This fall, Mount St. Mary’s University’s Richard J. Bolte, Sr. School of Business will begin offering undergraduate-level certificates in project management. The program expands upon the current, graduate-level certificate offered online to students who already have a bachelor’s degree.
“At the Mount, the project management certificate turns students into go‑to leaders who can plan, execute, and deliver real results. It’s a high‑impact credential that sets our graduates apart in today’s competitive job market,” said Dean of the Bolte School of Business Corinne Farneti, Ph.D., PMP.
The certificate is comprised of five courses, delivered online asynchronously, and prepares students to sit for the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) exam. Bolte School faculty who teach the graduate-level certificate classes, along with supply chain management professors, will lead the courses.
The position of a certified project manager is a rapidly-growing, in-demand role. A combination of the adoption of new technologies in project management, and the variety of job sectors in the Mid-Atlantic region, have created a greater need for project managers in every field from information technology to healthcare, defense to construction.
Not only does certification give prospective project managers an edge in the job market, it offers a median salary that is $30,000 higher than uncertified project managers. Regardless of the field they work in, project managers hold considerable duties, including overseeing scheduling, supplies, staffing, budget, and more for their company’s projects. Accordingly, the Mount’s certificate offers in-depth exploration of each common area of project management. With few comparable undergraduate certificate programs available in Maryland, this offering supports workforce development by addressing a clear gap in a high-demand field.
The Mount’s program in particular, as the only Maryland liberal arts school to offer the certificate, “emphasizes student inquiry to cultivate a reflective, creative understanding of the heritages and traditions that shape our local, global, and human communities,” explained Farneti. “This emphasis is directly supported by the project management certificate, particularly the way in which it purposefully progresses a student’s education from the basic foundations of project management to the specific knowledge domains as mapped out by the Project Management Institute (PMI).”
To learn more about the new undergraduate certificate in project management, please visit the Mount’s website.