The UBC Certificate in Project Management can help you:

• fast-forward your career with current project management skills and techniques
• become a project management expert within your industry, ensuring timely and cost-effective completion of critical projects
• transition from project specialist to a leader of high functioning project teams
• enhance your performance and ability to contribute to the company's bottom-line results.

This program is not intended as a PMP exam preparation course. For information about PMP exam prep offerings, click here.

This program is delivered over four months in seminar and computer lab environments with assignments and team project work completed in class. The curriculum consists of project management knowledge areas focused on PMI standards of the Project Management Body of Knowledge, a structured experience learning in teams, as well as obtaining a proficiency in Microsoft Project. Curriculum is subject to change.

Curriculum Format
The curriculum focuses on the five project management process groups (initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and control, and closing), as well as a Team Project component and individual assignments. Students are in the classroom or computer lab from 9am to 4pm, Monday through Thursday, with Friday available for additional team project meetings or individual study time. Course hours are divided between instructional hours, as well as facilitated and structured team project work.

Process Groups
The UBC Certificate in Project Management full-time program focuses on the following process groups.

Required Courses	Courses
Project Initiation	Team Establishment Project Management Essentials Project Selection and Charter Development Stakeholder Management	More
Project Planning	Scope Planning Task and Resource Estimating and Scheduling Budgeting Risk Management Communication Planning Project Negotiation	More
Project Execution	Quality Management Procurement Management Human Resources Management	More
Project Monitoring and Control	Project Controlling Earned Value Management Project Performance Reporting Change Management	More
Project Closing	Project Closing	More
Project Leadership and Presentation	Business Processes and Analysis Conflict Resolution Career Management Presentation Skills	More
Microsoft Project®	Scheduling and tracking with Microsoft Project®	More

Note: The course format and curriculum, including topics covered and assignments may be subject to change in order to accommodate the level of expertise and needs of the learners.

Team Project
The team project runs concurrently with the instructional sessions, allowing participants to put the theory and techniques learned into practice. The team project is considered an integral part of the program experience and serves to bring together participants with complementary skills and interests to apply their collective knowledge. Aside from emulating a teamwork environment that mirrors real-life work situations, the team project should result in participants leaving the program with a project plan to include in a professional portfolio.

Teams are usually four to five members in size and are pre-selected based on backgrounds and experience to ensure that there is a reasonable balance and mix within the teams. Expect to spend about nine to twelve hours per week working on team assignment work, and individual assignments, which can be completed mainly within the allotted class time.

Team Work and Peer Evaluations
Projects are inherently team based activities. The ability to work with others in a cooperative and collaborative way is one of the keys to successful project management. To reflect this reality, both the part-time and full-time programs include a team project. Spread over the duration of the program, the assignments allow students to work in teams while exercising the skills learned in class. To promote effective team work and to allow course participants to develop their teamwork skills, team members enter into a “team agreement” that specifies the terms of reference within which the team will function. In support of that agreement a 360 degree feedback process is used throughout the program to provide a method for team members to provide feedback to each other. The process is designed to provide constructive information that can help individuals understand how their efforts are perceived by their colleagues. The 360 degree feedback process is an integral part of the assessment system for the team-based assignment. The marking schema takes into account team feedback and the contributions to the team made by individual team members.

Course Objectives

• demonstrate understanding of project management – i.e. application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to a set of project activities to meet project requirements.
• demonstrate understanding of project management processes and process groups – i.e. initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing.
• demonstrate understanding of and ability to put in place processes that allow participants to manage the competing demands for scope, time, cost, risk and quality.
• demonstrate understanding of the various team project stakeholders, their needs and expectations.
• demonstrate the ability to integrate knowledge of project management and create a successful and practical solution to one of the options in the team project.
• demonstrate the ability to work successfully as part of a team.

Curriculum for the full-time program is delivered over four months in face-to-face seminar and computer lab environments with most assignments/team project work completed in class. Classes take place at UBC Robson Square in downtown Vancouver.

Next Program Dates: September 4-December 13, 2012
Earlybird discount: save $400 if you apply, and upon acceptance to the program, submit your deposit by July 10, 2012.

Program Fees
There is no fee to apply to the program.

Full tuition is $9,200, with a non-refundable deposit of $2,000 due upon acceptance to reserve your space in the program. The remaining tuition balance of $7,200 is due one week prior to the program start date.

Note: Fees are based on the current academic year and are subject to change. Deferral of the non-refundable deposit nor program fees are not allowed. Text and materials related to courses may constitute an additional cost.

Funding Opportunities
Student loans are available for the full-time program (to a maximum of $5,440 for students without dependents, and up to $8,670 for students with dependents). Human Resources and Skills Development Canada also have funding available. Click here for details.

Assessment Methods
Students are graded on their team and individual assignments. A 360 degree feedback process is used throughout the program to provide constructive information that can help individuals understand how their efforts are perceived by their colleagues. The 360 degree feedback process is an integral part of the assessment system for the team-based assignments and this marking schema takes into account team feedback as well as the contributions to the team made by individual team members.

Graduation Requirements
To earn the UBC Certificate in Project Management, participants must successfully complete each module requirements, team and individual assignments and achieve at least a pass or grade of at least 60%.

The courses in the UBC Certificate in Project Management are taught by professionals in the field who bring their education and work experience into the classroom.

Instructors have been selected to provide a balance of academic instruction and practical experience, ensuring that the program is comprehensive and dynamic. Our instructors include independent consultants or full-time staff in organizations that practice project management; they not only know project management because of their work, they also know how to effectively communicate their knowledge.

• BARBAZUK, Stephen
• COMEY, Teresa
• GOATHAM, Robert
• JEROMIN, Cindy
• MCKAY, Jeff
• NG, Claudia
• NOVAKOWSKI, Louise
• OUCHI, Michael
• PENNER, Pam
• RINGSTAD, Alessandra
• VANDENBERG, Frank

Participants should also read and understand the Program Handbook before applying to the program. The Handbook contains detailed information about program curriculum as well as important policies, terms and conditions that participants are required to be aware of.

You will need to download the free Adobe's Acrobat Reader to view the pdf document. If you would prefer to receive the handbook in the mail, contact us by email with your complete name and full mailing address.

There is no cost to submit an application; however, a non-refundable deposit of $2,000 is due upon acceptance to reserve your space in the program.

Before applying this program, please read and understand the Program Handbook.

Admission Requirements

Program participants must have the following:

• a bachelors degree, or if a mature student must be a secondary school graduate and have some level of prior experience in the project management field
• a minimum of three years of work experience or a combination of relevant work experience and education. While work experience is not strictly interpreted as project management experience, management experience in this area is encouraged
• fluency in the English language (business English written and oral skills) before entering the program. Note: a TOEFL or IELTS English Language score may be requested.

If you have read the program handbook and met the admission requirements you can apply to the program by filling out and submitting an online application form.

An admissions committee reviews program applications, and individuals are advised in writing as to whether they have been accepted into the program.

To apply, complete the online application form and attach the required supporting documents. As space in the programs is limited, information on the application form and in supporting documents should be as thorough as possible so that the admissions committee will have sufficient information on which to base its decision.