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Overview Degrees/Certificates Courses

Folsom Lake College's project management program is highly relevant to professional services like health care, pharmacy, human resources, finance, manufacturing, construction, and information technology, which is largely being driven by government modernization and large scale outsourcing.

This dynamic curriculum provides advanced skills and practical instruction on the processes, organizational structure, and tools that assure that project work yields the desired business results. This is a fully online program and is thus ideal for professionals who want to enhance their ability to integrate complex projects, motivate people, and achieve cost-effective results.

Certificates Offered

Project Management Certificate

Division Dean Carlos Lopez
Department Chair Jennifer Black
Phone (916) 608-6849
Email lopezc@flc.losrios.edu

Certificate of Achievement

Project Management Certificate

This dynamic curriculum provides advanced skills and practical instruction on the processes, organizational structure, and tools which assure that project work yields the desired business results in professional services such as Health Care, Pharmacy, Human Resources, Finance, Manufacturing, Construction, and Information Technology, which is largely being driven by government modernization and large scale outsourcing. This program is thus ideal for professionals who want to enhance their ability to integrate complex projects, motivate people, and achieve cost-effective results.

Catalog Date: August 1, 2024

Certificate Requirements

Course Code	Course Title	Units
PRJMGT 300	Introduction to Project Management	3
PRJMGT 310	Project Integration and Scope Management	3
PRJMGT 320	Project Time and Cost Management	3
PRJMGT 330	Project Quality Management	3
PRJMGT 340	Project Communication and Human Resource Management	3
PRJMGT 350	Project Risk Management and Project Procurement Management	3
Total Units:		18

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program, the student will be able to:

apply a significant range of professional and business skills, practices and techniques in project management.
initiate, manage and drive change through the application of sound financial and business competence.
undertake individual and team research and/or consultancy based projects.
describe the nature and functions of project management as well as understand the project life cycle and processes.
build a cohesive and productive project team and learn techniques to deal with the practical and emotional issues involved in team building including coordinating efforts across multiple units of the organization.
apply and use project management software and techniques to plan, monitor, control, and evaluate a project.

Career Information

The Project Management program is designed for professionals seeking to improve their professional repertoire with knowledge of project management. The project management practice can be applied to several career fields such as health care, pharmaceutical, service/outsourcing information technology, manufacturing, construction, and government. This certificate is a management development program suitable for: • Graduates who wish to pursue a career in Project Management. • Project Managers who wish to develop their professional practice and gain a qualification in this specialist area. • People from a range of disciplines who undertake Project Management as part of their job role or who wish to move into this professional discipline.

Project Management (PRJMGT) Courses

PRJMGT 300 Introduction to Project Management

Units:3
Hours:54 hours LEC
Prerequisite:None.
Advisory:CISC 310, ENGRD 110, and ENGWR 110
Transferable:CSU
Catalog Date:August 1, 2024

This is an introductory course covering the following topics: fundamental project management terminology, skills, concepts and techniques, how the project management processes are linked together, and role of stakeholders and organizational influences on projects.

PRJMGT 310 Project Integration and Scope Management

Units:3
Hours:54 hours LEC
Prerequisite:PRJMGT 300 with a grade of "C" or better
Transferable:CSU
Catalog Date:August 1, 2024

The course builds on the introductory project management class to explore the project integration management processes. The class reviews the how to successfully incorporate the required processes to define and coordinate the level of effort associated with project plan development, project plan execution, and overall change control.

Successful project outcomes depend on an effective project management plan, development and execution of the project as well as adherence to scope management processes. This begins with the proper application and integration of project process groups and knowledge areas.

PRJMGT 320 Project Time and Cost Management

Units:3
Hours:54 hours LEC
Prerequisite:PRJMGT 310 with a grade of "C" or better
Transferable:CSU
Catalog Date:August 1, 2024

This course provides project managers methods to effectively plan and manage the project schedule and budget.

The time management portion of this course covers activity definition, breakdown, estimation, sequencing, and control as well as schedule development. Project managers use a top down approach, such as a work breakdown structure (WBS), to decompose a project into manageable activities. As part of developing a schedule, a project manager allocates resources to project tasks and also documents it in a resource breakdown structure. The schedule baseline is the approved project schedule; management measures against the original baseline.

The cost management portion discusses how to estimate and develop a budget, and the importance of developing a cost baseline, which is the approved project budget. The cost baseline is managed through change control to enable the project manager to manage the variances through active corrective actions measures. The cost topic also covers resource planning, cost estimation, cost control systems, project budgeting and the basic accounting principles needed to ensure the success of the project.

PRJMGT 330 Project Quality Management

Units:3
Hours:54 hours LEC
Prerequisite:PRJMGT 310 with a grade of "C" or better
Transferable:CSU
Catalog Date:August 1, 2024

This course builds on the introductory project management class to explore the project quality management processes of quality planning, quality assurance, and quality control necessary to successfully meet conformance to project requirements and fitness of use. Quality standards and various methodologies are explored as well as tools and techniques that are used to manage project quality. The cost of poor quality is explained, as well as the cost/benefit associated with quality processes and procedures.

PRJMGT 340 Project Communication and Human Resource Management

Units:3
Hours:54 hours LEC
Prerequisite:PRJMGT 310 with a grade of "C" or better
Transferable:CSU
Catalog Date:August 1, 2024

The course explores the multiple communication channels within a project team and between a project and its various stakeholders. The class evaluates leadership styles that create motivating team atmosphere, guide the team through change and conflict while practicing ethical principles during the project. The course also assesses the resource issues around the management of the performance of all individuals involved in ensuring project success. The class analyzes techniques for teams to understand performance expectations, improve team productivity, and communicate how the project aligns with the organization’s strategic goals and objectives.

PRJMGT 350 Project Risk Management and Project Procurement Management

Units:3
Hours:54 hours LEC
Prerequisite:PRJMGT 310 with a grade of "C" or better
Transferable:CSU
Catalog Date:August 1, 2024

This course prepares project managers to gather information to successfully manage and respond to risks and opportunities through probability assessment and developing mitigation strategies for risks that may impact the project’s triple constraint. The course also equips project managers with tools to research and acquire goods and services needed by the project either within or external to the organization.

PRJMGT 495 Independent Studies in Project Management

Units:1 - 3
Hours:54 - 162 hours LAB
Prerequisite:None.
Transferable:CSU
Catalog Date:August 1, 2024

This course involves a student working individually on a topic of study and research beyond the scope of regularly offered courses. Upon the approval of the proposed topic, the student will work and keep in contact with the advisory
faculty to successfully complete the topic study. Students may take this course up to four times without duplication of the topics.

PRJMGT 499 Experimental Offering in Project Management

Units:0.5 - 4
Prerequisite:None.
Transferable:CSU
Catalog Date:August 1, 2024

This is the experimental courses description.