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Global Project Management

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Global project management professionals control every aspect of the project from the initial concept through design, task completion and implementation. Organizations of all types and sizes depend on the completion of projects to be sustainable and remain competitive.

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Credential
Ontario College Graduate Certificate
Duration
Four semesters
Start Date(s)
September (Fall)
Locations
Belleville
Port Hope
Open to
International Students
CIP Code
52.0211

Note: This is a non-funded program and is therefore not OSAP eligible.

Find your career

Global project management professionals find employment in a range of sectors, including business, finance, education and construction. Develop essential skills in the following: 

  • Project management 
  • Communication 
  • Planning 
  • Information support 
  • Managing 
  • Risk and cost management 
  • Procurement 
  • Global portfolio development 
  • Stakeholder relations

Is it for you?

Global project management training will prepare you with the skills to oversee projects and lead dynamic teams in a diverse range of settings. This is an excellent field for college and university graduates who possess: 

  • Exceptional organizational and leaderships skills 
  • Interest in learning about other cultures and have a global mindset 
  • The ability to think creatively and strategically 
  • Flexibly and adaptability to change 
  • Exceptional time and team management skills 
  • Critical thinking and problem-solving skills

How you'll learn

Students will acquire the creative, practical, and advanced knowledge and skills that contribute to the effective management of the critical elements required to ensure overall project success. Students will also learn how to create and operate a global technology infrastructure managing thousands of individual projects within their portfolios. 

Get hands-on skills in the following: 

  • Learn how to manage project goals, constraints, deliverables, performance criteria, quality control needs, and resource requirements as defined by international project stakeholders. 
  • Align and adapt management and leadership strategies and styles when working on projects according to internal organizational culture and best practices in a Canadian business environment. 
  • Facilitate communication, negotiation and collaboration with international stakeholders to ensure the successful completion of projects. 
  • Ensure compliance of ethical and professional standards in a Canadian business environment when managing projects. 
  • Manage relationships and resolve conflict to establish motivation and promote positive organizational change. 
  • Integrate inclusive practices to support equity and participation of diverse stakeholders when managing projects. 
  • Use technology tools for communication, collaboration, planning, information support and decision-making purposes for planning and managing global projects. 
  • Analyze financial information to promote operational effectiveness and to support the scope, planning, procurement, risk and cost management of projects. 
  • Develop and manage a comprehensive project plan for global projects, programs and portfolios using technology and software systems to meet stakeholder requirements. 
  • A co-op work term or experiential learning opportunity of an academic program of study provides students with relevant and applied industry experience. 

Co-op work terms are valuable work-integrated learning experiences that allow students to demonstrate their skills in real-world environments with industry support. The market for co-op employment is competitive, and students are expected to participate actively in their job searches. Students, with support, will be expected to identify and secure a co-op work term experience. Co-op work terms are subject to student eligibility, availability, and program review. If unable to secure or participate in a co-op work term, students will complete an alternative experiential learning opportunity.

Courses

PROJ1000 Communication 1

Communication is a critical element of successful projects, and project managers must develop the ability to communicate effectively with a wide diversity of stakeholders. Communication 1 is designed to support students' success in both the Project Management program and their future career. Students will learn the core concepts, as well as the tools and practices to be employed for effective project communications management. Specific focus is based on research, analysis, and communicating those findings using standard office technology.

PROJ1004 Human Performance in Project Management

Human Factors in Project Management is a hands-on, experiential learning-based course where students will actively participate in all aspects of the employee lifecycle. Special focus will be given to the areas of recruiting, selecting, training, engaging, coaching, leading, and exiting employees. Students will develop their skills in each area using practical, real-world examples and situations.

PROJ1008 Industry and Business Strategy

This course is broken into two interrelated areas of study. First, the course aims to explore the changing business environment and then understand how these changes will impact an organization and specific projects. The ability to identify and analyze industry trends is a critical skill set for all future leaders and will give successful students a competitive advantage within their career. The course then moves on to help students learn to apply those trends within an organization’s strategic development process. Beginning with the basics of strategic planning, the course moves on to develop business cases for analysis and selection. The goal is to support students in understanding the strategic process to help organizations achieve better-than-average results for the projects students will one day lead.

PROJ1005 Leadership

Leadership is a people activity and is distinct from human resource administration or planning activities. This course will explore the theories of leadership and provide some application through case studies of leadership on a project team. Students will learn the core concepts, as well as tools and practices for effective leadership in project management positions.

PROJ1002 PMI Project Management 1

PMI Project Management 1 is the baseline course designed to empower students with the knowledge, skills and techniques required to lead projects. This course provides an introduction to the environment in which projects operate and focuses on the five process groups and 10 knowledge areas. An emphasis is placed on project management methods, procedures, rules, tools and techniques, triple constraints and project lifecycle. This course follows the PMI prescribed guidelines.

PROJ1006 Practical Application 1

Practical Application 1 applies basic project management concepts using real-world case studies, situations and projects to help develop students' ability to think like project leaders. Students will progress through each project phase or stage of a project developing not just the skills but also the understanding of how to apply project concepts in new and dynamic ways. The goal of this course is to use examples to encourage student development of key concepts and how these concepts are applied in real-world environments.

