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Project Management Certificate

Course Outline

The Project Management Certificate program is a structured series of remote courses held via Zoom that prepare students for careers in the planning and business fields. Designed for employees from organizations involved in engineering, research and development, data processing, construction, facilities management, manufacturing, corporate planning, finance, and marketing, the four required courses will enhance the skills of technical competence and practical applications. Project management training gives you a competitive advantage to deliver on time, on budget, and within scope. When that training is with a Project Management Institute (PMI)® Registered Education Provider, you can be confident that your training aligns with A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) practices.

Career Potential

There are many positions and companies looking for applicants with project management experience. From obvious titles like Project Manager and Construction Manager to Systems Engineer and Director of Marketing.
Source: Burning Glass Technologies’ Labor Insight™ Real-time Labor Market Information tool.

Certificate Requirements

A Penn State certificate is awarded upon successful completion of the four required courses taken in sequential order. All courses are 21 hours each.

The four required courses in sequential order are:

  • Project Initiation and Planning
  • Project Scheduling and Integration
  • Project Costing and Control
  • Project Risk and Change Management

Meet the Instructors

  • Howard Meyers is an instructor in the Project Management Certificate program as well as for the Lean Agile Fundamentals Course. He is an Agile Coach and ScrumMaster on multiple Kanban software product development Scrum teams. He also provides Agile Coaching for implementing Kanban practices for product development teams.
  • Daral Woerle has been providing leadership, training, and consulting services to private businesses and government organizations for over 20 years. Daral has earned the Project Management Institute’s Project Management Professional (PMP) designation. In addition, he has developed and taught intermediate and advanced project management courses for private training companies and Penn State.
  • Todd Heath is a Leadership Development and Project Management instructor. He currently leads a team of over 40 program and project managers throughout the U.S. and Canada. He received his M.B.A. from Eastern University and has been managing projects for over 10 years.

Course Offerings

Project Initiation and Planning

The first course in the project management certificate program addresses the role of the project manager; organizational structures; the project life cycle; the project office; leadership; project selection criteria; the project planning process, objectives, scope, benefits, and strategies; as well as project planning, constraints, assumptions, exclusions, milestones, communications, and closeout criteria.


Cost: $575

Dates: Thurs., Jan. 14–Feb. 25

Time: 6:00–9:00 p.m. (via Zoom)

Registration for the Spring is now closed. 

Project Scheduling and Integration

This dynamic, hands-on course can provide students with the knowledge and ability to take a project plan and develop a schedule of the work needed to deliver the project objectives. The students can learn about developing a work breakdown structure, developing tasks, networking these tasks together, and analyzing the resulting schedule.

Cost: $575

Dates: Thurs., Mar. 18–Apr. 29

Time: 6:00–9:00 p.m. (via Zoom)

Registration for the Spring is now closed. 

Project Costing and Control

The third course in the Project Management Certificate program focuses on selection criteria, procurement, cost estimating, and control mechanisms.

Cost: $575

Dates: Thurs., May 13–June 24

Time: 6:00–9:00 p.m. (via Zoom)

Registration for the Spring is now closed. 

Project Risk and Change Management

The final course in the Project Management Certificate program addresses risk and change management; team responsibilities; conflicts; quality; ethics; and closeout.

Cost: $575

Dates: Thurs., July 1–Aug. 12

Time: 6:00–9:00 p.m. (via Zoom)

Registration for the Spring is now closed.

Find Out More

Want to learn more about our four-course project management certificate? Email Ryan Parker at [email protected].

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