MS Project Management

Program Mission

“The program is designed to develop integrated growth of students in strategic management, leadership, professional behavior, research, and project management skills in managing complex projects in culturally diverse and changing business environment in national and international contexts.”
 

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

The objectives of the program are:

1. To build competence in application of project management knowledge for realizing project and organizational goals through project life cycle.
2. To build competence in developing strategic intent and its integration in project management plans.
3. To enhance leadership competence to   collaborate with stakeholders and teams in managing projects effectively.
4. To build proficiency in application of project management tools, techniques and best practices in managing projects.
5. To promote advance knowledge of research solve project and organizational problems.
6. To develop professional behaviour and compliance to prevailing laws and regulations.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

On completion of the program, the students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate and apply project management concepts, theory, contemporary best practices and emerging trends to promote organizational improvement and meet organizational strategic goals and objectives during project life cycle in multi-context. 
2. Build and apply strategic intent and integrated it in planning and governance of projects through project life cycle in multi-context.
3. Integrate and apply leadership skills and multicultural competence in aligning organizational strategic objectives and projects’ objectives, team development and managing stakeholders’ relationship during project life cycle in complex and changing business environment.
4. Integrate and apply appropriate project management tools, techniques and adaptive approaches in managing projects through project life cycle.
5. Conduct research relevant to the project management areas for solving organizational and projects’ problems.
6. Integrate and demonstrate ethical values, professional behavior and compliance to legal and regulatory requirements in decision making in multi-context projects both local and global.

Details & Semester Outlines for MSPM

MS (Project Management)

SZABIST offers MS in Project Management (MSPM) program which is equivalent to MPhil. The program lays the foundation for students who are planning to pursue doctoral studies. This program offers two streams for MSPM. The first stream is coursework-based and the second is research based. In either stream, students are required to complete 30 credit hours. The maximum time limit to complete the MSPM degree is four years and the minimum time to complete is 1.5/2 years. All MSPM students are required to clear GRE, GAT General test, or HAT relevant with a minimum 50% score.

Research Work Based Stream

• Five compulsory courses (15 credit hours)
• Two Independent Research Studies (6 credit hours) OR Thesis (6 credit hours)
• Three elective courses (09 credit hours)

Course Work Based Stream

• Five compulsory courses (15 credit hours)
• Five elective courses (15 credit hours)

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First Year

Second Year

* Thesis to be registered in two parts while Independent Research Study-I and Independent Research Study-II can be opted in one semester by research stream students.

** Elective-V and Elective-VI to be opted by students following course work scheme.

MSPM students may switch to the MPM program after admissions before the third week of the first semester or after completion of first semester. This option; however, cannot be exercised in and after the second semester.

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ELECTIVES

Elective courses may vary from time to time. All courses may not necessarily be offered every year. Alternate courses may be substituted as and when required.
Students cannot register in Independent Research Study (IRS) or Thesis without completion of Research Methodology and Quantitative Tools for Research. To register in thesis students are also required to complete course work before registering for Thesis.
The maximum course load for a semester is 4 courses (12 credit hours). Summer is not a regular semester; therefore, courses are not offered on a regular basis regularly in summer.

MS (Project Management) Bridge Arrangement

This arrangement allows MPM graduates to enhance their academic qualification. For MPM (30 Credits Program) graduates, a maximum of 5 courses would be transferred to the MSPM program and for MPM (33 Credits Program) graduates, a maximum of six courses can be transferred
to the MSPM program; subject to passing the courses with a minimum 2.75-grade points point and on surrendering the MPM degree. The Project, Project in Primavera, IT Tools for Project Management, and SAP Training are not transferrable towards MSPM degree completion requirements for MPM graduates.

All MSPM candidates are required to pass HAT relevant/GAT General with minimum 50% score or GRE score as applicable for MS program.