Project Management, Bachelor of Science
Projects are becoming the new business world reality. The Bachelor of Science in Project Management (BSPM) program combines project-oriented components along with behavioral competencies, such as leadership and team-development skills, and project management fundamentals. Coursework is structured to assist students in the development of necessary knowledge and skills to complete projects from conception to closure to ensure that projects come in on time and within budgets. In this business-focused curriculum, student will have an opportunity to gain fundamental knowledge to enhance management outcomes including scope management, time management, cost management, risk management, communications management, quality management, human resource management, and project integration.
Program Outcomes
The Bachelor of Science in Project Management will prepare students to:
Develop and express ideas effectively to project stakeholders, using a variety of modalities.
Demonstrate the ability to reason in an ethical manner and to reflect core beliefs and core competencies in authentic contexts.
Scope and solve specialized problems in predictable and unpredictable contexts.
Develop self-awareness to guide and evaluate one's own decisions and actions to continuously grow and improve.
Apply fundamental concepts of project management, developing and implementing project plans.
Demonstrate the ability to reason and solve problems and inform decisions through the analysis and use of data.
Successfully Develop and manage a diverse team.
Admission Requirements
City University of Seattle's undergraduate admission requirements, found under Admissions in the catalog menu, apply to this program.
Total Required Credits (180 Credits)
Lower – Division Requirements (90 Credits)
Students must meet General Education requirements. This is typically completed within the 90 required lower division credits. See the General Education Requirements section of this catalog for more detailed information.
For this program, Quantitative/Symbolic Reasoning is met through the course MATH 138 College Algebra or higher.
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General Education Requirements
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Total Credits
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College Composition (CC) I** & II
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10 Credits
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Quantitative/Symbolic Reasoning (QSR)
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5 Credits
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Humanities (HU)
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10 Credits
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Social Sciences (SS)
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15 Credits
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Natural Sciences (NS)
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15 Credits
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**If College Composition I is waived through transfer or articulation, students must take an additional 5 quarter credits from a humanities discipline.
Upper-Division Requirements (90 Credits)
Core (60 Credits)
| BUS 464 | Design of Effective Teams and Organizations | 5 |
| PM 401 | Introduction to Project Management | 5 |
| PM 420 | Strategic Organization Design to Project Initiation | 5 |
| PM 404 | Project Scheduling and Cost Management * | 5 |
| PM 406 | Project Risk and Change Management | 5 |
| PM 422 | Communicating with Data | 5 |
| PM 413 | Project Performance and Quality Assurance * | 5 |
| BUS 426 | Business Analytics for Decision Making (NS) | 5 |
| PM 442 | Introduction to System Dynamics | 5 |
| PM 444 | Negotiation and Competitive Decision Making | 5 |
| PM 450 | Managing Projects under Uncertainty * | 5 |
| PM 472 | Emerging Topics in Project Management | 5 |
Capstone 5 credits
| PM 480 | Project Integration Action Learning Project * | 5 |
Emphasis Area 25 credits
Choose one of the emphasis areas listed below:
Information Technology Emphasis (25 Credits)
The Information Technology emphasis is designed for those students who are interested in learning more about how technology can be used in project management and how to work effectively with technology organizations. This emphasis provides students with the broad technical basis needed to make management decisions related to technology.
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| IS 201 | Fundamentals of Computing | 5 |
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| CS 330 | Network Communications * | 5 |
| IS 345 | Cybersecurity * | 5 |
| IS 360 | Database Technologies * | 5 |
| IT 434 | Cloud Computing | 5 |
| IT 470 | IT Service Management | 5 |
Specialized Study Emphasis
The Specialized Study emphasis consists of five courses taken in a specific content area. Coursework may be completed through independent study, current course offerings, or developed for a specific industry or organizational setting. The Specialized Study emphasis is proposed by the student and approved by the Program Director prior to registration.