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Overview

An unstoppable combination. A core competency in business communications paired with comprehensive strategic project management knowledge will undoubtedly give you the competitive edge in today’s global project-oriented marketplace. This degree program will you equip you with tangible communications strategies and expertise for leadership in business while providing you with critical management skills to optimize performance throughout any project life cycle.

The Project Management Institute ® (PMI®) has designated JIU as a Global Registered Education Provider (Global R.E.P.). PMI is a registered mark of Project Management Institute, Inc.

Curriculum Overview

Orientation (Credits: None)
JIU501: Orientation – Successful Online Learning for Masters Students

7 Communication and Leadership Core Courses (Credits: 21)
BC500: Business Research Methods
BC532: Directing Corporate Communication
BC541: Managing High-performance Teams
BC563: Enterprise Innovation and Technology
BC611: Leading with Integrity
BC628: Designing High-impact Presentations
ETH501: Making Ethical Management Decisions

4 Specialization Courses (Credits: 12)
MBA571: The Project Management Framework
MBA572: Planning Projects to Manage Outcomes
MBA573: Project Controls and Tracking Project Progress
MBA574: Strategic Thinking and Project Management

Capstone (Credits: 3)
BC681: MABC Capstone

Outcomes

Specialization Learning Outcomes

Examine the context of projects and differentiate between projects and operations.
Explain and apply project life cycles.
Plan for resources, costs, budgets, risk assessments and staffing requirements.
Develop timelines, conduct evaluations and measure overall strategic impacts for projects.

Program Learning Outcomes

Formulates, interprets and contributes to an organization’s vision by aligning business processes and teams to meet measurable objectives that contribute to success.
Directs or participates in the formulation and delivery of effective presentations, creating consistent messaging, and developing the pathways and processes to ensure consistent messaging across the business organization.
Actively contributes to the development and performance of others, including excellence in interpersonal communication, motivation techniques, coaching and mentoring, team leadership, design of an empowering work environment, and effective delegation.
Supports organizational stakeholders to achieve goals by developing and designing policy implementation, acting as a mediator to negotiate conflict, and facilitating leadership in others who carry out policies.
Grasps and applies a variety of leadership methods and practices; works to understand innate leadership abilities as well as the application of leadership practices to multiple business contexts and to self management; includes the ability to effectively influence and coach others; demonstrates stewardship of business organization.
Demonstrates awareness of the technology systems and solutions by assessing need, analyzing problems and proposing innovative solutions that contribute to and prove their value to the bottom line of business profitability.
Proficient in determining and acting upon ethical solutions to difficult and diverse situations to protect intellectual property and the rights of others as well as acting ethically within daily business practices and interactions, inclusive of a global point of view and associated legality.
Achieves the capacity to identify, analyze and formulate innovative solutions to complex problems involving people working toward business objectives; includes conducting appropriate research to build a valid case for the selected solution.
Goes beyond style and appearance to compose concise and powerful statements using various media, including the spoken word, to influence, persuade and present a strong case for a specific point of view.

Degree At A Glance

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Total Credits:

36 credits

Time Frame:

24 months

Designed For:

Ideal for communication professionals, this degree program will blend practical experience with business trends and theory in one of the most growth-oriented segments in the corporate world. Project management skill sets will enhance every professional who is focused on process and “people” management as it relates to organizational development.

Those who will find an advanced degree in project management invaluable include senior project managers, directors and coordinators, marketing and PR professionals, service managers and leaders responsible for large teams of people or operations and human resources departments.

These courses may also be used by existing PMP^® certificant(s) for professional development purposes and each course is worth 45 PDUs towards PMP^® Continuing Certification Requirements (CCR).

PMP^® is a registered mark of Project Management Institute, Inc.

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