UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA

ENGR 4510G: FUNDAMENTALS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT

FALL 2018

Online Course - 3 credit hour

LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Canvas

COURSE MEETING TIME & LOCATION

Fully online. See course schedule.

PREREQUISITES

COURSE DESCRIPTION

COURSE GOALS & LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  By the end of this course, you will be able:

• Articulate why project management is important
• Understand the importance of projects in implementing organization strategy
• Manage technical dimensions of the project
• Manage sociocultural dimensions of the project
• Apply financial and non-financial criteria to assess project value and success

REQUIRED TEXTBOOK

Project Management: The Managerial Process 7th Edition, McGraw Hill, ISBN 978-1-259-66609-4

TOPICS COVERED:

The topics in this course are divided into three parts. Part I: Technical Dimensions of Project Management will cover chapters 1, 4, 5 and 6. Part II: Socio-Cultural Dimensions of Project Management will cover chapters 2, 3, 10, 11 and 12. Part III: Risk Management will cover chapters 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15 and 16.

COURSE FORMAT

The course is delivered in an online format, consisting of 16 weekly modules. Each module contains readings, lecture videos, concept checks, assignments, discussions, live sessions and a project.

READINGS

You will be required to complete a reading assignment for each module. You will be expected to have read the required chapter reading prior to participating in the live sessions.  

LECTURES

There will be lecture videos for each module. You will be expected to watch the lecture videos for each module. 

CONCEPT CHECKS

Each module will have a concept check. The concept checks are not graded by the score you earn on the concept check. Rather, you will earn a participation grade for having completed the concept check. Concept checks are a tool to assess your knowledge of the chapter. You will be allowed to re-take the concept checks as many times as you’d like. You may retake the concept check as many times as necessary to achieve a 100% on the concept check to earn a participation grade.

 ASSIGNMENTS

Throughout the course, you will have 15 assignments. you will be expected to complete the assignments and submit them on time. You will submit assignments online via Canvas.

 DISCUSSIONS

Throughout the course, you will be required to participate in discussions. Your participation in discussions must be meaningful, respectful and value-adding. Discussions will be used to encourage dialogue amongst you, your classmates and the instructor. You will be required to make an original post and make at least 3 comments on your classmate’s posts.

 LIVE SESSIONS

We will have a live (synchronous) session every week. Our Live Sessions will be on Thursdays from 6:00-7:00pm CST. The Live Sessions are graded. If you are unable to attend the Live Sessions, you are able to complete a make-up assignment each week to earn the points you missed from the Live Session.  

MAKE-UP ASSIGNMENT

If you are unable to attend a Live Session, you may choose to complete an activity to make up the points you missed. You will find the activity in Live Session page along with the due date.

EVALUATION

You will be evaluated as follows:

Grading Scheme: 90-100 (A), 80-89 (B), 70-79 (C), 60-69 (D), and < 60 (F). 

LATE POLICY

You will be given 0 points for late work.

UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA

ACADEMIC POLICIES AND STUDENT SUPPORT

Catalog

Please familiarize yourself with the student catalog: http://catalog.ou.edu/courses/courses.htm

Online Library

Students in the MAcc program can use the University of Oklahoma library by visiting: 

http://libraries.ou.edu/

Academic Misconduct

In addition to the course conduct policies outlined by your professor in the Course Syllabus in the online classroom, please review the Graduate Student Handbook. 

It is the responsibility of each student to be familiar with the definitions, policies and procedures concerning academic misconduct.  The Student Code is available from the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs and is contained in the Student’s Guide to Academic Integrity, available at http://integrity.ou.edu/students_guide.html This site also defines misconduct, provides examples of prohibited conduct, and explains the sanctions available for those found guilty of misconduct.

Plagiarism 

Plagiarism is the most common form of academic misconduct at OU. There is basically no college-level assignment that can be satisfactorily completed by copying. OU's basic assumption about writing is that all written assignments show the student's own understanding in the student's own words. That means all writing assignments, in class or out, are assumed to be composed entirely of words generated (not simply found) by the student, except where words written by someone else are specifically marked as such with proper citation. Including other people's words in your paper is helpful when you do it honestly and correctly. When you don't, it's plagiarism. 

Go to http://integrity.ou.edu/students_guide.html to learn more about the rules for avoiding plagiarism. Test your skills in avoiding plagiarism by taking the library’s plagiarism tutorial, available at https://libraries.ou.edu/content/academic-integrity-tutorial

Reasonable Accommodation for Disabilities
The University of Oklahoma is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for all students with disabilities. Students with disabilities who require accommodations in this course should contact their professor as early in the semester as possible.

Students with disabilities must be registered with the Disability Resource Center prior to receiving accommodations in this course.

If you have a disability and you would like to make a request for reasonable accommodation, please see the Graduate Student Handbook or visit the Disability Resource Center and other disability services at OU at: http://drc.ou.edu/

Adjustments for Pregnancy/Childbirth Related Issues

Should you need modifications or adjustments to your course requirements because of documented pregnancy-related or childbirth-related issues, please contact me as soon as possible to discuss. Generally, modifications will be made where medically necessary and similar in scope to accommodations based on temporary disability. Please see www.ou.edu/content/eoo/faqs/pregnancy-faqs.html for commonly asked questions.  

Title IX Resources  

For any concerns regarding gender-based discrimination, sexual harassment, sexual misconduct, stalking, or intimate partner violence, the University offers a variety of resources, including advocates on-call 24.7, counseling services, mutual no contact orders, scheduling adjustments and disciplinary sanctions against the perpetrator. Please contact the Sexual Misconduct Office 405-325-2215 (8-5, M-F) or OU Advocates 405-615-0013 (24.7) to learn more or to report an incident. 

Religious Holidays

It is the policy of the University to excuse absences of students that result from religious observances and to provide for the rescheduling of examinations and additional required classwork that may fall on religious holidays without penalty. It is the responsibility of the student to make alternate arrangements with the instructor at least one week prior to the actual date of the religious holiday.

Copyright Policy

It is illegal to download, upload, reproduce, or distribute any copyrighted material, in any form and in any fashion, without permission from the copyright holder or his/her authorized agent.  The University of Oklahoma expects all members of its community to comply fully with federal copyright laws. If such laws appear to have been violated by any user, the university reserves the right (1) to terminate that user’s access to some or all of the university’s computer systems and information resources and (2) to take additional disciplinary actions as deemed necessary or appropriate. Repeat offenders will be sanctioned and their privileges terminated.

Registration and Withdrawal

If you choose to withdraw from this course, you must complete the appropriate University form and turn the form in before the deadline. If you stop attending the course and doing the course work without doing the required paperwork your grade will be calculated with missed homework and examination grades entered as zero. This could result in receiving a grade of F in the course.  Deadlines are shown in the Academic Calendar, which is available from the Office of Admissions and Records or online at http://www.ou.edu/admissions/home/academic_calendar.html

Student Grievances

In addition to any policies outlined related to submitting an informal or formal grievance by your professor in the Course Syllabus in the online classroom, please review the Graduate Student Handbook for more information about the process of submitting a formal grievance.