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MBA in Project Management

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CCU regularly evaluates the business landscape to determine which skill sets are in market demand and align with CCU’s mission. In recent years, project management has emerged as a critical business area, particularly for students from large organizations.

As such, CCU's College of Adult and Graduate Studies offers a project management emphasis with its MBA degree. If you choose this MBA degree program emphasis, you’ll gain strategic thinking skills, effective tools, and an ethical framework to lead large-scale projects, optimize teamwork, and reduce and manage risks.

There are many risks associated with managing the personnel, property, and financial resources of a large project, and personal integrity plays a key role in project management. With this in mind, CCU’s Project Management MBA program explores the ethical responsibilities of managing a project, as well as the scriptural basis for making good stewardship decisions. 

Many of CCU’s MBA graduates have found that an MBA degree with a project management emphasis can open the door to:

  • Greater job responsibility and opportunities
  • Career advancement
  • Professional certification, and/or
  • New opportunities to give back (such as through project-based ministries designed to serve charitable causes)

Project Management Professional (PMP)® Certification

If you’re preparing to apply for PMP certification, it’s worth noting that CCU is an approved provider of project management training by the Project Management Institute (PMI)®.

Whether you’re taking the PMP exam for the first time or you’re completing courses to maintain your certification, you can rest assured that your MBA education can provide a strong foundation for PMP certification.

Who Should Consider an MBA with a Project Management Emphasis?

The MBA Degree students who select the project management emphasis tend to have strong business or technical backgrounds. They come from a diverse a range of industries and specialties, including:

  • Information technology
  • Engineering
  • Construction
  • Procurement and supply chain management
  • Operations
  • International growth and expansion
  • Government-related contracts, military operations or law enforcement projects
  • Non-profit and mission-based projects

The use of project management methodologies continues to expand beyond traditional industries and disciplines. More and more, project management skills are being required in the non-profit sector too. For example, ministries are becoming more business-like in their approach to projects, particularly as they assume greater stewardship for investing their donors’ funds with care.

Because students are exposed to peers from a range of industries, they enjoy a stimulating learning environment that’s fueled by their peers, as well as their professors. In addition, students often build a valuable network of experts outside their own specialty area.

CCU’s Project Management Courses

CCU’s project management courses integrate academics with moral principles from Scripture, so you can grow as a servant leader, strengthen your ethical framework, and responsibly influence your profession.

The project management courses at CCU include:

  • Fundamentals of Project Management for Business (MGT 520). This course explores the strategic and tactical aspects of project management, including how to develop your leadership skills to manage project teams.
  • Business Project Planning, Scheduling and Controlling (MGT 560). This course provides you with the necessary skills and planning tools to plan, monitor, analyze, and evaluate project performance and associated risks. You’ll gain a structured approach for managing large-scale projects.
  • Strategic Leadership of Project Management in Business (MGT 610). This course further explores the principles of strategic leadership and how to use project management concepts, tools and techniques to build a competitive advantage for your organization.

 

PMP and PMI are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.