Course Details

This course is intended to provide you the tools you need to advance to a project management job, even if you lack the academic background or self-assurance to enrol in a traditional undergraduate programme. The foundation year is ideal for those who require more assistance in beginning their journey towards higher education, as it provides study skills and supervision throughout the entire process.

Then, with the assistance of our team of seasoned project management experts, you will acquire current themes and useful abilities that will enable you to prove to potential employers that you are proficient in the most recent project management methods. Additionally, your courses will emphasise digital first because modern projects are getting more complex and dynamic. This will provide you with the skills and critical understanding of business solutions needed to deliver.

Almost every worldwide industry now uses project management, including the engineering, technology, healthcare, education, events, community, and environmental projects, tourism, and a wide range of other creative and service sectors. This implies that after you graduate from Arden with a degree in project management, you'll have the abilities to work in the field of your choice and immediately influence the planning, execution, and outcome of a variety of projects.

Course information and modules

The foundation year modules are designed to give you a supportive and individualised beginning to your university career. This first year of study will position you for success in higher education by giving you an overview of the academic skills and subject-specific knowledge required to excel in your chosen degree subject.

We are able to provide you with actual business problems during your degree programme because of our broad industry contacts in project management, notably with member businesses of the UK's NOVUS Trust network. This will enable you to gain a comprehensive and deep understanding of the field as well as the practical difficulties you'll encounter in the workplace in the future. Crucially, you'll discover that the course adopts a methodical approach to expanding your understanding of project management, with each module building on the talents acquired in the preceding one and featuring interconnected content that aids in the logical accumulation of new capabilities.

Modules

You can take up to three years to finish each level of this course, which has a four to twelve-year duration. However, the majority of our students want to finish the course in four to eight years.

Foundation year

• Getting Ready for Success in College
• Examining the Business Environment
• Developing Your Academic Capabilities
• How to Become a Successful Leader
• Organising Yourself for Success in the Future
• Research and Development Initiative

Level 4

• Methods and Analysis of Business Research
• Business Guidance
• Financial Control, Contract Management, and Procurement Principles
• Oversight in an International Business Setting
• Overview of Project Management
• Digital Skills & Professional Development is an elective
• Technology and Innovation as an elective

Level 5

• Proficient Project Administration
• Justification for the Project
• Project Organising
• Project Management: Agile and Hybrid
• Project management using AI and big data analytics
• Operations and Supply Chain Management is an elective.
• Digital and Social Media Marketing is an elective.

Level 6

• Project Management and Adjustment
• Management of Quality
• Risk and Issue Management for Projects
• Building Capabilities and People
• Final Project with End-of-Project Evaluation

Note that subject to validation, course material and modules may change.