Project Management – Online Degrees and Certificate Programs

Project managers undertake the responsibility of directing business initiatives and keeping each project within its scheduled deadline and budget. Hence, a student must be organized, dependable and have excellent communication skills to meet timelines and solve problems that may arise while executing a project.

A project manager has to work in close association with a diverse group of employees, which might include engineers, designers and salespeople. Hence, a project manager must be flexible and open-minded for accommodating variant personalities and suggestions but heading towards a singular goal of completing a project effectively and efficiently.

While handling a project, things might not go according to previous plans. A project manager in charge of a project must keep his mind and stay focused even when things change tracks. His quality of calmness is also required to work in a variety of work environments like engineering firms, corporations, information technology offices etc.

A student aspiring to become a project manager has to earn his bachelor’s degree in project management. He can specialize in a particular field like human resources, information technology, business or engineering. Alternately, prospective project managers can have an undergraduate degree in information technology and a graduate degree in project management. This could be followed by earning a master’s degree in the same field or a business-related field.

While taking up an online degree program on project management from an accredited institution, students must select topics that are directly related to potential workplace requirements like teamwork, organization, team dynamics, risk management, finance, planning and scheduling and communication skills.

Featured Project Management Schools

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  Strayer University Online

  Program

  • Project Management

  • Business Administration: Project Management Concentration

  • Management: Project Management Concentration

  

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  Campus

  Boston University Online

  Program

  • Master of Science in Project Management (MSPM)

  

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  Campus

  Ashford University Online

  Program

  • BA/Public Relations and Marketing/Project Management

  • BA/Organizational Mgmt./Project Management

  • BA/Sports and Recreation Management/Project Management

  • BA/Project Management

  • Master in Business Administration/Project Management

  • MA/Organizational Mgmt./Project Management

  

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  American InterContinental University

  Program

  • Bachelor's (BBA) - Operations Management

  • Bachelor's (BBA) - Project Management

  • Bachelor's (BBA) - Management

  • MBA - Project Management

  • MBA - Operations Management

  

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  Campus

  Keiser University Graduate School

  Program

  • Master of Science in Management

  

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  Campus

  Kaplan University Online

  Program

  • BSBA - Project Management

  

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  Campus

  UOP

  Program

  • BS in Business/Project Management

  • Project Management Certificate

  • MBA/Project Management

  

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  Campus

  Bryan University

  Program

  • E-Discovery Project Manager Certificate

  

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  Campus

  Ashworth College

  Program

  • Project Management

  

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  Campus

  Tulsa, OK

  Watertown, SD

  Kansas City (Northland), MO

  Independence, MO

  Albuquerque West

  Sioux Falls, SD

  Wichita, KS

  Bloomington, MN

  Brooklyn Center, MN

  Roseville, MN

  Program

  • Business Logisitics A.A.S.