Bachelor of Science in Project Management

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Program Description

This program is designed to develop the student’s analytical and communications skills and equips the student with the experience and training to identify priorities, isolate specific assignments, and deploy and coordinate resources to accomplish projects on time, on budget, and within scope. The core components of this program include managing project teams, managing project risk, cost and time management, contracts and procurement, lean management, and project planning.

Business Management Core Program Outcomes

Upon completion of this program, the student should be able to:

Define operational, ethical, legal, and human resource issues associated with business management
Analyze financial information using standard tools to support and evaluate managerial decision-making
Demonstrate the conceptual and practical skills needed to develop an effective marketing plan
Formulate strategic business solutions

Project Management Program Outcomes

Upon completion of this program, the student should be able to:

Examine the project management processes.
Utilize quality procedures and concepts for ensuring goods, services, and the entire business environment is high-quality and enhanced.
Learn how to plan and report progress within the project environment by using advanced key concepts of planning within the realm of information technology.
Apply industry methodologies in identifying, minimizing, and avoiding risks through the entire life cycle of the project.

Program Content

A minimum of 120.00 semester credit hours is required for graduation.

Required Courses in Business

All courses, 36.00 semester credit hours, are required.

AC 107 - Accounting I Semester Credit Hours: 3.00
AC 220 - Finance Semester Credit Hours: 3.00
BU 106 - Introduction to Business Semester Credit Hours: 3.00
BU 204 - The Digital Firm and Business Communications Semester Credit Hours: 3.00
BU 206 - Business Law I Semester Credit Hours: 3.00
BU 220 - Principles of Marketing Semester Credit Hours: 3.00
BU 302 - Leadership and Organizational Behavior Semester Credit Hours: 3.00
Or BU 502 - Leadership and Team Dynamics Semester Credit Hours: 3.00
BU 327 - Business Ethics Semester Credit Hours: 3.00
BU 345 - Project Management Semester Credit Hours: 3.00
Or BU 631 - Project Management for Business Leaders Semester Credit Hours: 3.00
BU 407 - Quantitative Decision-Making Semester Credit Hours: 3.00
EC 111 - Principles of Microeconomics Semester Credit Hours: 3.00
EC 121 - Principles of Macroeconomics Semester Credit Hours: 3.00
Or BU 520 - Integrated Economics and Decision-Making Semester Credit Hours: 3.00

Required Courses in Project Management

All courses, 36.00 semester credit hours, are required.

AC 216 - Accounting II Semester Credit Hours: 3.00
HR 100 - Introduction to Human Resource Management Semester Credit Hours: 3.00
BU 307 - Organizational Change Semester Credit Hours: 3.00
BU 310 - Business Law II Semester Credit Hours: 3.00
BU 329 - Managing Project Teams Semester Credit Hours: 3.00
BU 331 - Managing Information Systems Semester Credit Hours: 3.00
BU 396 - Managing Project Risks Semester Credit Hours: 3.00
BU 406 - International Business Semester Credit Hours: 3.00
BU 413 - Project Planning Semester Credit Hours: 3.00
BU 421 - Operations Management Semester Credit Hours: 3.00
BU 442 - Cost and Time Management Semester Credit Hours: 3.00
BU 482 - Strategic Management Semester Credit Hours: 3.00
Or BU 531 - Strategic and Risk Management for Business Success Semester Credit Hours: 3.00

Business Elective Courses

A minimum of 7.00 semester credit hours is required. Students may take any business, accounting, human resources, or economics course.

Dual Credit Courses

Eligible students can replace up to 12.00 semester credit hours of the core program requirements with approved dual credit graduate level coursework. A total of 12.00 graduate semester credit hours can be taken throughout the student’s program.

Graduate

Applicable Dual Credit Courses

Master of Business Administration

Master of Business Administration in Business Analytics

Master of Business Administration in Healthcare Management

Master of Business Administration in Project Management

BU 502 Leadership and Team Dynamics
BU 520 Integrated Economics and Decision-Making
BU 531 Strategic and Risk Management for Business Success
BU 631 Project Management for Business Leaders

Required Capstone or Internship

3.00 semester credit hours are required.

BU 491 - Capstone Project Semester Credit Hours: 3.00
BU 495 - Internship Semester Credit Hours: 3.00 *
* Online students in some states may not be allowed to take this internship due to state restrictions.

Required Courses in General Education

Students enrolled in this bachelor’s degree must complete a minimum of 36.00 semester credit hours in general education distributed among the following disciplines. Refer to the General Education section of the catalog for specific information about courses within each discipline.

12.00 Semester Credit Hours in Communications

9.00 Semester Credit Hours in Humanities (must include 3 semester credit hours of cultural diversity)

6.00 Semester Credit Hours in Mathematics

3.00 Semester Credit Hours in Science

6.00 Semester Credit Hours in Social and Behavioral Sciences

Personal and Professional Development Courses

A minimum of 2.00 semester credit hours is required.

PD 121 - Professional Development I Semester Credit Hours: 1.00
PD 202 - Professional Development II Semester Credit Hours: 1.00