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University of California, Irvine Extension is a Project Management Charter Global Registered Education Provider (provider number 1043) as well as a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider (provider number 2560).

Overview

CertificateThis program covers the A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), which serves as the fundamental knowledge base for project management.

Upon completion, you will be prepared to sit for the Project Management Professional® Exam. Recognized domestically and internationally, the PMP® certification has set a standard for excellence in project management.

Program Benefits

  • Apply fundamental project management principles, theories, and practices, including the basic concepts described in the most current version of the Project Management Institute's PMBOK® Guide.
  • Use project management tools and techniques that are effective in initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, controlling, and closing a project.
  • Identify characteristics of high performance teams and ways to manage stakeholder expectations.
  • Select appropriate techniques to communicate effectively with team members and other stakeholders.
  • Meet the education requirement to become certified as a PMP® and assist an individual in preparing to take the PMP® exam.
  • Earn continuing education credits for professional certifications (MCLE provider number 2560; PMI REP number 1043)

Who Should Attend

Individuals in any discipline who work on projects in either the public or private sector will benefit from course work. Those with 3-5 years work experience who are not currently working in this field will be prepared to pursue career opportunities specifically in the area of project management upon completion of the program.

Accelerated Format

You can complete the Project Management Certificate Program in as few as three quarters. For details, please view our Project Management brochure.

Certificate Requirements

A certificate is awarded upon completion of six required courses and two elective courses each with a grade of "C" or better for a minimum of 175 hours of instruction. Please see Application for Candidacy.

After you have completed all requirements, you may request to receive your official certificate by completing the Request for Certificate Form and returning it to our offices as noted on the form. All requirements must be completed within five (5) years after the student enrolls in his/her first course.

English Proficiency Requirement On-site Training
 

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Transfer Credit Jocelyn Cenna

As a "next step" on your educational pathway, UC Irvine Extension has an articulation agreement with partner colleges in which they will accept coursework from this certificate program as credit towards their following degrees:

  • University of Wisconsin-Platteville Online Master of Science in Project Management
    www.uwplatt.edu
  • Florida Institute of Technology Online Master’s Degree
    (contact school directly for degree program options)
    www.fit.edu
  • The International University of Monaco Online Master’s in Project Management
    www.monaco.edu

Advisory Committee

  • Diana Adler, technical specialist/scientist, Management and Supervisory Development, Nuclear Training Division
  • Timothy Covington, M.S., PMP, Senior Manager – Engineering, the Boeing Company
  • Quentin Fleming, M.S., author and management consultant, Fleming Management Consultancy
  • Steven D. Hall, PMP, vice president project management and consulting, PMOptimize
  • Stephen June, Sr. Business Systems Analyst
  • Adrienne Keane, PMP, Cisco Systems
  • Leroy Lambright, PMP, CSQA, Director, Engineering Quality Assurance, L3 Communications/ IEC
  • Janice Y. Preston, PMP, CPA, Core Performance Concepts, Inc.
  • Tony Roberts, M.S., Mechanical Engineering Manager, Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America
  • Stan K. VanBibber, PMP, SCPM, AVP, Enterprise Project Management
  • Mark Van Holsbeck, VP, IT Governance and Risk Mgmt, Avery Dennison
  • Marty Wartenberg, M.B.A., P.E., Business Consulting & Training
  • Julie M. Wilson, ACS, CEPM, FLMI, PMP
  • Debora Wright Henley, MBA, Manager, Project Management - IT Solutions, Northrop Grumman Corporation

PMP®, PMBOK® Guide, and Project Management Professional® are either certification marks, registered certification marks, or trademarks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.