Project Management – PRJ1
Introduction
Program Video Placeholder
Video: Project Management Coordinator – NAME; [0:00] by Fanshawe College. Transcript and captions available on YouTube.
If you’re interested in a career in the new project-based economy, then Fanshawe’s one-year post-grad program is designed to help you leverage the power of projects to drive social and economic benefits.
By the time you graduate, you’ll have enhanced analytical, critical thinking, and communication skills as well as an increased understanding of the business environment. These skills will place you on a successful career path in project management and business.
Roles along your journey include skills related to working with: budgets, timelines, change, project value, quality control, risks and people.
Unique Program Experiences
Organizations and economies around the world are facing increased competition and continuous disruption from technology. To maintain their viability, they have to accelerate the pace of change through their projects. Project management defines how organizations perform this change to meet their goals and deliver future value to the organization. Project management expertise is essential in almost all industries. If you’re interested in joining the expected 88 million people working in project management by 2027, take a closer look at this program.
Program Highlights and an Online Option
You will be studying at a graduate certificate level in a field that is in demand and relevant to today’s rapidly changing business environment.
You’ll have the flexibility to take the program full-time in the classroom, or full-time online in two semesters. The full-time in the classroom option has three intakes per year. You can also take the program part-time online with asynchronous delivery so your course work will not conflict with your current employment schedule. Some students use a combination of these options.
This learning experience will provide you with the skills to:
- Identify and articulate project objectives and detailed project requirements.
- Understand and use fundamental business concepts and tools to ensure project success.
- Initiate, plan, execute, monitor and control a project.
- Manage project: stakeholders, scope, costs, schedules, risk and quality.
- Use Agile techniques to deliver projects.
- Respond effectively to internal and external changes to projects.
A SILEx opportunity, a capstone course that focuses on the recovery of projects; you can find out more about our SILEx experience at SILEx and Job Skills for the Future.
Toolkit
Tools and technology that students will take away from the program include:
- Project management methodologies e.g. Project Management Institute’s (PMI®) Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide)
- Excel skills
- Microsoft Project skills
- Agile practices
The program content aligns with the Project Management Institute’s (PMI®) Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide).
Student Experience
You’ll be encouraged to join the Project Management Institute (PMI) as a student member and participate in the local chapter’s events and activities.
Your LinkedIn profile will be a priority for your project management career. One of your goals will be leveraging your access to LinkedIn Learning to identify and obtain project related micro credentials for your profile.
Upon completion of the first semester, you’ll be eligible to pursue the Project Management Institute (PMI) Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) designation or the Project Management Professional (PMP) designation (after completing the prescribed period of professional project management experience).
Your Future Career
Based on the PMI’s most recent Talent Gap report, “2.3 million people will be needed each year to fill all of the project management oriented positions expected to open by 2030”. Organizations will be under increasing pressure to remain competitive and will need to find problem solvers with people skills that can enable change and support new strategic goals.
The top three skills that provide a career advantage to project managers to help make this happen are: communication, problem-solving, and collaborative leadership.
Your Future Path
A project manager career is a journey, frequently it involves gaining experience in a specific industry while pursuing opportunities such as:
| Entry Level | Project Manager | Senior Project Management |
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To learn about the Project Management program, including the description, admission requirements and courses, see the program website.
