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Online Master of Science in Project Management Courses

Curriculum Details

  • 10 courses
  • 30 credits
  • 8-week course duration

The online master’s in project management from Illinois Tech features a curriculum that can prepare you for the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) and Project Management Professional (PMP) certification exams from the Project Management Institute (PMI). It is designed to be completed in 12 months, with eight-week courses, and offers advanced training in industry best practices and technical skill development to prepare you for leadership opportunities.

Core

Credits

The effective development, planning, execution, and communication of special projects are critical to all types of public service organizations and private sector organizations. Service organizations, healthcare providers, nonprofits, government organizations, and private sector organizations constantly pursue new initiatives and projects to address the demands of their constantly changing environments. This course will offer an introduction to basic concepts and methods for directing projects and will provide students with tools that prepare them for success in project management. Examples will be drawn from both the public and private sector.
This seminar focuses on the identification, elaboration, planning and management of project scope and risk, including selected processes from the Project Integration Management and Project Scope Management Knowledge Areas. The class addresses requirements identification and analysis, scope identification and planning, the scope baseline, scope management and change control, integration of scope, schedule and cost, scope verification and sign-off by the customer. During the course, “best practices” will be introduced, and put into context through various exercises and scenarios and case studies. It also addresses risk management, which is the process of identifying, assessing and controlling financial, legal, strategic and security risks to an organization’s capital and earnings. These threats, or risks, could stem from a wide variety of sources, including financial uncertainty, legal liabilities, strategic management errors, accidents and natural disasters. A consistent, systemic and integrated approach to risk management can help determine how best to identify, manage and mitigate significant risks.
This Project Scheduling & Cost Planning course focuses on how to deliver comprehensive reliable plans with time and cost estimates that gives the owner or sponsor of projects, high levels of confidence for project delivery. The COVID 19 pandemic has brought many a project to its knees with schedule and cost overruns – but with lessons learned we should, as project professionals, understand that our plans need to be realistic with a full view of any risks faced during and after the project lifecycle. The decision to proceed with a project is based on early, high level conceptual estimates. However, these can be wide ranging and therefore more detailed estimates need to provide the basis for the cash flow projections and schedule forecasts. Much more attention now is required on how the project work will be achieved, for example at home or on site; and if together, whether teams can work safely with distancing rules.
This course covers all aspects of financing projects and setting up a procurement system. Topics include project finance, project agreements, project finance markets, financial models, supply chain issues and procurement systems. Learn how to manage projects efficiently and effectively.

This course covers the fundamentals of agile project management. Topics include agile vs. traditional project management approaches, agile history, agile manifesto, agile planning, theory of constraints and scaling agile to the enterprise level. You will also learn key agile project management practices and agile project management tools.

This course teaches students various leadership concepts such as leadership behaviors and styles, and several critical project leadership skills like communication, negotiation, conflict resolution, decision making, problem solving, coaching and mentoring. The course both the theory and practice of leadership as it applies to project management.

Power Skills is a comprehensive graduate-level course designed to refine the essential interpersonal and leadership competencies necessary for today’s managers. This dynamic program goes beyond traditional “soft skills,” delving into the nuanced “power skills” that differentiate competent managers from exceptional leaders. Throughout the course, students will engage in practical exercises to enhance active listening, ensuring clear and effective communication within diverse teams. Students will be tasked with real-world conflict management scenarios, developing strategies to navigate and resolve workplace disputes diplomatically. A special focus is placed on emotional intelligence (EI) – a skill set that is crucial for understanding and managing both personal and team emotions in a professional setting. Interactive sessions on EI will help students recognize emotional cues and foster a supportive work environment. The curriculum emphasizes adaptability, preparing future leaders to pivot strategies in response to the ever-changing business landscape. Through case studies and collaborative group projects, students will learn the art of negotiation, balancing firm objectives with the art of compromise. Teamwork is a pillar of the course, encouraging collaborative problem-solving and collective goal achievement. By incorporating PMI’s Talent Triangle®, the program also integrates technical project management, strategic business management, and leadership into the learning outcomes. Upon completion, students will emerge as well-rounded professionals, ready to leverage power skills for career advancement and organizational success in the dynamic workforce of the future.

Electives

Credits

Spreadsheets are a popular model-building environment for managers. Add-ins and enhancements to Excel have made powerful decision-making tools available to the manager. This course covers how to use the spreadsheet to develop and utilize some of these decision-making aids. Visual Basic for Excel allows the nonprogrammer to create modules for functions, subroutines, and procedures. Topics include forecasting (both regression and time series), decision-making under uncertainty and decision trees, using SOLVER for optimization, and probabilistic simulation using @RISK.

This course is designed to provide an introduction to the evolving area of AI, with an emphasis on potential business applications and related managerial insights. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the science behind systems that can program themselves to classify, predict, and offer solutions based on structured and unstructured data. For millennia, humans have pondered the idea of building intelligent machines. Ever since, AI has had highs and lows, demonstrated successes and unfulfilled potential. Today, AI is empowering people and changing our world. Netflix recommends movies, Amazon recommends popular products, self-driving cars learn to navigate safely around other vehicles without human assistance, and programmed robots distinguish trash from dishes that are to be washed. This course focuses on how AI systems understand, reason, learn and interact; learn from industry’s experience on several AI cases; develop a develop a deeper understanding of machine learning (ML) techniques and the algorithms that power those systems, and propose solutions to real world scenarios leveraging AI methodologies.
The course examines digital marketing analytics strategies, platforms for data ingestion, preparation, and reporting. The course focuses beyond social media marketing analytics. Digital marketing analytics is foundational to Digital Marketing because analytics is the language used to optimize and connect results across all digital marketing tactics – search, social media, email marketing, display ads, video ads, etc. An effective digital marketer is well versed in data and is a data translator for a business. Becoming well versed in analytics and data requires the cultivation of both technical and soft skills. This course aims to arm students with such skills.

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