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University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Curriculum Proposal Form #1

New Degree, Major, or Submajor

Effective Term:

Degree:

Program Title: Graduate Project Management Certificate

GPA Required in the Major/Submajor: 3.0

Sponsor(s): Andrew Ciganek, Chris Outlay

Department(s): ITSCM

College(s):

Consultation took place: NA Yes (list departments and attach consultation sheet)

Departments: MANGEMNT

Check if:

New Degree: Intent to Plan *

New Degree: Final Proposal

New Major: Intent to Plan *

New Major: Final Proposal

New Submajor: Minor

New Submajor: Emphasis/Track

New Submajor: Certificate Program

Module: Intent to Plan

Module: Final Proposal

Other (list):      

Proposal Information:

(Procedures for form #1)

* Note: You must receive approval from System to plan a new Degree or Major (submajors not included)

For System requirements see ACIS-1guidelines at

Catalog Description:

The Certification in Project Management (PM) is designed to allow professionals with a Bachelor’s degree to acquire knowledge, experience, and solid foundation for managing projects. This set of courses build on the PMBOK® Guide, Fifth Edition, and demonstrate practical lessons in project management which are illustrated through theory, cases, and practice. These courses are available for students on campus and online.

Student Learning Objectives:

Students that complete the Certificate in Project Management will be knowledgeable in the following areas:

1. The genesis of project management and its importance to improving project success

2. The project management process groups and knowledge areas

3. Team-building and collaboration

4. Project management tools and techniques

List of Courses to be Completed:

14 credits

Complete the following 2 required classes

ITSCM 770 (2 cr)

ITSCM 785 (3 cr)

Plus, select 9 credits from the following courses

MANGEMNT 764 (3 cr)

ITSCM 765 (3 cr)

ITSCM 769 (3 cr)

ITSCM 780 (3 cr)

ITSCM 782 (3 cr)

Plan of Course Offerings

All courses will be offered at least once a year in an online format and at least once a year in a face-to-face format.

Certificate Requirement

14 credits

Complete the following 2 required classes

ITSCM 770

ITSCM 785

Plus, select 9 credits from the following courses

MANGEMNT 764

ITSCM 765

ITSCM 769

ITSCM 780

ITSCM 782

Resources Needed To Support the Program

The College of Business and Economics already offers enough sections of these classes to meet the needs of this program.

Student need/demand for the program

There is demand for ongoing project management education. This is partly driven by the requirements for a variety of levels of education needed to be certified by the Project Management Institute as a Project Management professional. We anticipate that the graduate project management certificate may also serve as a tool for recruiting additional applicants to our MBA. We have seen similar demand and needs being met through our Human Resource Management Certificate. Existing evidence of pent-up demand is that in the first year of offering a Project Management emphasis in the MBA program, approximately 20% of the students selected this emphasis to pursue.

Relationship to other programs

This program is related to the MBA: Project Management emphasis as there is overlap between these classes. This relationship is similar to the way the existing Human Resource Management graduate certificate is related to the HR Management emphasis in the MBA.

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