Advanced Project Management (PMP®)

Faculty

Larry Smith, PhD PMP
Associate Professor
Decision Sciences and Information Systems
College of Business Administration

Dr. Smith has extensive consulting and training experience in project management, time and stress management, leadership, and quantitative techniques. He has consulted with more than fifty major corporations and many Fortune 500 companies around the world and been a speaker at many professional conferences. He also has published in many academic journals and been on the editorial boards of the Project Management Journal, Successful Project Management and the International Journal of Project Management. Dr Smith won the Award for Teaching Excellence at Florida International University in 2005.

Schedule

Saturdays, March 8 – June 14, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Saturdays, August 30 – November 22, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Session	Date	Session Title	Instructor
1	03/08/08	Principles & Techniques	L. Smith
2	03/15/08	Principles & Techniques	L. Smith
3	03/22/08	Principles & Techniques	L. Smith
4	03/29/08	Integration Management	L. Smith
	04/05/08	NO CLASS	OFF
5	04/12/08	Risk Management	L. Smith
	04/19/08	NO CLASS	OFF
6	04/26/08	Communications Management	L. Smith
7	05/03/08	Cost Management	G. Chevarria
8	05/10/08	Procurement Management	G. Chevarria
9	05/17/08	Human Resources	T. Colon
10	05/24/08	Quality Management	J. Dinter
	05/31/08	Holiday-Memorial Weekend	NO CLASS
11	06/07/08	PMP Comprehensive Review	R. Elswick
12	06/14/08	PMP Comprehensive Review	R. Elswick

Tuition

The program fee of $ 4,195 and includes tuition and instructional materials, continental breakfast and lunch. The fee is subject to change and is payable in advance.

Location
Classes are held at the University Park Campus, located at 11200 S.W. 8th Street, Miami. This location is convenient and easily accessible from the Florida Turnpike and the S.W. 8th Street Exit.

Register

To begin, please download a Registration Form.

By mail
Send the registration form, with payment, to the Office of Professional and Executive Education, College of Business Administration, 11200 S.W. 8th Street, CBC 223, Miami, Florida 33199.

By fax
Fax your completed registration form and payment information to 305-348-3628. We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover Card or an employer invoice.

By telephone
Please call our office at 305-348-4217, Monday to Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and we will take your registration and payment information. We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or Discover Card.

In person
Come to the Office of Professional and Executive Education, Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and we can process your application. Our location is College of Business Administration, 11200 S.W. 8th Street, CBC 223, Miami, Florida 33199-0001.

Once you have registered, you will receive an email confirming your place in the program.

Registration and Withdrawal Policies

Payment Policy: Program fees are due in full upon acceptance into the program

Substitution Policy: Qualified substitutes for participants can be accommodated with advance written notice.

Withdrawal Policy: Due to costs associated with establishing, holding, and replacing participant slots, the following guidelines will be implemented:

• 1 week prior the program: the participant will be charged 50% of the program fee.
• 2 - 4 weeks prior the program: the participant will be charged 25% of the program fee.
• The remainder of the above mentioned will be transferred to another program upon receipt of written notice.

Note: Florida International University reserves the right to change, without notice, any statement in this bulletin concerning, but not limited to, curricula, courses, faculty, tuition, fees, policies and rules. If course or curriculum changes take place after you begin the program, we will make every effort to implement the changes in your best interest.