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Engineering Project Management Certificate

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The Engineering Project Management Certificate is intended to help meet the requirements of industry by educating undergraduate engineering students to understand complex engineering projects, project organizations and project management methods. Students completing this certificate will be able to work effectively in multidisciplinary engineering projects immediately after completion and to advance more rapidly within the project management organization and profession. The management of projects entails technical knowledge, engineering skills and management skills.

The certificate program consists of (4) three-hour courses for a total of 12 credit hours. Two of the courses are technical electives, which can count toward the a B.S. degree depending on the department. Core requirements include CVEN 333 / ISEN 333 / MEEN 333 [Project Management for Engineers] (or departmental equivalent) and MGMT 363 [The Management Process] or MGMT 309 [Survey of Management]. The additional six hours are comprised of one or two engineering electives and up to one management elective in the Mays Business School. The certificate will be awarded upon completion of the B.S. degree in the Look College of Engineering. Completion of the certificate will be recorded on the student’s University transcript.

Guidelines
  1. Students must complete and submit certificate application to the Engineering Project Management Certificate program coordinator (705-C CE/TTI Bldg.) prior to registering for any of the certificate courses.
  2. Students shall not receive credit for both CVEN 333 and CVEN 349 towards the certificate or for any combination of cross-listed courses such as CVEN 333, ISEN 333 or MEEN 333.
  3. Students must submit a request to the program coordinator to be registered for the Business Electives.
Requirements
  1. Be in good academic standing within major department.
  2. Obtain a “C” or better in each course taken towards certificate program.
  3. Achieve an overall GPR of 3.0 in approved certificate program coursework.
  4. Meet all requirements for admission to upper division in the student’s major department.
  5. Submit completed certificate worksheet to the Program Coordinator upon registering for final course(s) to complete certificate requirements.
Course Requirement Summary
CREDIT
COURSE
3
CVEN 333 / ISEN 333 / MEEN 333 – Project Management for Engineers ~ OR ~
CVEN 349 - Civil Engineering Project Management
3
MGMT 363 - The Management Process ~ OR ~
MGMT 309 - Survey of Management
6
Technical Electives (see approved courses below)
Approved Technical Electives (select 1-2 courses)
CREDIT
COURSE
3
CVEN 405 – Managing Construction Projects and Project Risks
3
CVEN 473 – Engineering Project Estimating and Planning
3
CPSC 431 – Software Engineering
3
CPSC 437 – Engineering Software Projects
3
ISEN 303 – Engineering Economic Analysis
3
ISEN 411 – Engineering Management Techniques
3
ISEN 489 – Decision Making for Engineers
3
PETE 403 – Petroleum Project Evaluation
Approved Business Electives (select 0-1 course)
CREDIT
COURSE
3
MGMT 372 – Managing Organizational Behavior
3
MGMT 373 – Managing Human Resources
3
MGMT 424 – Organizational Design, Change and Development
3
MGMT 452 – International Management
3
MGMT 460 – Managing Projects
3
MGMT 470 - Small Business Management and Growth
Application and Worksheet

The Project Management Certificate application and worksheet are available in both .pdf and MS Word (.doc) formats below.

APPLICATION
WORKSHEET

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For more information, students should contact:

The appropriate departmental academic advising office or

Dr. Ivan Damnjanovic
Assistant Professor
Civil Engineering Department
705-C CE/TTI
3136 - Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-3136

Email:   idamnjanovic@civil.tamu.edu
Phone: (979) 862-6616
Fax:     (979) 845-8664