Project Management for IT Professionals

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The certificate in project management for IT professionals offers an overview of information systems, their role in organizations, and the relationship of information systems to the objectives and structure of an organization. The planning, scheduling, and controlling of a system project during its life cycle is explored. A survey of techniques for improving the productivity of workplace practices and procedures is included. With appropriate choice of courses, this certificate may be completed while pursuing the Bachelor of Science in information systems management.

Certificate Requirements

Students must take the following courses:

IFSM 201 Introduction to Computer-Based Systems (3)

IFSM 300 Information Systems in Organizations (3)

IFSM 438 Project Management (3)

IFSM 461 Systems Analysis and Design (3)

Students must take two of the following elective courses:

IFSM 302 Workplace Productivity (3)

IFSM 303 Human Factors in Information Systems (3)

IFSM 304 Ethics in the Information Age (3)

IFSM 430 Information Systems and Security (3)

IFSM 435 Information Security and E-Commerce (3)

IFSM 450 Telecommunication Systems in Management (3)

Total credits for certificate in Project Management for IT Professionals (18)