Master in Business Administration with a specialization in Project Management
Program Description:
The Master in Business Administration with specialization in Project Management provides students with the skills essential to operating effectively in corporations and start-ups organized around project-driven teams, as most are today. Because of Aspen’s demonstrated commitment to project management and recognized solid professional development infrastructure for the project management profession, Aspen University is approved as a Project Management Institute (PMI) Charter Registered Education Provider. Our Master in Business Administration with a specialization in Project Management covers all of the knowledge areas in PMI’s “Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge”. Learners who successfully complete this MBA degree will be well on their way to Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification. For additional certification requirements, please visit http://www.pmi.org.
Degree Requirements: 36 Credits
Program Goals:
It is intended that Graduates of the Aspen University Master in Business Administration with a specialization in Project Management program will learn or be able to do the following:
- Ethics: Exhibit the ethical standards that provide a framework for responsible decision making in business.
- Professional Skills: Develop the critical analysis, problem solving, technical aptitude, and communication skills required in for-profit and not-for-profit organizational environments.
- Management Skills: Analyze and apply the principles and practices of planning, organizing, coordinating, directing, and oversight that are required to leverage a project’s internal interests in relation to the organization as a whole and to the total business, economic, political, technological, and social environments reflective of the particular MBA area of study.
- Management Strategies: Evaluate and select strategies to manage a project or complex organization utilizing SWOT analyses and employing of action plans.
- Project Management: Demonstrate the technical aptitude and qualitative and quantitative skills to manage projects that are aligned with an organizational strategy to maximize return on investment (ROI).
Academic Schedule
Courses:
| MGT500 | Management | 3 |
| BUS530 | Marketing Management | 3 |
| BUS560 | Business Ethics | 3 |
| MGT570 | Advanced Strategic Management | 3 |
| MGT520 | Quantitative Analysis | 3 |
| BUS510 | Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| BUS550 | Business Finance | 3 |
| BUS540 | Managerial Economics | 3 |
| MGT645 | Project Management Essentials | 3 |
| MGT646 | Project Management Organizational Framework | 3 |
| MGT647 | Project Management Integration Framework | 3 |
| Final Proctored Exam | |
| BUS799 | Graduate Capstone | 3 |
Additional Information:
Applicants who hold valid and current PMP® certification are eligible to receive nine credits in lieu of the following courses: MGT645 Project Management Essentials, MGT646 Project Management Organization Framework, and MGT647 Project Management Integration Framework.