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Project Management

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, 2026

Certificate Requirements

Course Code	Course Title	Units
PRJMGT 300	Introduction to Project Management	3
PRJMGT 310	Project Organization & Prioritization	3
PRJMGT 320	Project Time and Cost Management	3
PRJMGT 330	Project Planning	3
PRJMGT 340	Project Risk and Quality Management	3
PRJMGT 350	Managing Procurement and Project Delivery	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, ENGL 110, and ENGRD 110
Transferable:CSU
Catalog Date:August 1, 2026

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 Organization & Prioritization

Units:3
Hours:54 hours LEC
Prerequisite:PRJMGT 300 with a grade of "C" or better
Transferable:CSU
Catalog Date:August 1, 2026

Organizations invest in projects to achieve its strategic initiatives and goals. The course analyzes how organizational strategic planning and projects are often intertwined. The techniques and processes from project management upfront drives not only project success but are also linked to organizational success.

The class analyzes the positive long-term impacts of project management in an organization. The implementation of successful programs, portfolios, and projects directly leads organizations to opportunities for growth.

The class discusses how an organization uses a myriad of tools to select and prioritize projects as well as allocate resources to initiate projects. One important document, the charter, is essential to project initiation. The project management application of knowledge areas, processes, and principles as well as performance domains and plan-drive or adaptive approaches are covered.

PRJMGT 320 Leading Project Teams though Stakeholder & Communications Management

Units:3
Hours:54 hours LEC
Prerequisite:PRJMGT 310 with a grade of "C" or better
Transferable:CSU
Catalog Date:August 1, 2026

This course will focus on communication and stakeholder management. Projects are impacted by a myriad of environmental factors such as an organization, its culture, project lifecycle, and team member roles within the organization. Projects also need resources such as people, materials, information, money, or time. These resources need to be acquired and managed to deliver the project successfully.

All projects have customers and stakeholders. Stakeholders can have a vested interested in projects that impact their program or portfolio. These stakeholders may use their power to influence project requirements to meet the needs of their the business that they represent. Stakeholder with high influence could make key decision that could impact the project scope. In such cases, the project team will need to manage and influence the expectations of stakeholders for the successful delivery of the project. The project manager also will need to actively balance the needs of the customer and stakeholders while managing the project scope.

Communication is also a critical component throughout the project. It delivers status, decisions made, transparency, builds trust, and articulates project goals to team members, so they understand what is expected of them and when.

PRJMGT 330 Project Planning

Units:3
Hours:54 hours LEC
Prerequisite:PRJMGT 310 with a grade of "C" or better
Transferable:CSU
Catalog Date:August 1, 2026

In the PMBOK 7th edition project planning involves a myriad of processes for the effective delivery of a project. These processes include initiation, planning, execution, monitor/control, and close.

This eight (8) week course reviews the methods for project managers to effectively plan and manage the project scope, schedule, resources, and cost. Planning involves the who, what, when, and how to take the actions to complete the objectives of the project. Ask yourself
- Is the project meeting the expectations of the customer and/or stakeholders?
- Does the project schedule encompass the tasks required to deliver the project on time and within the budget approved by the project sponsor?
- What communication methods (think communication plan) will be implemented to ensure effective communication to the customer, stakeholder, and project team?

The schedule management portion of this course covers activity breakdown, estimation, sequencing and scheduling.

When identifying resources project managers look at two skills - technical and soft skills. Technical skills include reviewing the demands and competencies required while balancing the workload amongst the project Team. Soft skills are behavioral; there are many behavioral challenges that can arise. Examples include:

- selecting team members work well together.
- determine where team members work whether face to face, virtually, or hybrid.
- matching individual drive to complete work to the best activity.
- assemble efficient and effective team to accomplish the goals of the project together.

The cost management portion discusses how to estimate and develop a budget, and why any budget is an estimate prior to the reporting of the actual costs. The budget also covers resource planning, cost estimation, cost control systems, project budgeting and the basic accounting principles you need to know to ensure the success of your project.

PRJMGT 340 Project Risk and Quality Management

Units:3
Hours:54 hours LEC
Prerequisite:PRJMGT 310 with a grade of "C" or better
Transferable:CSU
Catalog Date:August 1, 2026

In risk management the project manager works to minimize any potential issues that may impact a project's timetable negatively. The project manager also monitors for any risks, negative or positive (risk opportunities), associated with the project’s performance or budget. Through the life cycle of risk management, the project manager identifies, analyzes, and monitors risks that may occur to keep the project schedule and meet its goals. Risk management needs to be proactive through constant monitoring, not a reactive approach to managing risk.

Quality is the often forgotten fourth constraint in planning. In contrast, planning is key to ensure quality in the project. Let's analyze the importance of quality to successfully meet conformance to project requirements and fitness of use. Quality standards and methodologies are discussed to focus on managing it proactively as well as how the process defines the standards that are used in project deliverables. The cost of poor quality is explained, as well as the cost/benefit associated with quality processes and procedures.

PRJMGT 350 Managing Procurement and Project Delivery

Units:3
Hours:54 hours LEC
Prerequisite:PRJMGT 310 with a grade of "C" or better
Transferable:CSU
Catalog Date:August 1, 2026

Project managers pursue to deliver projects on time, with quality, and within budget and scope. When there are scarce resources or expertise available, organizations may choose to obtain goods or services internally or externally to their organization using an oral or written contract such as a procurement. The class equips project managers with the tools and techniques to acquire the right fit goods and services for the organization. This results in a procurement that create a win-win scenario for the organization and vendor and successful project delivery.

PRJMGT 495 Independent Studies in Project Management

Units:1 - 3
Hours:54 - 162 hours LAB
Prerequisite:None.
Transferable:CSU
Catalog Date:August 1, 2026

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, 2026

This is the experimental courses description.