Program Descriptions

Master of Science in Project Management

Project managers are expected to deliver projects on time, on budget, and according to specifications, and must also have expertise in the following areas: 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 prepare students with the skills necessary to manage and oversee small and large projects in a variety of industries, from initial project definition through performance evaluation. This degree provides students with practical and theoretical foundations that allow them to better plan, schedule, and oversee the major activities that surround a project. These conceptual foundations are augmented with specialized tracks that provide students with content-specific expertise tailored to their technical interests and that lead to greater career opportunities.

Master of Science in Leadership with Project Management Specialization

The traditional concept that leadership skill resides solely with a small handful of top executives has given way to contemporary collaborative models, where influence and decision-making authority are distributed throughout an organization. Today's workforce continues to diversify, and the tasks to be accomplished have become more complex. Northeastern's Master of Science in Leadership is designed to assist today's leaders and prepare emerging leaders in meeting these challenges. This program incorporates an action-learning approach that is intended to leverage the interdisciplinary backgrounds of participants to help build leadership competencies. Students in this program may apply any successfully completed CPS graduate certificate to the overall program requirements and focus their studies on one of more than twenty areas of specialization or choose one of the following leadership concentrations:

Financial Services
Health Management
Public Management
Human Resources Management
Conflict Resolution
Law Enforcement & Leadership
Individualized

Students may choose to create their own concentration based on any CPS graduate certificate or set of courses.
This GAC Self Study Report concentrates on the Project Management Specialization utilizing the Graduate Certificate in Project Management

Project Management Programs Roadmap

The curriculum format is provided as a roadmap.

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The two graduate degrees are offered as summarized in the following table. Also included are the other components that make up the full project management curriculum.

Type of Degree	Credit Hours Required
Master of Science in Project Management with One of Six Specializations Construction Management Specialization Geographic Information Systems Specialization Clinical Trial Design Specialization Information Security Management Specialization	42 - 44 qh
Master of Science In Leadership with Project Management Specialization	42 - 45 qh
Graduate Certificate in Project Management	18 qh
Professional Development Certificate in Project Management
Online	3.6 CEUs, 36 PDUs
Undergraduate Electives in Project Management	3 - 15 qh