Project management degree OGL Bachelor of Arts

This project management concentration of the online Bachelor of Arts in organizational leadership offers a theory and practice-driven curriculum to prepare students to be excellent project managers and project management leaders.

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This project management degree program is a concentration within the Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Leadership, which is a 120 credit hour degree program that includes 54 hours of leadership and project management courses. These courses include upper division classes in organizational skills, behavioral dynamics of organizations and diversity and organizations.

In your junior and senior years within the project management degree, you will participate in a series of project management courses on resource management, project time, cost and procurement management as well as project risk and quality management. These courses will be both application and theory-based in order to demonstrate the skills and knowledge you have developed in the degree and construct portfolios outlining the evidence and artifacts of what you have learned. You will also learn to write proposals and reports, communicate effectively within organizations and practice ethical decision-making.

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Featured Courses

OGL 322: Project Time Management

Explores project scheduling and time management within the broader context of the planning effort. Students learn how important the determination of the timing and sequence of project activities is to the planning process--and ultimate project success. Primarily focuses on understanding bar charts, basic networks, the critical path network, precedence networks, resource allocation, schedule updating, schedule compression, scheduling and schedule risk management.

OGL 323: Project Cost Management

Concepts and complex processes of effective project cost management. Primarily focuses on project needs assessment, cost estimation, project cost control, project budgeting, cash flow management, financial management, value management, configuration management and supply chain management. Students also learn to appreciate the importance of integrating cost and value management processes.

OGL 324: Resources in Project Management

Major elements of project resource management as well as the broader context of this critical planning function. Students learn that sound resource management is an important part of developing a sustainable competitive advantage in the emerging global marketplace. Primarily focuses on operations and productivity, resources in project management, product design, process strategy, layout strategy, human resources and job design, supply chain, inventory management and scheduling.

OGL 326: Project Procurement Management

Concepts and processes of procurement management. Primarily focuses on sourcing management, supplier selection, contracts and legal requirements, risk management, negotiation, project management, quality, supplier management and financial decisions. Effective procurement requires the use of good business practices capable of maximizing value to the organization through the acquisition of goods and services. Students learn that procurement professionals control the entire sourcing and acquisition process.

OGL 421: Project Risk Management

Philosophy, principles, practices and techniques for managing risk in projects. Covers risk identification, qualitative risk management, risk treatment, monitoring and review, project processes, risk allocation, environmental risk and quantification of project risk. Students learn that risk management assists project managers in setting priorities, allocating resources and implementing actions and processes that reduce the risk of the project not achieving its objectives.

OGL 422: Project Quality Management

Process and theory of total quality management with primary emphasis on the total quality approach, ethics and corporate responsibility, strategic alliances, quality culture, employee empowerment, leadership and change, team building, effective communication, and tools and techniques. Students understand how continual improvement of people, processes, products/services, and environments can enhance the process and outcomes of project management. Students have the opportunity to develop practical total quality management skills as they apply theory and practice to real-world cases.

OGL 320: Foundations of Project Management

Covers project management terminology, tools, best practices, theoretical approaches, the phases of project management and how they are applied developing a project plan and schedule, and other competencies needed to effectively manage projects.

OGL 321: Project Leadership, Strategy and Scope

Explores how executive management is responsible for conceiving, designing, implementing and managing the organization's overall objectives, culture, environment and processes as part of the project management process. Within this context, primarily focuses on understanding project management, aligning project management with the organization, project management oversight, projects as capital investments, globalization and resources optimization.

Faculty

Arizona State University’s College of Integrative Sciences and Arts faculty members are deeply committed to exploration in their fields of work. Many of the college’s faculty and staff are recognized both nationally and internationally for their achievements, including the following national honors and awards:

Fulbright Scholars
American Educational Research Association fellows
Distinguished Leader for Women in Psychology Leadership Award
American Psychological Association fellows
Lifetime Achievement Award, Society for the Promotion of Psychotherapeutic Science Section
Leona Tyler Award for Lifetime Distinguished Contribution to Counseling Psychology
Arizona Psychological Association, Faculty of the Year Award
Ellen Nold Award for best article in the field of computers and composition studies
Council of Writing Program Administrators, Best Book Award

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Students with a degree in project management are prepared for a range of positions in the public and private sectors, including in government, information technology, nonprofit agencies, in businesses and the service industry.

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All students are required to meet general university admission requirements.

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