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MBA in Project Management
Master of Business Administration in Project Management
The demand for project managers is increasingly vital to many areas of business today. At UNVA, we train project managers to have an eye for detail and show them how to create highly organized and elegant project plans; our courses give students the organizational methods as well as the confidence and skill to efficiently manage difficult projects from start to finish. With a Project Management MBA, you will acquire the skills, knowledge, and confidence to successfully manage projects of all sizes in difficult business environments.
A well-trained project manager must have a broad understanding that crosses over many business fields. As a Project Management MBA student at UNVA, you will cover a wide range of special areas as part of your program. Our students do in-depth studies of many topics such as project planning, risk management, project procurement, organizational skills, business communications, business strategy, and business leadership skills.
Companies are willing to pay for the expertise they need, and they currently need professionals who are strategic thinkers, managers who are highly trained in business and can analyze and understand financial statements. Companies need managers who are able to manage people across cultures, and who are equipped with project management tools?and this is what you will get from a Project Management MBA.
We based our MBA in Project Management program on the core concepts developed by the Project Management Institute (PMI), which is the world’s leading organization for the project management profession. At the end of our program, you will not only receive your Master of Business Administration in Project Management, but you also have the opportunity to receive Project Management Professional certification from the Project Management Institute.
Since we at UNVA Prague have a close relationship with the business world, we understand the value of creating a productive environment where many projects can be managed together, especially software projects. That is why we are partnered with the Scrum Alliance organization to equip our students with project management tools. Scrum has become the most popular method in the world of agile software development, and project managers are trained in these techniques and methods. We have also prepared elective courses for those who are willing to add the Project In Controlled Environment 2 (Prince2) framework to their project management training.
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MBA in Project management - Course Details
Cornerstone Courses: 15 credit hours
ACTG 500 - Accounting Concept and Applications
Prerequisite: None.
After a review of basic accounting principles and terminology, this course provides the student with a clear understanding of concepts, standards, and practices of financial reporting. The student learns to read, understand and analyze a balance sheet, income statement and statement of cash flows. 3 credits.
BMGT 500 - Principles of Management
Prerequisite: None.
The objective of this course is to introduce models and concepts that provide insights on a wide range of managerial problems. Qualitative and quantitative methods will be used to address various aspects of managing a business concern. Major topics include ethics and corporate social responsibility, organizational design, planning and strategy formulation, motivation, reward and discipline. 3 credits.
COMM 500- Management Communication
Prerequisites: AESL002, or minimum TOEFL score of 550 or e-TOEFL of 230.
This course prepares students to meet the demands of their professions: by preparing samples of business and technical writing, by sharpening their revision skills, and by improving their oral communication skills. Students will develop professional presentation skills: content, organization, and effective delivery through two oral presentations. They will also write a proposal or feasibility report, compose a memorandum and letter, describe a process, and develop a survey or choice board. 3 credits.
FINA 500 - Money, Banking and Financial Markets
Prerequisite: None.
This course studies the role of money in the economy; examines monetary policy and tools by investigating the relationships between money supply and interest rates, inflation and business cycles; and explains how financial institutions and markets work, as these institutions involve huge flows of funds throughout the economy, thus affecting the production of goods and services, employment, and profit. 3 credits.
STAT 500 - Statistics for Managers
Prerequisite: College algebra and statistics or permission of instructor.
Statistical concepts and models used in the solutions of managerial problems. Topics: Descriptive statistics, frequency distribution, probability, statistical inference and testing; introduction to forecasting and regression modeling. 3 credits.
Core Courses: 9 credit hours
ECON 510 -Managerial Economics
Prerequisites: None.
While both micro- and macroeconomic theories have important implications for managerial decision-making, this course concentrates on microeconomic topics of practical importance to the management of a company. After the development of the economic model of the firm, optimization and risk analysis techniques will be examined, followed by demand, production and cost analyses. 3 credits.
BMGT 510 -Legal Environment for Business
Prerequisite: None.
This course examines the fundamental legal concepts and principles that affect business in a variety of functional and regulatory environments. Emphasis is on the application of legal principles through the case method approach. Key legal concepts relating to transactional aspects of business are discussed. 3 credits.
BMGT 511- International Management
Prerequisite: BMGT 500.
This course seeks to impress upon business administration students the pervasive impact of culture with respect to the functions of management internationally, which are: organizing, recruiting, training, operating, coordinating, controlling and communicating. 3 credits.
Concentration: 18 credit hours
BMGT 531 -Business Intelligence
Prerequisite: None.
This course provides an understanding of data organization, and examines the Business Intelligence (BI) processes and techniques used in transforming data to knowledge and value. The concepts of business intelligence and business analytics have their foundations in both the management sciences and management information systems fields. The objective of the course is to offer students with an understanding of various aspects of business intelligence systems and knowledge management, with a managerial focus. 3 credits.
PROJ 520 -Project Management Foundations
Prerequisite: None.
This is the foundation course for the project management specialization and introduces prerequisite knowledge for all project management courses. This course provides the intellectual and normative basis for the establishment of project management as a specialization. 3 credits.
PROJ 521 -Project Planning
Prerequisite: PROJ 520.
This course emphasizes the phases of project management processes and their interrelatedness and includes management techniques, budgetary considerations in projects, life cycle planning and issues in projects, and performance criteria development in contracting and project planning. 3 credits.
PROJ 522 -Cost, Pricing, Scheduling and Control
Prerequisite: PROJ 520.
This course focuses on the utilization of management tools in managing and controlling projects and the integration of projects into the larger corporate financial structure. Topics and tools include: Gantt, PERT, CPM, earned value techniques, material and planning and control, present value analysis, contingency considerations and off-the-shelf hardware/software issues. 3 credits.
PROJ 523 -Risk Management
Prerequisite: PROJ 520.
This course deals with the efforts taken to minimize risk within the context of the project life cycle. Topics and areas for analysis include impact analysis, statistical applications and models, role of quality processes in mitigating risk factors, international commerce demands and economic considerations in project management. 3 credits.
PROJ 524 -Fiscal, Procurement and Contracting Control
Prerequisite: PROJ 520 and BMGT 510.
This course covers the legal, economic and managerial issues involved in financing the operations of an ongoing project from conceptualization to final closure. This includes the development of the initial financial plan/prospective, as well as the development of statements of work. 3 credits.
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PROJ 517 - Project Managerial Professional
Prerequisite: None.
This course is closely modeled upon the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) established by the Project Management Institute (PMI), the most widely-recognized professional body for project management. It provides the knowledge to execute projects effectively and efficiently, using the proven skills of a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). It focuses on project management tools and techniques for defining and managing the project's goal, scope, schedule, and budget. 3 credits.
PROJ 525- Project Management Capstone
Prerequisite: PROJ 520, 521, 522, 523 and 524.
Students will prepare a project that demonstrates competence and mastery of project management. This project will begin with an initial prospectus and be developed into a complete project plan covering all the topics covered in the course of study. The student will do a final executive briefing of the project to a mock executive committee. It is strongly recommended that the student develop a real life project for which there is an actual commitment. 3 credits.
PROJ 598- Directed Research
Prerequisite: PROJ 520, 521, 522, 523 and 524.
This is a special course for selected students to do research under the guidance of a faculty member. This course requires the student to prepare a proposal, which must be approved by the Department Chair. 3 credits.
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