Key features
- Accredited and Registered
- Cutting-edge curriculum
- Flexible structure
- Online support
- Affordable and Accessible
- Internationally benchmarked
- Multicultural Faculty and support
- Project Management course distance learning
About
The Postgraduate Diploma in Project Management is a one year specialised programme that enables students to develop an advanced understanding of concepts, approaches and tools relevant to the field of project management. Project management impacts directly on the growth and advancement of most modern organisations and is a much-sought-after qualification.
Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the specialised PGDip Project Management course, the student should be able to:
- Demonstrate a systematic and comprehensive understanding of the core principles related to managing projects
- Analyse problems and propose strategies to address complex project management challenges by drawing on the project management body of knowledge
- Engage in high-level and successful communication with project stakeholders and the wider project network
- Utilise project management software to solve work-based problems effectively
- Demonstrate the ability to engage in self-directed learning within the field of project management
Programme structure
Duration: 1 year
Semester 1
- Managing Project Risk
- Advanced Project Management
- Project Scope and Scheduling
- Project Resource and Procurement Management
Semester 2
- Project Stakeholder and Communication Management
- Project Financial Management
- Project Quality Management
- Project Applied Technology
Admission requirements
- The minimum entry requirement is a cognate Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma at NQF level 7.
- It is possible to gain entry to the programme on the basis of Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).
- To be considered via RPL, applicants should be above the age of 30 years.
- For further information on this alternative route, please contact a student advisor.
- . All applicants with an international qualification will be considered in accordance with MANCOSA’s institutional rules.
Application
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