January 2023 University Catalog with April Addendum

BS in Business, Project Management

School of Business, Technology, and Health Care Administration

The Project Management specialization provides undergraduate business learners with a foundational education in the processes, procedures, tools, and techniques of coordinating and managing projects in an organizational setting. The curriculum integrates practice and theory, and focuses on the basics of project management and ten knowledge areas of practice, including but not limited to resource allocation, risk assessment, and stakeholder management. Learners examine the role of project manager as a change agent working with others to create value for an organization. The curriculum focuses on development of project management technical skills, professional behavior, and strategic awareness that is required to make informed decisions. Successful graduates of this specialization are prepared to pursue careers as project coordinators, project managers, business analysts, and program managers.

General Education Requirements

Choose 45 quarter credits with a minimum of 4 quarter credits from each category; see General Education Courses.

Required course

MAT2001Statistical Reasoning

6

Additional Program Requirements†

ACS1003Building Skills for Academic Success

6

Core courses‡

At least 42 quarter credits

BUS3003Developing a Business Perspective

6

Or

BUS3007Developing a Business Perspective

6

 

BUS3011Fundamentals of Management

3

BUS3012Fundamentals of Leadership

3

BUS3022Fundamentals of Supply Chain Management

3

BUS3030Fundamentals of Marketing and Sales

6

BUS3040Fundamentals of Human Resource Management

6

BUS3050Fundamentals of Organizational Communication

6

BUS3061Fundamentals of Accounting

3

BUS3062Fundamentals of Finance

3

PM3000Principles of Project Management

3

Specialization courses

At least 48 quarter credits

PM4010Process Groups and Knowledge Areas in Project Management

6

PM4020Integration and Scope Management

6

PM4030Scheduling, Cost, and Quality Management

6

PM4040Human Resources and Motivation Management

6

PM4050Communication and Stakeholder Management

6

PM4060Risk Management in Project Management

6

PM4070Procurement Management in Project Management

6

PM4080Agile Project Management

6

Elective courses

At least 39 quarter credits

Choose 39 quarter credits of additional undergraduate courses.§

Capstone course

At least 6 quarter credits

Taken during the learner’s final quarter

BUS4993Business Capstone Project

6

Total

At least 180 quarter credits, including a minimum of 54 quarter credits from the 3000/4000 level

Honors Pathway

Learners enrolled in the honors pathway complete the following general education courses.

Honors courses

At least 15 quarter credits

PHI-H2005Honors Seminar: Critical Thinking for the Professional World

3

COM-H4005Communicating and Integrating Solutions in the Professional World

6

SOC-H3005Honors Professional Seminar

6

These courses are applied toward the general education requirement and taken in addition to the remaining required courses.

Total

At least 180 quarter credits, including a minimum of 54 quarter credits from the 3000/4000 level

One or more courses in this program may require a prerequisite(s). Refer to the course descriptions for details.

Learners who do not complete all program requirements within quarter credit/program point minimums will be required to accrue such additional quarter credits/program points as are associated with any additional or repeat coursework necessary for successful completion of program requirements.

† Learners who are determined to need additional support developing academic and professional writing and reading skills based on academic assessment must take ACS1003 during their first quarter.

‡ Learners who have completed ACS1003 are required to take BUS3003. Learners who are not required to take ACS1003 are placed in BUS3007.

§ Learners who have completed ACS1003 choose 33 quarter credits of additional undergraduate courses.

GuidedPath courses and FlexPath courses fulfill the program requirements and prerequisites for each delivery model.

Eligible Concentrations

Accounting

Finance

Health Care Management

Human Resource Management

Management and Leadership

Marketing

Multiple Specializations available (must be within the same degree program)