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Master of Project Management (MPM)
The Project Management Institute (PMI), the authority behind the well-known title A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide), highlights a growing disparity between the demand for skilled project management professionals and the available workforce.
Total Terms:
4 Terms
School Program:
MPM
Specialty Tracks:
3
Description
FUSE’s Master of Project Management (MPM) steps in as an 18-month, fully online program explicitly crafted to bridge this skills gap. Welcoming graduates from any discipline and dedicated to working professionals currently managing projects, programs, and portfolios, our program ensures that upon graduation, students are well-equipped to seamlessly integrate into the project management profession. The coursework mirrors the intensity of managing real projects, refining your perspective through three industry-specific tracks: General, Construction Management, or Information Technology. Explore the possibilities with FUSE’s MPM. Your project management success story begins here.
Objective 1: Students will have the technical expertise to initiate, plan, execute, monitor and control, and close projects.
Intended Outcome: Upon graduation, students will be able to apply the foundational and core skills of the project management profession in a real-world context. This proficiency will be demonstrated through the successful completion of a capstone project management report.
Objective 2: Students will be sufficiently trained to lead projects.
Intended Outcome: Through our courses, graduates will meet the minimum educational and PM experience requirement to sit for the prestigious PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) certification exam.
Students must be formally accepted into the MPM program and meet all graduation criteria outlined in this Catalog. Matriculated students must successfully complete the total of 34 credit hours listed above and maintain a 3.0 grade point average to graduate. If the student falls below a 3.0 grade point average, the student will be required to retake the most recent courses and to pay additional tuition. Under such circumstances, the most recent grades achieved are counted toward the cumulative GPA. Students may repeat each course only once. Students who have not been able to raise their grade point average to at least a 3.0 after re-taking a course will be dismissed from the program. Graduation is not automatic upon completion of requirements. All students are required to complete and submit an Application to Graduate to the President, along with the requisite fees.
What Will You Learn?
For successful completion of the program, academic coursework and a capstone report. The courses can be broken down into three foundational, four core, and three track-specific concentration/specialization courses determined by one of the three tracks a student can take: General, Construction Management, and Information Technology. The capstone report is intended to depict the dynamic terrain of managing real-world projects and is completed progressively both to utilize and reinforce the content mastered throughout the program.
Meet the minimum educational and PM experience requirement to sit for the prestigious PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) certification exam.
Rigorous coursework that simulates the complexity, dynamics, and global setting of organizations equipping graduates with knowledge, tools, and skills for managing projects.
Program participants apply the foundational and core skills of the project management profession in a real-world context.
Meet the minimum educational and PM experience requirement to sit for the prestigious PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) certification exam.
Progressive completion of a capstone report applying the content mastered.
The curriculum has been designed by “pracademics,” individuals having both academic and professional experience.
Certification
Graduates will have the training necessary to obtain the experience required by PMI and the knowledge base necessary to then sit for the Project Management Professional (PMP) credential awarded by the Project Management Institute (PMI). This is an industry-accepted credential recognized globally.* Currently, over 500,000 certified project management professionals in 175 countries are managing complex projects. PMI requires individuals to attain a certain level of project management experience before being permitted to take the PMP exam.
* Business credentials are trademarks of their respective organizations. The specific requirements and fees associated with these designations are available through the issuing organizations. FUSE cannot guarantee passage of any of these exams and individual students should prepare independently before attempting the assessments.
Courses From This Program
Semester 1
MPM 501 Foundations of Project Management: (2 credits)
MPM 502 Communication and Leadership: (2 credits)
MSIT 503 Agile principles, Tools and Techniques : (2 credits)
MPM 503 Core principles and standards of Project Management : (2 credits)
MPM 600 Project Scope and Stakeholder Management : (3 credits)
Semester 2
MPM 601 Project Schedule and Cost Management : (3 credits)
MPM 602 Project Quality and Resource Management : (3 credits)
MPM 603 Project Risk Management :(3 Credits )
MPM 604 Project Procurement and Contract Management : (3 Credits)
Semester 3
MPM 700 Project Complexities and integration Management in Construction Projects : (2 credits)
MPM 701 Construction Project Oversight and Contract : (3 credits)
MPM 720 Managing Public and Nonprofit Projects and Programs : (2 credits)
MPM 721 Project Complexities and integration Management : (3 credits)
MPM 740 Managing Integration in IT Projects : (3 credits)
MPM 741 Managing Development-Operation (DevOPs) Environment : (2 credits)
MPM 702 Safety Management in Construction Projects : (3 credits)
MPM 719 Capstone Project in Construction Project Managment : (3 credits)
MPM 722 Success Factors in Project Management and Organizational Transformation : (3 credits)
MPM 739 Capstone Project in General Project Management : (3 credits)
MPM 742 Planning, Executing, Delivering, and Supporting Enterprise Systems : (3 credits)
MPM 759 Capstone Project in IT Project Management: (3 credits)