What you will learn

• Describe what networking is and how it can help you reach your professional goals.
• Identify your goals for networking.
• Introduce yourself in English, keep a conversation going, and leave the conversation.
• Write professional emails to make new contacts and follow up with people in your network.
• Identify your network and your unique characteristics and skills.
• Use LinkedIn and business cards to make and maintain connections with your network.
• Use informational interviews to expand your network.

Program overview

Are you an IT professional new to project management or a manager who wants to develop more robust project management skills? Perhaps you are looking to forge a career as a full-time project manager (PM). This program will introduce you to the fundamentals of project management, specifically as they apply to the field of information technology (IT).

This program will help you select project management techniques and strategies that best fit your IT project or organization. You’ll also explore how project management offices are organized and how they develop a project portfolio. Throughout the program, you’ll come to understand some of the challenges of the field, including management of diverse teams and projects that are potentially based anywhere in the world. By the end, you’ll determine your own competencies as an IT project manager and will have developed core skills required for this role.

What will you learn

• Why IT organizations use project management to deliver business value and how organizational culture can influence the role of the PM and individual projects;
• How to describe and distinguish among the major project management methodologies and project lifecycles as applied to IT and to identify strategies for managing distributed teams;
• The purpose of a Project Management Office (PMO), high-level strategies to set up, maintain, and close a PMO, and how it can work within your organization;
• Techniques to intake, prioritize, and select projects and programs so that they align with an organization’s overall business strategy; and
• Which personal and performance competencies are necessary for project management in IT, and strategies for developing those skills.

Program overview

Are you interested in working in cybersecurity but unsure if it’s the right career choice for you?

This professional certificate program will introduce you to the field of cybersecurity, as you learn about its landscape, numerous sectors and various roles, competencies and career pathways.

You will learn about the role of the Chief Information Security Office (CISO) as you study the policies, procedures, practices and technologies put in place to mitigate organizational and systems vulnerabilities to cyberattack.

You will also learn about the type of skills needed from a cybersecurity professional, outside of technical proficiency. And lastly, you will be given the opportunity to complete a self-assessment to determine which career path in cybersecurity is right for you.

The goal of this program is to help you better understand cybersecurity and the opportunities within this field as they apply to you. The program is intended for learners who wish to identify their specific optimal niche and create a plan for entry into this exciting field.

What you will learn

• Describe the vast array of roles and sectors within the Cybersecurity industry;
• Explain the relationship between management and technology in cybersecurity protection;
• Identify appropriate types of security controls to the actions of different and evolving threat actors;
• Apply terminology and basic concepts of cybersecurity;
• Assess own knowledge, skill, and abilities toward identifying a career path in cybersecurity.