What will the Level 6 Project Manager Degree Apprenticeship do for me?
Our undergraduate course in project management has been carefully designed with your career in mind, and specifically addresses skills gaps in the industry that have been identified by the APM and other leading organisations. You’ll learn the skills required to be an efficient, knowledgeable, and digitally savvy project manager. And, because the course focuses on the practical application of skills in the real world, you’ll graduate with the confidence to demonstrate your value to employers throughout the programme. Some key learning outcomes from your studies will include:
- Gaining project management knowledge as a widespread, pan-sector professional discipline
- Appreciation of traditional, iterative (agile), and hybrid approaches to delivering successful projects
- Acquiring high-level strategy, people, and leadership capabilities
- Understanding the latest software and big data to become an expert in digital project management skills
- Gaining a critical and detailed analysis of the theory and practice relating to the role of project management within organisations.
- Completing a detailed piece of research relating to a project management issue.
- Exploring sustainability and business ethics
- Applying knowledge of project management theory and models to complex issues, both systematically and creatively, to improve business and management practice
- Developing a variety of transferable skills suited to an extensive range of project management roles
What can I do after Arden University?
You’ll find project management employment opportunities within both public and private sectors across industries such as engineering, construction, IT, events management, healthcare, retail, and transport, as well as in the charity sector, government projects, the creative industries, and many more.
Today, organisations use project management as a way to improve and change business operations to become more efficient and effective. Successful project management is also about managing interdisciplinary teams within diverse organisational structures and across organisations. Having graduated with a complete view of all the stakeholders in any given project management situation and how success is measured, domestic and global organisations alike will appreciate and value your skills and employability assets. Wherever you want to take your career next, this course gives you the knowledge to achieve your ambitions to the fullest. With that in mind, some future roles you might want to consider include:
- Project manager or project leader
- Implementation or change manager
- Project management consultant
- Programme or portfolio manager
- Technical project manager
- Technical project lead
- Business project lead
- Project planner or risk analyst
You can also continue your studies with Arden's Level 7 Senior Leader Apprenticeship plus MBA. See here for more information.