(Hons) Project Management with Foundation Year

Overview

The (Hons) Project Management with Foundation Year from Arden UK is perfect if you need a little extra support to start your journey to higher education, offering study-skills and guidance at every stage. 

Educational Opportunity

You’ll then go on to learn contemporary themes and practical skills directly from our team of experienced project management professionals, helping you demonstrate to employers that you possess competence in the latest project management techniques. 

And, as modern projects are becoming increasingly dynamic and challenging, your studies will have a digital-first focus, giving you the knowledge and critical understanding of business solutions to deliver real impact in the workplace. 

Accreditations

Arden BSc Project Management students have also the opportunity to achieve additional qualifications such as: Chartered Body for the project Profession (APM) Accredited Degree ​.

Skills gap​

Global skills gap identified by APM and PMI which shows that It's a very important degree to help to plug this gap.

Degree has been awarded APM Recognised Assessment status, the first university to achieve this recognition for a BSc Project Management course. That means upon completion of your degree, you’ll be eligible to apply to the APM to become a Chartered Project Professional (ChPP) via the APM’s Route 1, which is for project professionals who have a recognised assessment for technical knowledge.

Increased employability​:

• Links with APM – Including guest lecturers​
• Arden has strong links with the APM so have had a significant steer on the content delivery. Furthermore the APM will provide two guest speakers a year with robust industry experience to help our students learn and develop. They will also provide live company topics for certain modules and assessments. ​
• Practical based assessments​

• Case studies and data will be live and real data to give true to life experience on real world problems and situations. All of the outputs on the modules contribute to a wider portfolio to ensure that their learning is interconnected and can be evidenced on their CV in the form of a portfolio​

Assessments 

• No exams
• Real-world, industry led assessments aligned with real world project management
• Assessments build up a portfolio and build on eachother ensuring students learn to build a bigger picture of project management
• Presentation based relevant experience for a requirement in jobs
• Final project based on real company combines all skill learnt into one final practical project good opportunity to explore a specific sector
• APM Recognised Assessments​:
• The School of Project Management are in the process of gaining APM Recognised Assessments for the Chartered Project Professional (CHPP). This means that once you’ve successfully passed the CHPP assessments, you’ll be eligible to apply for CHPP status. Having these assessments automatically recognised as part of your studies makes your degree at Arden University unique, as to date no other university in the world has achieved this prestigious CHPP alignment as part of an undergraduate degree programme.

Accreditation

• Accredited by APM
• Association for Project Management (APM)
• Member of AACSB
• Arden University is a member of AACSB International—The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.