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USC Catalogue 2022-2023 [ARCHIVED CATALOGUE]
USC Bovard College
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Graduates of the Master of Science in Human Resource Management program at USC Bovard College line up for the Commencement Ceremony.
Photo courtesy of USC Bovard College.
USC Bovard College graduate programs are designed to provide professionals with specialized knowledge and skills to advance their careers in a student-centered and supportive learning environment. Our graduate programs include an MS in Criminal Justice, an MS in Emergency Management, an MS in Hospitality and Tourism, an MS in Human Resource Management, and an MS in Project Management, which were designed by some of the most influential minds in their respective professions.
Founded in 2015, the USC Bovard College is proudly named after Emma Bovard, one of the first students to enroll at USC in 1880 and an early advocate for equal access to quality educational opportunities. In addition to providing rigorous graduate programs for professionals in flexible, convenient formats, USC Bovard College supports individuals during key academic and career transitions through programs such as USC Summer Programs and USC Bovard Scholars.
USC Bovard College
1150 S. Olive Street, SCT-300
Los Angeles, CA 90089
(213) 821-3000
info@bovardcollege.usc.edu
Administration
Anthony Bailey, Dean
John Keim, Chief Academic Officer
Gregory Vigil, Chief Operating Officer
Shamir Patel, Director of Admissions
Faculty
To see our MS in Criminal Justice faculty, click here.
To see our MS in Emergency Management faculty, click here.
To see our MS in Hospitality and Tourism faculty, click here.
To see our MS in Human Resource Management faculty, click here.
To see our MS in Project Management faculty, click here.
Master’s Programs
Admissions Overview
USC Bovard College completes a comprehensive review of all applications. We do not use a formula. Successful applicants will have demonstrated academic and professional success.
Applicants must have:
- A bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university, or foreign equivalent.
- For international applicants, a valid score on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), International English Language Testing System (IELTS) or Pearson Test of English (PTE).
Application Materials
Complete and submit your Graduate Admissions Application online. Within the application, you will need to provide the following application materials:
- Résumé: Up-to-date professional résumé or curriculum vitae
- Letters of Recommendation: 2-3 letters of recommendation
- Statement of Purpose: 1-2 page essay addressing why you are pursuing this degree, how this program will help you in your career, and why the program at USC is a good fit for you
- Transcripts: Open, scan and upload official transcripts from each undergraduate institution you have attended directly to the application portal. Additional information on transcript submission can be found here.
Submit your application with a $90 application fee. Fee waiver eligibility information is located here.
Master’s Degree
Criminal Justice
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CJ 500 Criminology Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Key theories and frameworks used to explain crime and inform responses to crime.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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CJ 505 Analysis of Criminal Justice Systems Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
The criminal justice system’s response to crime through a theoretical and interdisciplinary lens.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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CJ 510 Criminal Justice Leadership Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Theory and practice of traditional and contemporary approaches to leadership in the context of criminal justice.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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CJ 515 Applied Research Methods for Criminal Justice Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Fundamental research methods and design commonly used to answer questions related to criminal justice.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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CJ 520 Applied Statistics and Data Analysis in Criminal Justice Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Fundamentals of statistics and statistical analyses commonly used to interpret crime data for evaluation and performance.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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CJ 525 Ethical Decision-Making in Criminal Justice Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examination and analysis of how societal expectations for ethical behavior and regulatory oversight affect leaders and managers in criminal justice.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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CJ 530 Organizational Change in Criminal Justice Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Knowledge, skills, and tools necessary to lead organizational change within the context of criminal justice systems.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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CJ 535 Youthful Offenders Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Key concepts and evidence-based interventions and responses to promote positive growth and reduced recidivism in the youthful offender population.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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CJ 540 Criminal Justice Policy and Program Development Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
In-depth analysis of all major stages of the criminal justice policymaking process.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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CJ 545 Criminal Investigations Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Explores criminal investigative techniques such as search and seizure, use of technology, and multi-jurisdictional and transnational crime investigations.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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CJ 550 Corrections and Community Supervision Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examines evidence-based corrections and community supervision practices including offender rehabilitation, bail, restorative justice and victims’ issues.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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CJ 555 Making a Difference in Criminal Justice Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Preparing for the critical role of leadership through policy evaluation and policy change initiatives.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
Emergency Management
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EM 500 Principles of Emergency Management Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Explores the historical development of emergency management as a distinct discipline in the United States and abroad, including theories, terminology and international coordination.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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EM 505 Emergency Management Policies and Regulations Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examines policies, regulations, politics and budgets that impact emergency management domestically and internationally in the government, non-profit and private sectors.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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EM 510 Social and Cultural Competency in Emergency Management Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Explores how emergency management practices and community interactions can help address social, economic and cultural inequities while building increased resilience.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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EM 515 Emergency Management Administration Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examines the administrative functions of an emergency manager, including project management, policy implementation, acquisition of funding and managing diverse teams.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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EM 520 Critical Decision-Making in Emergency Management Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Explores how to manage and assess information to limit risk and make ethical, critical decisions under both steady-state and crisis situations.