Advanced Project Management (960N1)

15 credits, Level 7 (Masters)

Spring teaching

The traditional ‘planning and control’ approach to project management often assumes a simple and predictable project environment without nuance, such as:

  • significant uncertainties
  • unexpected environmental and market changes
  • leadership challenges
  • hidden agendas.

On this module, you’ll go beyond such an approach by addressing advanced topics and taking critical perspectives on project management. You’ll also learn about the limitations of the traditional approach. You’ll consider broader factors which may affect and influence project performance in a variety of contexts, including the:

  • organisational
  • behavioural
  • political-economic.

Teaching

100%: Practical (Workshop)

Assessment

50%: Coursework (Essay)
50%: Written assessment (Project)

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 33 hours of contact time and about 117 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We鈥檙e planning to run these modules in the academic year 2026/27. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We鈥檒l make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.