Graduate Certificate in Project Management

Elmhurst’s graduate certificate in project management uses four existing courses from the master of project management program.

Students who complete the four courses for credit will receive the graduate certificate in project management, or they may complete an additional six courses to earn a master of project management.

Upon completing this program, you will be able to:

• Demonstrate and apply practical and theoretical project management skills to a wide variety of projects.
• Outline the various techniques utilized in project management for beginning, managing and ending projects.
• Identify the basic tools of project management to include project plans, Gantt charts and other tools and techniques applied in the project management process.
• Recognize and explain the dynamics associated with effective communications, stakeholders, urgency and managing to defined timeframes and budgets.
• Evaluate critical success factors for effectiveness in achieving project objectives.
• Apply skills and techniques gained for success on the PMP professional certification competency exam.

Program Format

The graduate certificate in project management is a part-time, EU Flex program that can be completed in as little as one year. Students complete coursework through eight-week sessions.

Course Requirements

Required

• MPM 500 Strategic Foundations of Project Management
• MPM 501 Project Methodologies & Approaches
• MPM 502 Advanced Project Management

Electives (Choose one)

• MPM 520 Agile Project Management
• MPM 530 AI for Project Management

If a student chooses to go on and complete the Master in Project Management (MPM), all these classes apply toward their degree. They will only need to complete the additional six courses as outlined in the MPM degree requirements.

Admission

Applicants for the graduate certificate in project management must have a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited university/college.

Those who wish to take the Project Management Professional (PMP) exam are required by the Project Management Institute (PMI) to have a minimum of three years (36 months) leading and managing projects within the past eight years AND 35 hours of project management education/training.

To apply for the graduate certificate in project management, complete the application for graduate admission and follow the instructions for non-degree students. If you wish to complete the additional coursework to earn the master of project management, you must apply following all of the admission requirements for the master’s degree program.

For more information, contact the Office of Admission at [email protected] or (630) 617-3400.