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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EM 525 Emergency Management and Disaster Planning Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examines the necessary components of deliberate and crisis action plans that are used to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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EM 530 Operational Coordination in Emergency Management Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Focuses on the complexity of post-disaster immediate and long-term response and recovery challenges in local, state, federal and international jurisdictions.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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EM 535 Critical Infrastructure in Emergency Management Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examines the wide spectrum of security threats to critical infrastructure and how to strengthen infrastructure protection and resilience through collaborative partnerships across sectors.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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EM 540 Emergency Management Communication Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Creating inclusive and credible messages of risk across the disaster life cycle through a variety of methods.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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EM 545 Driving Successful Outcomes in Emergency Management Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Explores how effective emergency management leaders develop trust, avoid ethical pitfalls, strengthen partnerships and integrate equity throughout the disaster life cycle.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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EM 550 Equity and Resilience in Emergency Management Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examines equity and resilience in emergency management as they pertain to areas such as planning, mitigation, disaster logistics and supply chains.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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EM 555 Emergency Management Capstone Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Demonstrate knowledge and skills developed throughout the emergency management program in an integrated way.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
Human Resource Management
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HRM 500 Human Resource Strategy Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Explores the strategic role that human resources management plays in providing organizations with sustained competitive advantages by unlocking the productive potential of employees’ human and social capital.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Human Resources Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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HRM 505 Organizational Culture and Employee Outcomes Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Prepares students to create, foster, and manage organizations in which people thrive and perform at their best in order to retain talent and reduce costs in a sustainable way.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Human Resources Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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HRM 510 Leadership in Human Resources Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Focuses on developing the critical social intelligence skills needed to lead people and change through increased self-awareness, understanding of interpersonal differences, and greater influence.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Human Resources Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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HRM 515 Organization Design Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Equips students with a deeper understanding of how to design and develop organizations to increase performance and effectiveness and includes sections on strategy, work, and management processes.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Human Resources Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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HRM 520 Talent Management Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examines talent management processes that impact employee experience and engagement and explores ways to improve data driven decision making processes including workforce and succession planning.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Human Resources Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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HRM 525 Total Rewards Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Provides a comprehensive look at the employee rewards strategies that human resource practitioners promote and manage including compensation, performance management, benefits, and non-monetary rewards.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Human Resources Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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HRM 530 Learning and Development Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Prepares students to identify, design, and implement effective learning and development interventions and strategies that drive results and enhance organizational competitiveness.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Human Resources Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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HRM 535 Employee Relations Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Applies practical approaches to building positive employee and labor relations and solving related problems through increased employee motivation, effectiveness, and retention.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Human Resources Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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HRM 540 Human Resources Analytics Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examines and emphasizes strategies and techniques to enable improved organizational and human capital decisions by directing the organizational analytics for more actionable insights.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Human Resources Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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HRM 545 Management of Diverse and Global Human Resources Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Analyzes global diversity in today’s environment, fostering a broad understanding of diversity and inclusion and the impact of diversity, inclusion, and inclusive behaviors on organizations.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Human Resources Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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HRM 550 Change Management and Organization Development Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Identifies the common challenges in organizational change management and explores the limitations and opportunities of different models of organizational change.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Human Resources Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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HRM 555 Anticipating the Future of Human Resources Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Explores the forces and emerging trends that are reshaping work, the workforce and workplace – and how to address these transformational changes and be effective as a Human Resources leader.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Human Resources Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
Hospitality and Tourism
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HT 500 Global Hospitality and Tourism Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
