Project Management

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This dynamic course will develop your knowledge and skills to manage projects effectively in the commercial, public and voluntary sector. To ensure it reflects current and best practice, the course content has been developed with reference to the project management professional bodies, and with input from project management specialists from a range of organisations.

The management of complex projects can be challenging, and requires a multidisciplinary skill set including planning and resource management but also soft skills, such as interpersonal and leadership skills. The course covers a range of study areas to reflect the responsibilities of todays project manager, including managing projects for modern global companies over international boundaries.

The course will also provide you with access to PRINCE2 training, giving you an additional professional qualification that is attractive to employers. You will have access to course materials and discussion groups through the University's virtual learning environment to support your study. A range of assessment methods are used across the course, including coursework and exams. Coursework will include writing reports, planning and review exercises, research, presentations and group work, to reflect the work of a project manager.

Why choose this course?
Project-based working is traditional in engineering and information technology, but this approach is now widely used across all sectors. This course will give you a valuable qualification that is attractive to employers as project management professionals are in demand. The course is open to graduates of all disciplines seeking to develop their career in project management, as well as managers looking to enhance their skills. Graduates from this course will have the flexibility to work in a range of organisations, as a manager, project manager or in a consultancy capacity.

During the course you will:
* Experience a course that reflects areas of knowledge specified by the Project Management Institute and the Association for Project Management
* Benefit from teaching and learning underpinned by current best practice and research
* Have the opportunity to put theory into practice via the delivery of a real project for a client
* Experience PRINCE2 Project Management Foundation and Practitioner training
* Study in a scenic campus location at Putteridge Bury

Areas of study you may cover on this course include:
* Project entrepreneurship
* Contract and procurement management
* Project management tools and techniques
* Risk and quality management
* The human side of management
* Financial analysis
* Delivery of a real client project
* Business research methods
* Applied management research project or dissertation

Assessment
A range of assessment methods are used across the course, including coursework and exams. Coursework will include case study analyses, writing reports, planning and review exercises, research, presentations and group work, all typical activities that a project manager would be expected to undertake. Assessment methods have been selected to support the development of project management skills and knowledge, whilst satisfying unit and course learning outcomes.

Formative assessment will be used to provide students with the opportunity for feedback, to enable them to review and improve their work, before summative assessment wherever possible.

Project management involves significant team working and hence, there is a significant amount of group work required on the course. It is important that an individuals contribution to group work is recognised. Hence, a range of techniques will be used to identify individual work, for example, by contribution to presentations / reports, self / peer assessment and identification of on-line contribution to discussion boards.

The Project unit is one of the later units and provides students with the opportunity to use the culmination of their knowledge and skills, managing a larger scale project, as part of a team, experiencing the role of the project manager and reflecting on the process.

You should have attained at least a second class Honours degree, or equivalent.Exceptionally, students may be admitted with evidence of previous advanced study or significant management experience, which the University accepts as qualifying the applicant for entry.The University accepts the following qualifications as satisfying the English Language requirements for entry to a Bachelor or Masters degree*UK Qualifications * TELAS 1 or 2 * ESOL level 2 * IELTS Grade 6.0 * TOEFL 550 / 213 / 80 * JMB University Test: Minimum Pass * Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English: Minimum Grade C * Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English: Minimum Grade C * GCSE or IGCSE English Language: Minimum C * BEC Higher: Pass (grades A,B or C) * English for Business Communication (C and G) - Level 2 First Class Pass * LCCI International Qualifications - * English for Business (EFB) - Pass at Level 3, * English for Commerce (EFC) - Pass at Level 3 * Cambridge Overseas School Certificate: Minimum Grade C * Scottish Certificate of Education Standard Grade English: Minimum Grade C * Scottish Certificate of Education - Higher Grade English: Minimum Grade D * Irish Leaving Certificate - Ordinary Level English: Minimum Grade C * Irish Leaving Certificate - Higher Level English: Minimum Grade D * Oxford High Lever Certificate: Minimum Pass * Warwick English Language Test (WELT): Minimum CCC * Certificate of Attainment in English (Edexcel): Minimum Level 4 * Anglia Certificate of English as a Foreign Language Proficiency * TEEP (University of Reading) 6.0 * Integrated Skills Test in English (ISE): Level III or above * Trinity College of London ISE: Level III or IV * University of Central Lancashire Certificate of Proficiency in English Level 3 - Proficient User Pass * Swansea University English test (SWELT) - Minimum Grade 6.0 * UCL Graduate Preparatory Course - 6.0 or above * London Test of English - Advanced Level 4 English Language Requirements CAE score: (read more) Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) is part of the Cambridge English suite and is targeted at a high level (IETLS 6.5-8.0). It is an international English language exam set at the right level for academic and professional success. Developed by Cambridge English Language Assessment - part of the University of Cambridge - it helps you stand out from the crowd as a high achiever. 60 (Grade C)