Master of Project Management - Professional Stream

Curtin University

If you are looking to start a new career in project management, or have recently graduated and not yet gained experience in the field, this two-year course will introduce you to the foundations of the discipline before moving onto more challenging projects later in the course. The opportunity to study 3-4 elective units will allow you to develop your skills in complementary areas outside of project management (for example: health, science, education or engineering). This is valuable if there is a specific field where you aim to apply your project management skills. Project management is a distinct professional discipline, having its own body of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques. It involves managing a project from inception to completion and the successful attainment of the project objectives. The course is applicable to a wide variety of industries such as education, health, commerce, information technology, construction, engineering and research and development. You can select either the Research Stream or the Professional Stream for your final semester.What you'll learndescribe and apply the principles, concepts, tools, techniques and processes of project management, and extend the boundaries of knowledge through researchthink critically and reflectively to analyse project management problems and issues and generate practical effective solutions to facilitate project successsource, critically evaluate and synthesise information to support comprehension and decision making in a project environmentcommunicate effectively graphically, orally, and in writing, with academic, professional and community stakeholdersuse appropriate technologies for the facilitation of project management processesrecognise the value-of an international perspective on project management processesappreciate the cultural diversity of the wider community and its impacts on project managementconduct themselves in an ethical and professional manner demonstrate skills in leadership, self-motivation and working in teamsuse a range of strategies that will enable continued learning

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