History, theories, trends and impacts relevant to global hospitality and tourism.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Hospitality and Tourism students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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HT 505 Managing Service Quality in Hospitality and Tourism Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Strategic management of service quality in hospitality and tourism.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Hospitality and Tourism students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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HT 510 Marketing Strategies for Hospitality and Tourism Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Principles, strategies and techniques relevant to marketing in hospitality and tourism.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Hospitality and Tourism students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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HT 515 Financial Management in Hospitality and Tourism Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Financial analysis methods to support sound, evidence-based decision-making in hospitality and tourism organizations.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Hospitality and Tourism students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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HT 520 Revenue Management for Hospitality and Tourism Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Key principles and best practices in revenue management and pricing for hospitality and tourism organizations.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Hospitality and Tourism students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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HT 525 Ethics in Hospitality and Tourism Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Ethical theories applied to common and strategic situations in hospitality and tourism.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Hospitality and Tourism students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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HT 530 Strategic Human Resources in Hospitality and Tourism Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Broad range of human resource concepts and strategies relevant to hospitality and tourism organizations.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Hospitality and Tourism students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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HT 535 Applied Research Methods for Hospitality and Tourism Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Applied research methods relevant to evidence-based decision-making in hospitality and tourism.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Hospitality and Tourism students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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HT 540 Hospitality and Tourism Data Analytics Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Analysis, interpretation and presentation of data to support evidence-based decision-making in hospitality and tourism.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Hospitality and Tourism students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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HT 545 Tourism Development Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Strategies for planning and evaluating sustainable and responsible tourism development projects.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Hospitality and Tourism students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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HT 550 Hospitality and Tourism Events Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Analysis, planning and evaluation of meetings and events in hospitality and tourism settings.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Hospitality and Tourism students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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HT 555 Hospitality and Tourism Capstone Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Students synthesize knowledge and skills gained throughout the program in a culminating capstone project.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Hospitality and Tourism students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
Project Management
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PJMT 500 Principles of Project Management Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Concepts including delivering project scope within cost, schedule, and resource constraints and the exploration of the traditional or waterfall project management methodology will be explored.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Project Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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PJMT 505 Requirements Elicitation and Business Analysis Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Tasks, techniques, and perspectives on how to approach business analysis along with methods for developing requirement process tools and techniques and best practices.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Project Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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PJMT 510 Schedule Management Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Structured approach to project schedule management, demonstrating how to be proactive and in control of projects by implementing effective schedule management.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Project Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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PJMT 515 Cost Estimation and Forecasting Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Approaches to project cost estimation and the tools and methodologies best suited for estimates and forecasts that need to be prepared.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Project Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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PJMT 520 Risk Management Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Coursework will enable students to prepare a comprehensive risk management plan and discover different approaches to identify, assess, and quantify risks and their impacts.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Project Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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PJMT 525 Agile Project Management Methodologies Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Agile project management concepts and a set of frameworks that covers the people, products, and techniques required to successfully implement projects.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Project Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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PJMT 530 Quality and Process Improvement Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Quality and performance improvement projects and methodologies used to implement them with a focus on Six Sigma, Lean, and Total Quality Management.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Project Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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PJMT 535 Specialized Project Management Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Explores several industries and entities and their developed project management methodologies to meet industry-specific needs through traditional approaches and partnerships in various sectors.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Project Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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PJMT 540 Organizational Change Management and Business Relationships Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Students learn to cultivate the necessary components for stakeholder management on nearly any change within an organization through change management and business relationship management.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Project Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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PJMT 545 Program Management Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Managing and coordinating multiple organizational projects with a focus on project alignment, organizational goals, performance maximization, risk minimization, and program success.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Project Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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PJMT 550 Portfolio Management Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Structured approach to design, build, and manage a project portfolio, focusing on strategic implementation and operational initiatives to create sustainable value.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Project Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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PJMT 555 Project Management Capstone Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Utilize skills gained throughout the program to demonstrate the ability to plan and implement a project from conception to conclusion.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Project Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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