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Start your journey with this foundational course in construction project management
Construction projects are highly complex and dynamic processes. Whether the project consists of building a single-family home or a large commercial building, each has many moving parts that need careful organization and attention to detail.
A construction project manager is a skilled professional responsible for conducting and implementing the planning, execution, and successful completion of construction projects, ensuring the coordination of resources, schedules, budgets, and team collaboration.
Introduction to Construction Project Management will give you a glimpse into the key tasks and responsibilities for a career in this booming industry. The course explores the fundamentals of the construction industry such as the role of project manager, contract types, safety policies, project delivery methods, and more.
With Colorado planning to add over 50,000 construction jobs within the next five years, now is the time to join this lucrative industry. After completing this course, you will be ready to continue to a degree in Construction Project Management and launch yourself into a new career.
Why take this course?
Flexible schedule
Course can be completed in 4-8 weeks and is self-paced online.
Career advisement
Receive a personal advising session with an industry leader.
High job demand
Gain a competitive edge.
Career pathways in Construction Project Management
Approximate return on investment for each academic pathway
After taking the course, you can immediately enter the workforce or continue onto a degree through MSU Denver and increase your earning potential.
Pathway 1: Complete the Introduction to Construction Project Management course and immediately enter the workforce.
- The median salary is $37,500 a year.
Pathway 2: Enhance your education and earn a bachelor’s degree in Construction Management at MSU Denver. The Introduction to Construction Project Management course can count toward the certificate’s required courses.
- The median salary is $70,000 a year.
About the Introduction to Construction Project Management online course
Introduction to Construction Project Management will discuss key components of the construction industry to show how and why construction management is needed. Students are introduced to the study of the full life-cycle concepts that describe the built environment from programming and design to operations and ultimately disposal.
A career in construction project management offers a promising future with opportunities to lead and shape diverse projects while contributing towards an environment’s growth and innovation with modern technologies during a modern industrial revolution (Industry 4.0).
The course is $450, with a $35 transaction fee per payment. There are no books to purchase.
- Registration opens in December
- Course begins – February 3, 2025
- Last day to register – February 10, 2025
- Course ends – April 4, 2025
Once you successfully complete the Construction Project Management online course, you can immediately enter the workforce with newly learned skills. You will receive a digital badge embedded with the competencies learned. You can include this badge on your resume, LinkedIn page, portfolio, or share it with an employer. Students will also receive a certificate of completion.
Students can also convert the course to three credits and continue to an MSU Denver certificate or degree. See FAQs for more information.
- What defines Construction Project Management?
- What are contract documents?
- What are some of the key job positions that fall under construction project management?
- What are some of the standard contracts, delivery methods, safety policies, building codes, and documents that construction project managers utilize?
- After the completion of this online course, students will be able to better understand the upcoming classes in this major if they choose to pursue it further.
About your course instructor
Construction Project Management instructor
With a rich history dating back to 1998, Anthony Oyewole is your seasoned guide through the world of construction project management. His extensive portfolio includes schools, hospitals, hotels, and even arenas. Having overseen projects across ten states and abroad, valued at up to a billion dollars, Anthony brings unparalleled expertise in the realm of construction project management. He has done work in ten states as well as abroad building projects that range in value up to one billion dollars. In 2020 he received his Master of Science in Construction Management from the University of Texas at El Paso and currently serves on two advisory boards for MSU Denver.
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