Project Management (MSc)

Gain the expertise to undertake complex business planning projects in modern, global workplaces, and master skills that will prepare you for a career in a variety of industries and professions.

Block teaching designed around you

• You deserve a positive teaching and learning experience, where you feel part of a supportive community. That’s why most of our postgraduate taught students will enjoy an innovative approach to learning using block teaching, where you will study one module at a time. You will benefit from more regular assessments and feedback, a better study-life balance, and a simplified timetable that provides more time for work, professional development, caring responsibilities, and everything else that's important to you. Our block-taught courses are informed by industry practice, often accredited by professional bodies, and are delivered by passionate and talented academics, who will help you develop the skills to achieve your goals.

Overview

• Project management is crucial in all business fields, from the financial sector and information technology to healthcare and public services. With more organisations defining their activities as projects, the demand for well qualified project managers is growing.
• This course has been designed to meet the increasing demand for effective project management across all industries and sectors. The course provides an emphasis on equipping students with skills and expertise to both plan and practice in project management in global business and social environments and emerging trends influencing project management such as virtual and hybrid work.
• It provides a career entry, or further development, in the discipline of Project Management, beyond its traditional confines of engineering and construction, as applicable to enterprise management theory and practice. A central emphasis of the programme is a focus on responsible project management (RPM), to assist students to understand how project management can impact and improve society.

Key features

• This course considers emerging trends within Project Management such as flexible and virtual project teams to provide you with the most up to date knowledge.
• The Project Management Futures: Emerging Trends and Professional Frameworks module will give you the opportunity to enhance your understanding of the profession by engaging with professional project management bodies and the DMU Careers team as well as develop your personal SWOT analysis for career realisation.
• Benefit from block teaching, where most students study one subject at a time. A simple timetable will allow you to really engage with your learning, receive regular feedback and assessments, get to know your course mates and enjoy a better study-life balance.

Structure and assessment
Course modules

• Block 1: Managing Projects for Success: Lifecycle Optimisation
• Block 2: Responsible Project Management: Ethics & Sustainability
• Block 3: Organisational Project Management: Dynamic Influence for Governance
• Block 4: Project Management Futures: Emerging Trends and Professional Frameworks
• Block 5 & 6: Project Management Dissertation

Teaching and assessment

• You will be taught through a combination of workshops, lectures, projects and online resources.
• Over the whole programme, there is a varied mix of assessment including: presentations, case study analysis, individual exercises, report writing, and essay writing. These are developed during the module with the opportunity for in-class formative feedback. Learners will also be issued in advance with a proposed timetable of assessments in order to ensure that academic work is timed appropriately and that students are provided with an opportunity to effectively plan and manage their time and workloads.