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Course Descriptions

PRO 201. An Introduction to Project Management
This course provides an introduction to the project management body of knowledge. It focuses on the project management framework (as described by the Project Management Institute), which outlines basic project management terms and concepts as well as the context for project management, and it provides an overview of the project management process groups and knowledge areas.
Prerequisites: None

PRO 202. The Practice of Project Management 1
This course, when combined with PRO203, introduces foundational knowledge, skills and tools in each of the nine knowledge areas of project management outlined by the Project Management Institute. This course covers the following knowledge areas: Project Integration Management, Scope Management, Time Management, Cost Managemen.
Prerequisites: PRO 201 or PRO 210

PRO 203. The Practice of Project Management 2
This course, when combined with PRO202, introduces foundational knowledge, skills and tools in each of the nine knowledge areas of project management outlined by the Project Management Institute. This course covers the following knowledge areas: Human Resource Management, Communication Management, Risk Management, Quality Management, Procurement Management.
Prerequisites: PRO 201, 202 or PRO 210

PRO 204. Exploring Tools for Project Management
This course provides the student with the opportunity to explore tools that are available to a project manager. The class combines lab sessions for learning how to use Microsoft Office Project with seminar sessions in which students present tools that they have researched. Students also deepen their knowledge and understanding of a specific area of project management by reading and reporting on a project management textbook that is relevant to their field of interest.
Prerequisites: PRO 201, PRO 202, PRO 203 or PRO 210, PRO 211

PRO 205. Project Management Case Study
This course provides the students with the opportunity to experience the rigors of a disciplined project management process by working on a project from initiation through closing. Students are assigned to teams and given a project to complete. They apply the knowledge, skills, tools and techniques that they learned in previous courses of the project management curriculum to complete the project.
Prerequisites: PRO 201, PRO 202, PRO 203, PRO 204 or PRO 210, PRO 211, PRO 212

PRO 206. Project Management Independent Study
In this course students demonstrate and further develop their project management knowledge and skills by completing a small project in which they explore an area of project management that is relevant to their own life situation. They will identify a relevant project, create a combined charter and plan, implement the project and write a lessons learned report.
Prerequisites: PRO 201, PRO 202, PRO 203 or PRO 210, PRO 211

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