- Cost: $4,190, reflects 10 percent discount for registering all courses in certificate at once
- Credits: 60 contact hours, 6.0 CEUs
- Courses: 6 required and 3 elective courses
- Location: U of M St. Paul campus, Continuing Education and Conference Center
- Customized training: Courses can be tailored to meet your needs and brought to your location
- Webinars: Catch up on past webinars. including, "Building Trust & Credibility," which was presented on May 22
Being an in-demand, successful project manager requires a combination of process and human interaction skills. With this certificate you'll lay a strong foundation of knowledge and the interpersonal aspects of being an effective project manager.
- Negotiate and resolve conflicts
- Manage risk and change
- Build and motivate project teams
- Ensure project control and successfully close projects.
Project Management Certificate Courses
| Required courses (42 contact hours) Courses are listed in recommended sequence |
Cost |
|---|---|
| Project Management Foundations (6 hours) | $470 |
| Project Initiation (6 hours) | $470 |
| Project Planning (12 hours) | $900 |
| Project Execution, Monitoring, and Control (6 hours) | $470 |
| Project Leadership (6 hours) | $470 |
| Project Risk Management (6 hours) | $470 |
| Elective courses - Choose 3 (18 contact hours) | Cost |
|---|---|
| Business Acumen (6 hours) | $470 |
| Communicating Across Cultures (6 hours) | $420 |
| Introduction to Agile (6 hours) | $470 |
| Negotiate for Agreement (6 hours) | $420 |
| Project Management and Chaos Theory (6 hours) | $470 |
| Project Management and New Product Development (6 hours) | $470 |
|
Project Management for IT Professionals (6 hours) |
$470 |
| Managing Complex Projects (6 hours) | $470 |
| Technical Writing (6 hours) | $420 |
Not interested in a certificate? Courses can be taken individually. See the full list of professional development courses.
Professional Development
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Student Success
Josh Kline needed to rev up his leadership and project management skills after taking on a major project at Land O'Lakes. He signed up for the U's Project Management Certificate evening courses and immediately put his new skills to work on the job the next day.