PROJ1003 Project Budgeting and Approvals

Project budgeting and approvals involves formulating, estimating, evaluating, and documenting the project budget plan, using analysis to compare alternative approaches and ultimately selecting the best option. This course will cover a collection of principles, standards, processes and techniques that are required in analyzing and influencing the budget and cost management performance of projects. The key topics covered include the fundamental of project budget planning and accounting, project estimating techniques, activity-based costing (ABC) principles and techniques, project financial feasibility, earned value management, budget reporting, and project authorization approaches and techniques.

PROJ1007 Communications 2

Communication 2 is built upon the foundational learnings developed in Communications 1. The course is focused on the in-person and face-to-face communications, which are so critical in today's collaborative work environment. This is a broad-based course where everything from presentation skills to coaching to complex JAD session facilitation will be explored. This is an experiential learning environment where students will get to practice working with others in a comfortable and relaxed (hopefully fun) class environment. Prerequisite: PROJ 1000

PROJ1011 Customer Experience & Business

The Custom Experience and Business Transformation course is a unique curriculum that prepares students to apply progressive insights related to two critical topics facing today’s organizations. The first part of this course focuses on maximizing customer value through the development of exceptional customer experience at each of the customer touchpoints. The course will introduce key concepts to help students understand how organization can develop stronger and more profitable customer relationships. The second part of this course focuses on business transformation and organizational change and teaches project leaders the key tools, approaches, and skills to implement change within a project framework. Specific focus will be based on given best practices and real-world situations for both tactical and behavioural elements of the change management process. Prerequisite: PROJ 1004

PROJ1012 Innovation & Sustainability

The Innovation and Sustainability course is broken into two distinct parts. Firstly, students will focus on the key concepts, approaches, and tools within innovation. Specific focus will be on developing an innovative mindset and using that approach to successfully develop current ideas for organizations in any industry. Students will explore the importance of an innovation strategy, key terminology and concepts, selection criteria, and how to enhance creativity within complex organizations. The second part of this course will examine how global organizations are integrating the three pillars of sustainability (economic, social, and environmental) throughout the functional areas (e.g., human resources, marketing, operations, accounting, finance) of business to remain competitive in the long term. Students will explore the historical context, the business case, internationally recognized frameworks and respective principles, the role and significance of multiple stakeholders, sustainability assurance, greenhouse gas emissions and climate change.

PROJ1009 PMI Project Management 2

PMI Project Management 2 builds on the knowledge and skills developed in PMI Project Management 1. Using the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® 7) as a guide to enhance students’ project capabilities within the next iteration of PMI approaches with a focus on the changes in PMI to a principles-based approach vs. the traditional process-based approach in PMBOK 6. All 12 overarching project management principles will be explored in detail, with an emphasis placed on achieving the desired project outcomes. The goal of this course, in combination with PMI Project Management 1, is to prepare students who choose to write their PMI certification. Prerequisite: PROJ 1002

PROJ1013 Practical Application 2

Practical Application 2 builds on the foundational knowledge and skills developed in Practical Application 1. In this course students will use a complex real-world project case to further develop project management skills. Structured and designed to tie in all course learnings and encourage teaming to exchange ideas on how to solve issues within a project environment. This course's applied project is more complex, requiring a more detailed approach to ensure project results are achieved within a dynamic and changing business environment. Prerequisite: PROJ 1006

PROJ1001 Project Management Technology

This course engages students with its hands-on approach and in-depth coverage of currently utilized industry recognized project management software systems. Through the exploration of these systems, students develop an understanding of how technology can support foundational project management knowledge in the areas of project planning, defining scope, priorities, and work breakdown structure, creating scheduling estimates for timing and project costs, developing project networks, and communicating project information, identifying compliance and risk issues, assigning resources, identifying potential efficiencies and tracking progress.

PROJ1010 Project Risk, Quality and Cont

The Project Risk, Quality, and Contracts course is broken into three distinct yet interlinked topic areas. In the first section, risk is explored with a specific focus on the processes and activities necessary to manage risk throughout a project lifecycle. Students will be exposed to practical exercises, tools, and techniques for both qualitative and quantitative analysis and mitigation strategies. Students will then explore the principles and processes regarding quality within both an organizational and project framework. The objective is to help students understand the importance of quality and its practical application within a business environment in preparation for life after college. Lastly, students will gain an understanding of basic principles in contract law with a specific focus on areas of contract formation, terms and conditions, potential liability, vendor accountability, and professional conduct. Students will develop an ability to recognize and respond appropriately to contract situations that can occur in any project-based situation. Prerequisite: PROJ 1003

PROJ2006 Co-op & Career Prep

This course continues students’ trajectories into their co-op placement or future career search.

PROJ2005 Entre and Intra-preneurship

This course begins by exploring the entrepreneurship process with special attention to customer-centric design, product and service development, business casing, marketing, operations, and finance within a start-up environment. Taking these learnings, the course then explores how to apply entrepreneurship principles and processes into an organizational environment with special attention to managing organization cultures and structures to achieve project success.

