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Explore Project Management
Enhance your project management expertise through our online Graduate Certificate in Project Management. This intensive certificate program provides a comprehensive exploration of project management methodologies, with a special emphasis on both agile and traditional approaches. It empowers students with the practical know-how needed to strategize, oversee, and successfully execute projects while upholding high-quality standards.
The curriculum emphasizes effective project budgeting and resource integration for optimal cost management. Students are encouraged to apply learned skills and strategies to tackle real-world business dilemmas, showcasing their leadership abilities in cost management, value optimization, and agile project development.
Build Your Career Future
Embrace the journey to professional success with our Project Management Graduate Certificate. Our hands-on coursework is applicable to the workplace from day one. Whether you've already earned a degree or are exploring a new career path, a project management certificate is a great way to earn a leadership credential, get your resume noticed, and showcase your expertise in a specialized area of knowledge right from the start.
Program Curriculum
Learn more about Champlain's 100% online graduate certificate in project management, designed for working professionals.
This course is designed to introduce a systematic process for planning, organizing and controlling projects. The course will present a practical methodology for completing projects more quickly with fewer problems. Student work will consist of readings, research, class special-topic presentations, group activities, a project management journal, and participation in a real world IT business project. Students will be encouraged to apply project-management techniques to solve existing real-world technology-related business problems.
In this course, students study Agile project management methodologies, in the context of software development, as a way of achieving Software Engineering quality goals. Students will learn what projects lend themselves to an agile approach, and how the agile approach relates to traditional project management, while learning the tools and techniques of Agile.
In this course, students will explore project uses of accounting and financial information and the development and use of project cost accounts. An introduction to common cost engineering principles, financial systems, and conventions will enable students to develop and evaluate project budgets. In addition, students will learn techniques to integrate resources, schedules, and cost estimates throughout the life of the project to predict and manage cost performance.
Prerequisites
Additional Program Details
Graduates of the online graduate certificate in project management will learn the following:
- Apply traditional project management methodologies to plan, organize, control, and complete projects while ensuring quality goals.
- Articulate strategic solutions to real-world business problems using Agile project management techniques.
- Evaluate financial information and cost accounts in project settings, develop and scrutinize project budgets, and integrate resources, schedules, and cost estimates to anticipate and manage cost performance efficiently.
Our admissions team seeks to admit students who:
- Hold a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution.
- Demonstrate a solid academic foundation - a minimum 2.5 GPA is our recommendation, though exceptions may be made on a case-by-case basis for those who demonstrate a potential for academic success in other ways.
- Possess an aptitude for success in an online learning environment.
- Exhibit the ability to make a positive contribution to the Champlain College Online community.
- The GMAT and/or GRE are NOT required for admission into a Champlain online graduate program.
To learn more about submitting transcripts, or requirements for those educated abroad or returning students visit our graduate Admissions page.
Our transfer credit evaluation team works hard to ensure you get the transfer credits you deserve, from a variety of sources including prior college credits, work experience and training, military training and experience, and more. Our goal is to help you graduate from Champlain College Online as quickly and affordably as possible. Visit our Transfer Credit Options page to learn more.
Champlain College Online's business faculty, led by Department Chair Dr. Elaine Young, are expert practitioners in the field. Their industry expertise ensures that our business management curriculum is aligned with the needs of employers, and reflects the skills today’s business professionals need for success. Classes led by our seasoned experts will give you real-world insight into the business world, and create a rich community of career-focused learning.
Tuition & Costs
Graduate Tuition Fall '25 - Summer '26
$595
per credit
$450
PER CREDIT FOR ALUMNI*, associate degree graduates, Servicemembers, Veterans**, and family members of veterans and servicemembers
$150
One-time graduation fee
Tuition & Costs
Graduate Tuition Fall '26 - Summer '27
$608
per credit
$500
PER CREDIT FOR ALUMNI*, associate degree graduates, Servicemembers, Veterans**, and family members of veterans and servicemembers
$150
One-time graduation fee
See the graduate cost of attendance and fees here
* Alumni is defined, for this tuition rate, as any degree program graduate from Champlain College or Champlain College Online.
** Veteran rate effective Spring 2025, not retroactive
Affordability and Paying For Your Education
We provide a number of options to make your online education affordable, including preferred tuition for alumni, associate degree graduates, community college graduates, and military.
Accomplish More with a Graduate Certificate in Project Management
Employment of project management specialists is projected to grow 6 percent from 2022 to 2032, faster than the average for all occupations. About 68,100 openings for project management specialists are projected each year, on average, over the decade. Many of those openings are expected to result from the need to replace workers who transfer to different occupations or exit the labor force, such as to retire.
https://www.bls.gov/ooh/business-and-financial/project-management-specialists.htm
Top Reasons to Pursue a Certificate
- Build new skills
- Earn a recognized credential
- Differentiate your resume
- Test a new field
- Pursue a passion
Why Champlain
Online Experience
"I did not expect my online classes to be so collaborative or to have such constant engagement. One might think the traditional classroom approach would have more of those things, but I found them be even more present in Champlain's online format."
Madhava Potluri
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
IS Consultant, MetLife
Academic Excellence and Recognition
Regionally accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education
Designated as a Military Friendly School for our commitment to the military community
Ranked among the best by Tech Guide for game design and computer science
Named the among the best schools with accelerated bachelor's degrees by Intelligent.com
Meet the Program Director
Elaine Young, PhD
Department Chair
Oversees
- Accounting (Certificates, A.S., B.S., M.S.)
- Analytics (Certificates, M.S. Programs)
- Business (Certificates, A.S.,B.S.,MBA)
- Digital Marketing (B.S.)
- Digital Marketing and Technology (M.S.)
- Digital Media (B.S.)
- Esports Management (B.S.)
- Finance (Certificates, A.S., B.S.)
- Healthcare (all programs)
- Human Resource Management
- Leadership (Organizational and Digital Transformation)
- Management Information Systems
- Marketing (M.S.)
- Marketing Analytics (M.S.)
- Marketing & Communication (B.S.)
- Marketing Management (B.S.)
- Positive Organization Development Certificate
- Positive Organizational Psychology & Development
- Project Management
- Public Administration
About
Dr. Elaine Young is the Program Director for all business programs, and Curriculum Innovation Faculty Lead, at Champlain College Online.
As chair, Dr. Young manages the faculty, curriculum, and assessment for undergraduate and graduate programs in the business programs as well as developing and teaching courses. As Curriculum Innovation Faculty Lead, Dr. Young supports creation of new curriculum offerings that serve both the needs of adults continuing their education and employers who need educational opportunities for their employees. Prior to her leadership role at Champlain College Online, Dr. Young has been part of the Champlain College community since 2000 as a professor and faculty advisor for traditional on-campus students. She is a HubSpot Educator and a Certified Appreciative Advisor.
Dr. Young has a Ph.D. in Organizational Management from Capella University, where her dissertation research examined technology use and adoption of college students. In addition, she holds an M.S. in Internet Strategy Management from Marlboro College, a B.S. in Communication and Public Relations from SUNY Brockport and an A.S. in Communication from Genesee Community College. Dr. Young has over ten years of experience in the Marketing and Public Affairs profession, specializing in nonprofits. She is the author of “Tuned-in Family: How to Cope, Communicate and Connect in a Digital World” (2014).
Frequently Asked Questions
Below are a few frequently asked questions about our project management graduate certificate.
The program is 100% online, allowing flexibility for working professionals.
Traditional frameworks and Agile methodology are explored.
Yes, all our programs are accredited by NECHE.
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