Project Management, MS (Seattle)

Companies succeed or fail based on their ability to bring quality products and services to market in a timely manner. Without skilled project managers in place, companies are challenged to deliver projects on time, on budget, and according to specifications. From inception to completion, project managers are responsible for every step in the process: project definition, cost and risk estimation, schedule planning and monitoring, budget management, negotiation and conflict resolution, project leadership, and project presentation and evaluation.

The Master of Science in Project Management is designed to provide you with the practical skills and theoretical concepts you need to lead complex projects. Featuring real-world case studies, this project management degree presents techniques and tools for managing long- and short-term projects successfully and cost-effectively. Augmenting the core project management courses are concentrations that seek to provide you with content-specific expertise that enables you to deepen your knowledge in your field of interest.

In October of 2021, the Master of Science in Project Management accreditation was re-affirmed for the maximum five-year accreditation cycle (originally accredited in 2009) by the Project Management Institute Global Accreditation Center for Project Management Education Programs (GAC), the world's leading association for project management professionals. Accreditation is achieved by meeting the GAC’s rigorous standards, which include an assessment of program objectives and outcomes, a review of onsite and online resources, evaluations of faculty and students, and proof of continuous improvements in the area of project management.

Complete all courses and requirements listed below unless otherwise indicated.

Required Courses

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
PJM 5900	Foundations of Project Management 1	4
PJM 6005	Project Scope Management	3
PJM 6015	Project Risk Management	3
PJM 6025	Project Scheduling and Cost Planning	3
PJM 6135	Project Quality Management	3
The following course should be taken last:
PJM 6910	Capstone	3

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Note: Foundations of Project Management (PJM 5900) is for students with less than three years of experience directing or leading project tasks and is recommended for students who do not have a basic working knowledge of Microsoft Project software. Students who do not complete PJM 5900 may take any project management elective to satisfy the required credits.

Concentrations or Electives Option

The remaining required quarter hours for the program may be completed by a combination of completing a concentration and electives or a combination of electives and any courses listed in the concentrations. 

Concentrations

• Agile Project Management

• Analytics

Electives

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
CMN 6000	Introduction to Organizational Communication
CMN 6005	Foundations of Professional Communication
CMN 6060	Negotiation, Mediation, and Facilitation
CMN 6090	Organizational Culture, Climate, and Communication
CMN 6095	Foundations of Developing Cultural Awareness
CMN 6110	Group Dynamics and Interpersonal Conflict: Meeting Management
INT 6940	Experiential Learning Projects for Professionals
INT 6943	Integrative Experiential Learning
PJM 6075	Project Finance
PJM 6125	Project Evaluation and Assessment
PJM 6140	Managing Troubled Projects
PJM 6145	Global Project Management
PJM 6175	Project Resource Management
PJM 6180	Project Stakeholder Management
PJM 6185	Managing Innovation Projects
PJM 6205	Leading and Managing Technical Projects
PJM 6210	Communication Skills for Project Managers
PJM 6215	Leading Remote Project Teams
PJM 6710	Introduction to Program and Portfolio Management
PJM 6983	Special Topics

Program Credit/GPA Requirements

45 total quarter hours required
Minimum 3.000 GPA required

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Agile Project Management Concentration

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Students who take this concentration will have only one required 3 QH elective course.
PJM 6205	Leading and Managing Technical Projects	3
PJM 6810	Principles of Agile Project Management	3
PJM 6815	Advanced Agile Project Management	3
PJM 6820	Agile Implementation and Governance	3
PJM 6825	Agile Lean Product Development	3
CMN 6060	Negotiation, Mediation, and Facilitation	3

Analytics Concentration

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
ALY 6000	Introduction to Analytics	3
ALY 6010	Probability Theory and Introductory Statistics	3
ALY 6015	Intermediate Analytics	3
ALY 6070	Communication and Visualization for Data Analytics	3
Complete one of the following:		3
ALY 6020	Predictive Analytics
ALY 6030	Data Warehousing and SQL
ALY 6040	Data Mining Applications
ALY 6110	Data Management and Big Data