PROJ2002 Global Enterprise Proj Man

In today’s modern business environment, many projects are global in nature. This course explores cross-national projects at a deeper level. Specific emphasis is placed on culture practices, legal frameworks, risk and issues management, communications, and ethics. Students will gain an appreciation for the increased complexity of global projects and the different approaches to support implementation.

PROJ2004 Industry Cultures & Management

This course explores how industries differ based on structure, culture, language, etc. The goal is to help students understand how to operate and navigate these different industries when beginning their career. The second part of this course focuses on learning modern management approaches and best practices so that students are familiar with these ahead of entering the work force.

PROJ2001 PMI Project Management 3

PMI has developed a number of additional certification options which enable students and practitioners to enhance their skill sets to meet the needs of progressive organizations. In this course, students will explore additional certification opportunities, including scrum, agile, programs, change, etc. Prerequisite: PROJ 1009

PROJ2003 Problem Solving & Issues

Employers today are looking for employees who can help them solve problems. This course, using a case-based approach, focuses on real-world organizational problems to develop realistic and implementable solutions. Special focus is understanding root causes, peripheral issues, solution development, and impact/readiness assessment within an organizational environment.

PROJ2000 Project Management Tech 2

Building on the learning from Technology 1 course, students will enhance their knowledge and skills in more advanced business applications. This course will use research to understand what applications may be required for each situation and then analyze the best fit options given the organizational environment. Specific attention is placed on current critical business applications (CRM, ERP, etc.). Where possible, students will gain hands-on experience using the applications with real-world examples and activities. Prerequisite: PROJ 1001

GPMG2007 Co-op Placement

Students will apply previous learning in a hands-on environment in the Canadian industry to gain experience to add to their resumé. Prerequisite: PROJ 1000, PROJ 1001, PROJ 1002, PROJ 1003, PROJ 1004, PROJ 1005, PROJ 1006, PROJ 1007, PROJ 1008, PROJ 1009, PROJ 1010, PROJ 1011, PROJ 1012, PROJ 1013, PROJ 2000, PROJ 2001, PROJ 2002, PROJ 2003, PROJ 2004, PROJ 2005, PROJ 2006

GPMG2009 Professional Certification Preparation

In this course, students will prepare for certification in the most in-demand proprietary certifications to enhance their employability attributes upon graduation. Prerequisite: PROJ 1000, PROJ 1001, PROJ 1002, PROJ 1003, PROJ 1004, PROJ 1005, PROJ 1006, PROJ 1008, PROJ 1009, PROJ 1010, PROJ 1011, PROJ 1012, PROJ 1013, PROJ 2000, PROJ 2001, PROJ 2002, PROJ 2003, PROJ 2004, PROJ 2005, PROJ 2006

*Courses subject to change.

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Admission requirements

Required academic preparation 

  • A diploma or degree from a recognized college or university or equivalent, preferably in business, engineering, IT/software or the skilled trades. 

All teaching within Loyalist is conducted in English. In order to be successful in a program, skills such as communication, listening comprehension, and reading and writing must be at a level sufficient to meet the demands of post-secondary studies. All applicants to Loyalist whose first language is not English, or whose previous education was in another language, will be expected to provide an English proficiency assessment for admissions approval. Details about language and general admission requirements are available here. 

How to Apply  

If you are an international applicant, click here for details about how to apply to this program.

 

If you are a Canadian resident and are interested in applying to this program, please contact admissions@loyalistcollege.com. 

Costs

Belleville

Port Hope

Approximate Costs (2024 – 25)

  • International Tuition: $15,000
  • Full-Time Ancillary Fees:* $1,367
  • Mandatory Health Insurance: $659
  • Total: $17,026

Approximate Costs (2024 – 25)

  • International Tuition: $15,000
  • Full-Time Ancillary Fees:* $609
  • Mandatory Health Insurance: $659
  • Total: $16,268

*Fees related to programs that are less than or greater than two semesters will be adjusted accordingly. Fees are subject to change. Please visit the Tuition and fees page for a list of the many services, activities and items included within the ancillary fees, and the related policies.

Paying for college 

At Loyalist College, we believe that cost should never be a barrier to your success. We’re here to help you navigate the costs of college and connect you with a variety of financial aid programs, resources and donor-supported awards. Explore paying for college.

Co-op work term fee 

The fees listed above do not include the co-op work term fee ($900). Students are expected to participate actively in securing a co-op work term. If ineligible or unable to secure a co-op  work term, students are required to complete an alternative experiential learning opportunity in their final semester and will be assessed a different fee ($2,800). These fees are not added to fourth semester tuition fees; rather, they replace regular semester tuition fees. 

Industry certifications

Project Management Institute 

As a graduate of Loyalist College’s full-time Global Project Management post-graduate program, you may be eligible to advance your profession through the Project Management Institute (PMI). The PMI offers a variety of voluntary certification levels for applicants who meet specific prerequisites, including postsecondary completion and industry experience. 

Professional certifications from Scrum Alliance (Agile Leadership and ScrumMaster) as well as Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) certifications on Microsoft Project software can also be available to students, subject to availability from the certification agency. 

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