Program Requirements

View the required and elective courses for the master's degree and credit-bearing graduate certificate.

Program Delivery

This program is available on campus and online.

Program Overview

Watch an in-depth overview of this program (10.5 minutes, QuickTime required), narrated by Program Chair Tom Carter.

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Student Testimonial

"This course has already helped me at work. I now have an awareness of the practices of great leadership. . . It has been like someone turned on a light switch, and I could really see what was happening."

— Mike DeFuria, Management of Projects and Programs

Project Management Capstone

Read more about the project management capstone course requirements, the culmination of this master's degree.

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Management of Projects and Programs

Managing projects and programs brings together the hard skills of planning, estimating and budgeting with the soft skills of negotiation, conflict management, influencing and effective communication. It requires an integrated understanding of business functions and concerns at multiple levels of corporate operations, and involves the interdisciplinary study of management, leadership and technology.

This program in the Division of Graduate Professional Studies prepares students already working in project management for assignments of increasing complexity and responsibility. It also provides a significant advantage to those wishing to advance into the field of project management.

The program curriculum is consistent with the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®) and related standards published by the Project Management Institute.

Program Outcomes

Graduates with a Master of Science in the Management of Projects and Programs are prepared to:

  • Exercise management and leadership skills in the conduct of programs and projects that may be international in scope and present the challenges posed by acquisitions, mergers and/or downsizing.
  • Initiate, plan, execute, control, evaluate and close out projects in a way that assures the delivery of the negotiated scope and quality level while meeting time and budget constraints.
  • Understand and critically assess projects and programs in their larger corporate context.
  • Effectively communicate the project/program status, issues, expectations and risks, both verbally and in writing, to senior management.