Project Management Certificate Track

The Project Management certificate track is designed to provide the core skills needed to successfully manage and lead projects and project teams. Participants will gain the knowledge, skills and tools to demonstrate effectiveness as a project manager, focusing on either basic or advanced project management skills, as well as learning to effectively build teams, influence others and sharpen meeting and facilitation skills. The track consists of four core classes plus two electives. Participants who apply for this track must complete all coursework within three years of their application date. 

To begin this track, complete the enrollment form located at the bottom of this page. Please begin enrolling in your courses at any time at www.training.unc.edu. Participants enrolled in certificate tracks will be updated about any changes and upcoming classes that may help fulfill their requirements.

Participants in the Project Management certificate track are asked to complete the following four core classes. Courses may be taken in any order. All courses are offered at least once annually, but may not be offered on every Program Guide.

• Foundations of High-Performing Teams
• Leadership Skills for Project Managers
• Managing Projects Successfully
• Running Effective Meetings or Leading Effective Meetings

In addition to the four core courses, participants are asked to choose two electives from the Training and Development Program Guide to complete their certificate track. With the electives, participants are able to tailor learning to best meet their particular interests and situations. Courses that will count toward the Project Management Certificate Track electives include, but are not limited to, the items listed below. If you would like to take a course from the Program Guide, other than what is listed below, to fulfill the elective requirement in this competency, please contact the Project Management Track advisor.

• Building Rapport
• Effective Decision Making
• Ethics in the Workplace
• Influencing and Negotiating Effectively
• Microsoft Project
• MBTI and the Workplace
• Time Management

Contact Cookie Dais (962-9686) for questions regarding this certificate track.