Penn State's master of project management degree provides an orientation to problem-solving and offers input from other disciplines as well. Participants in the online program could opt for coursework in areas that are closely related to project management in order to suit their interests and professional goals. The program is geared to meeting the needs of companies that manage large-scale projects. The input the course provides includes is focused on a few key areas. They include planning, cost and value management; project control; human issues in project management; and strategic issues in project management.
You could obtain a Master of Science in project management degree from George Washington University either online or through campus study. The university has classes at its Washington campus, and you could enroll either as a full-time or part-time student. The school requires applicants to submit a score from the Graduate Management Aptitude Test (GMAT) or the Graduate Record Exam (GRE). However, the school will make an exception to this requirement in case you have more than seven years of full-time work experience in a relevant area.
Western Carolina University offers an online master of project management degree program that it says is the first such program to get accreditation, in 1983, from the Project Management Institute. The program was initiated with the cooperation of the PMI, according to WCU. The program was begun as a classroom-based program. This program's admission requirements include submission of a GRE or GMAT score, and a letter of recommendation from an employer.
These universities see an opportunity in catering to a need for the training of project managers with five to 10 years of work experience. Taking these courses enables these managers to obtain professional credentials so they can progress in their careers. As the process of project management becomes more technical, graduates of these programs gain the technical expertise to handle these complex aspects of project management. Also, a project manager who needs to manage a group of people may lack a human resources orientation. These courses provide such input.