Certificate in Procurement and Contracts Management

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The Certificate in Procurement and Contracts Management addresses the expanding needs of private industry and local, state, and federal agencies for professionally trained procurement/contracting officers, contracts administrators, and negotiators. Students must complete a total of ten undergraduate-level courses to be eligible for the certificate: six required courses and four electives.

All required and elective courses are offered online.

Required Courses (6):

PC 4010 - Procurement and Contracting Credits: 3
PC 4020 - Contract Administration Credits: 3
PC 4030 - Cost and Price Analysis Credits: 3
PC 4040 - Government Contract Law Credits: 3
PC 4050 - Negotiation of Contracts and Modifications Credits: 3
PC 4070 - Seminar in Procurement and Contracts Management Credits: 3

Elective Courses (4):

PC 4060 - Management Principles for Procurement and Contracting Credits: 3
PC 4090 - Contracting for Information Resources Credits: 3
PC 4120 - International Purchasing and Business Transactions Credits: 3
PC 4130 - Purchasing and Materials Management Credits: 3
PC 4150 - Grants: Federal, State, and Local Credits: 3
PC 4170 - International Business Negotiations Credits: 3
PC 4190 - Government Contract Computer Law Credits: 3
PC 4200 - Advanced Major ADP Systems Acquisition Credits: 3
PC 4220 - Federal Government Contracting: A Contractor’s Perspective Credits: 3
PC 4230 - The Project Manager and Managing the Project Team Credits: 3
PC 4240 - Subcontract Management Credits: 3
PC 4260 - Source Selection Credits: 3
Students are eligible to select from the graduate procurement course offerings:
- PC 5070 - Services Contracting Credits: 3
- PC 5080 - FAR Standards for Actions and Decisions Credits: 3
- PC 5110: Construction Contracting
- PC 5120 - Electronic Commerce in Federal Acquisition Credits: 3
- PC 5140: Seminar in International Procurement Credits: 3
- PC 5160: Customer Relationship Management for Federal Contractors Credits: 3
- PSPM 5030 - Introduction to Project management Credits: 3
- PSPM 5270 – Earned Value Management for Federal Contracts Credits: 3