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Nov 21, 2024
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Rensselaer Catalog 2024-2025
Program Management Graduate Certificate (Rensselaer at Work)
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The Program Management certificate is for aspiring, and current, program managers who can benefit from new knowledge, skills, and experience that will enable them to more effectively lead large programs to success in a world of uncertainty. On their certificate journey, participants will gain experience in establishing the operations, processes, and systems to evaluate and address cost, schedule, and performance challenges across multiple, interrelated projects. To effectively do so, participants will learn how to be servant leaders and skilled negotiators which will prepare them to face financial and contractual challenges head-on.
Students in the program work on a series of applied projects that closely resemble the activities a professional in the field faces. The program is taught by Rensselaer’s outstanding and highly ranked faculty. The program is built using a blended delivery methodology, bringing the best aspects of classroom and online learning together to deliver a unique project-based program – completely digitally, meaning that working professionals anywhere can participate fully in what is a personal and challenging experience. Not only do students learn the latest aspects of the profession, but they also gain experience through the project scenarios and faculty mentorship
The program is taught by Rensselaer’s outstanding and highly ranked faculty. The program is built using a blended delivery methodology, bringing the best aspects of classroom and online learning together to deliver a unique project-based program – completely digitally, meaning that working professionals anywhere can participate fully in what is a personal and challenging experience. Not only will students learn the latest aspects of the profession, they also’ll gain experience and proficiency through the projects.
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Certificate Information
The certificate requires three 3-credit hour courses, for a total of 9 credit hours.
•The program results in a graduate-level certificate in Program Management.
•The certificate’s blended online delivery reflects today’s dynamic workplace.
•Courses are taken for credit, and successful completion requires a GPA of 3.0 or greater.
•Practitioner faculty guide the completion of project work as it relates to student’s career objectives.
•Students may choose to complete multiple certificates or apply certificates to other degree programs, according to each program’s requirements (for eligible programs, see program Web site at ewp.rpi.edu).
•For more information about start dates and application requirements, see program Web site at (ewp.rpi.edu).
Students completing certificate program are able to:
•Lead as a program manager through behaviors and skills that can contribute to superior performance in leading a program to success.
•Deploy organization strategy by linking the strategic vision of the organization to the program and effectively communicating this to all members of the program teams. This strategic vision guides day-to-day decision making.
•Plan programs and evaluate their performance through the creation of program plans which utilize operational concepts and risk assessments.
•Manage program execution through the daily operations and activities to help ensure it runs smoothly, the workflows are streamlined, and work is completed efficiently towards the goals.
•Manage program finances and contracts through the creation, execution, and/or analysis methods that maximize the operational and financial performance of the program for the organization, while reducing its risk.
•Manage customer interactions through behaviors and habits that build effective relationships with the customer(s), especially when the customer(s) are external to the organization.
•Use systems thinking capacity to address complexity. Through systems thinking, the overall coordination, management, and success of a program is benefited.
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