project Management Concentration
Master's SpecializationThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2022-2023 academic year.
Earn an online Master of Science in Management with a concentration in project management at University of Maryland Global Campus. This online program is designed for on-the-go professionals who are looking to hone their skills and increase their career opportunities in the field. Study in a convenient online classroom with knowledgeable professors who are valued leaders with career-relevant experience.
This online master’s concentration is designed to help you gain the skills you need to become an effective project manager in your organization. During this 36-credit program, you’ll learn how to manage teams, track projects, and integrate the latest industry knowledge. You’ll take an intensive array of pure project management courses that focus on risk management, project cost, communication, and more. You will also prepare to sit for several relevant industry certification exams.
This online program is designed with your needs in mind. These are a few of the ways we gear the curriculum toward working professionals:
- Our project management programs have received specialized program accreditation by the Global Accreditation Center (GAC) of the Project Management Institute (PMI)®
- We offer courses annually in the spring, summer, and fall terms
- The concentration’s foundational course (PMAN 634) incorporates content from PMI and A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide)
- The concentration is completely integrated with our graduate certificate in project management; students who earn the certificate may be able to apply up to 12 credits towards this program
® PMBOK and PMI are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
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: 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
- Required Core Courses: 12
- Required Concentration Courses: 21
- Required Capstone Course: 3
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 (Management)
- MGMT 630
- (3 Credits, MGMT 640)
- (3 Credits, MGMT 650)
Specialization 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)
Capstone Course
- (3 Credits, MGMT 670)
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. UMGC 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
- $336 per credit hour
(Europe & Downrange)
See our Tuition Rates page for details.
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard UMGC 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.
Communication Studies
Bachelor of ArtsThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2022-2023 academic year.
Learn valuable new skills that may be able to translate to almost any industry by earning a Bachelor of Arts in communication studies at University of Maryland Global Campus. In this unique degree program, you’ll develop crucial writing and communication skills in several career-relevant areas of study. A good fit for working professionals looking to advance in their careers, our online communication studies program may help equip you with valuable new skillsets that you can apply to almost any industry. Learn the basics of ethical communication principles as you analyze a variety of messaging styles in journalism, public relations, digital communication, new media, and more. Our curriculum is designed with input from industry experts and will teach you how to communicate within ethical, legal, and financial parameters.
This program is also available as a minor.
Program Highlights
- Apply analytical skills in interpreting, using, and delivering information, particularly through mass media
- Create professional and appropriate written, oral, and visual communications for specific purposes and diverse audiences
- Design, create, and select multimedia components and integrate them into print, broadcast, and online formats
- Work with individuals and groups in ways that reflect an understanding of both communication theory and professional expectations
- Understand diverse and intercultural perspectives as they affect communication
- Design and employ specific research methods and tools to gather information
Required Courses
Required Major Core Courses
- (3 Credits, SPCH 100)
or any SPCH course - (3 Credits, COMM 207)
or any COMM course - (3 Credits, JOUR 201)
- (3 Credits, COMM 300)
- (3 Credits, COMM 302)
- (3 Credits, SPCH 324)
- (3 Credits, JOUR 330)
or any upper-level JOUR course - (3 Credits, COMM 400)
or any upper-level COMM course - (3 Credits, SPCH 470)
or any upper-level SPCH course - (3 Credits, COMM 390)
or any upper-level COMM course
Required Major Capstone Course
- (3 Credits, COMM 495)
Career Preparation
This program is designed to help prepare you for a career in mass media, new media, journalism, public relations, business, or online communication.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
No previous experience is needed.
Total Program Credits
120
Transfer Credits
90
Format
- All courses are available online
- Select on-site and hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
- $250 per credit hour
(Europe & Downrange)
See our Tuition Rates page for details.
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard UMGC 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.
Marketing
Bachelor of ScienceThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2022-2023 academic year.
Build important communication skills and learn to tell a compelling story about your organization or brand with an online bachelor’s degree in marketing from University of Maryland Global Campus. Engage with like-minded peers as you master the principles of both traditional and digital marketing.
This degree program is designed to give students the strategic and communicative skills needed to drive results in the fast-paced world of digital marketing. In addition to receiving a firm grounding in basic marketing principles, students will also explore specialized subject areas such as nonprofit marketing, internationalized marketing, customer relationship management, and organizational sustainability. By completing career-relevant coursework, students may be ready to create impactful multi-channel marketing campaigns that utilize the latest trends and technologies.
Program Highlights
- Apply marketing knowledge and skills to meet organizational goals through analytic and managerial techniques related to customers, executives, finance, information technology, law, operational domains, and customer relations
- Employ strategic marketing skills, including scenario planning, market intelligence, customer profiles, marketing plans, and competitive analysis, to respond to organizational marketing challenges
- Conduct research, analyze data, create effective marketing plans, and support decisions that meet the needs and desires of global customers
- Act with personal and professional integrity in the global marketplace of employers, peers, and customers
- Cultivate and maintain positive interpersonal relationships based on engagement and positive interaction with teams, managers, and customers
Required Courses
Required Major Core Courses
- (3 Credits, BMGT 110)
- (3 Credits, BMGT 330)
- MRKT 310
- (3 Credits, MRKT 354)
- (3 Credits, MRKT 394)
- MRKT 410
- (3 Credits, MRKT 412)
- (3 Credits, MRKT 458)
- (3 Credits, MRKT 311) or any upper-level MRKT course
- (3 Credits, MRKT 314) or any upper-level MRKT course
- (3 Credits, MRKT 454) or any upper-level MRKT course
Required Major Capstone Course
- (3 Credits, MRKT 495)
Career Preparation
This program is designed to help prepare you for a career in marketing management, marketing research, or sales in private and public corporations, marketing agencies, or entrepreneurial endeavors.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
No previous experience is needed.
Total Program Credits
120
Transfer Credits
Up to 90
Format
- All courses are available online
- Select on-site and hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
- $250 per credit hour
(Europe & Downrange)
See our Tuition Rates page for details.
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard UMGC 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.