Project Management: Bachelor of Science Degree
Little Rock, AR Campus

Learn more about: Also available at
this campus:

Objectives

This program combines theory and techniques used by professional project management practitioners in a digital global environment. The program includes instruction on the project management knowledge areas and processes designated by the Project Management Institute (PMI). Courses teach knowledge and skills to help participate in and lead the management of a variety of project types. The program offers students the opportunity to learn and practice the techniques of initiating, planning, organizing, staffing, guiding, monitoring and controlling a project through an integrated process to meet identified requirements on time and on budget. The program is also designed to foster critical thinking, analysis and communication skills.

Career Opportunities

A variety of types and sizes of businesses, government agencies and other organizations use project teams to help accomplish their goals in a fast -paced dynamic environment. Graduates may begin their careers in entry-level positions as a project team member, project coordinator, project scheduler, project resource coordinator or project manager.

Admission Requirements

Refer to the Admission section of this catalog for information relating to Admission Requirements and Procedures for this program.

School Equipment

Students will have the opportunity to use the following school equipment as required throughout the program: computer systems, project scheduling and construction estimating software, computer graphics software, printers and other common computer peripherals. Refer to Student Equipment in the Online Course Information section of this catalog for information relating to the student equipment requirements for the distance education courses that are taught online over the Internet.

Class Size

Classes generally range in size from 15 to 30 students. Depending on the course subject matter, certain classes may contain a greater or lesser number of students.

Program Outline

Course Number	Course	Credit Hours	Clock Hours
Minimum required credt hours for the Baccalaureate degree (Grand Total)		180
Core Courses Subtotal 92 1260 ---------- Unspecified Core courses** 40 EC311 Introduction to Project Management 4 PM331 Overview of Digital Technology 4 50 PM332 Project Management Techniques 4 50 PM333 Project Communication and Documentation 4 50 PM341 Project Cost and Budget Management 4 50 PM342 Project Procurement and Contract Management 4 40 PM351 Project Human Resource Management 4 40 PM352 Project Quality Management 4 50 PM453 Project Risk Management 4 50 PM454 Leadership and Project Team Management 4 40 PM462 Managing Project Virtual Teams 4 40 PM468 Project Management Integration I (Capstone Project) 4 50 PM469 Project Management Integration II (Capstone Project) 4 50
Elective Courses ---------- Unspecified Elective courses 28
General Education Courses Subtotal 60 670 ---------- Unspecified General Education courses 20 EG351 Social Psychology 4 40 EG371 Research Methods 4 40 EG372 Written Analysis 4 40 EG381 Statistics 4 40 EG452 Economics and Change 4 40 EG462 Contemporary World Culture 4 40 EG468 Ethics 4 40 GE150 Survey of the Sciences 4 50 GE253 Physics 4 50 GE257 Microbiology 4 50

*General Education courses include courses in the humanities, composition, mathematics, the sciences and the social sciences. The Unspecified General Education courses must include at least the equivalent of 1.0 quarter credit hour of humanities, 5.0 quarter credit hours of composition, 0.5 quarter credit hour of mathematics and 1.5 quarter credit hours of social sciences. Refer to the Course Descriptions section of this catalog for the general education category pertaining to each general education course.

**Unspecified Core courses may be accumulated from one selected descipline of study relating to the student's career path.

This course is eligible for the President s Scholarship. Refer to the Institutional Scholarships section of this catalog for further information.

NOTE: The course descriptions for the courses in this program are in the Course Descriptions section of this catalog. The school may, at any time in its discretion, vary the offering and/or sequence of courses in this program, revise the curriculum content of the program or any course in the program and change the number of credit hours in the program or in any program course.