Project Management with AI Certificate

Learn Project Management Skills with AI Tools to Excelerate Your Career

Our fully online-self paced Project Management Certificate program is designed to sharpen your project management skills and deepen your understanding of essential strategies and methodologies.

You’ll learn to plan and manage projects using standard Project Management Institute (PMI)® methodology while building a solid foundation for project success by applying the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) framework.

Overall project management including introduction, integration, scope and stakeholder management
Project scheduling, cost assessment/analysis and risk management
Effective project communication
Implement AI into project management planning
Project quality, procurement and closure protocols

To prepare you for today’s rapidly evolving workplace, the program incorporates AI‑enhanced project management practices. You’ll explore how AI tools can support project planning, risk forecasting, resource allocation, scheduling, and communication. Through guided activities, you’ll learn how to evaluate AI outputs, integrate them into project workflows responsibly, and use them to improve decision‑making and project outcomes.

By the end of the certificate, you’ll be equipped with a modern, industry‑aligned project management toolkit to lead projects more efficiently and confidently across a wide range of industries.

Who Should Attend

Taught by experienced faculty instructors in a convenient and flexible online format, this series of online project management courses is ideal for:

Those seeking a hands-on approach to gaining project management skills
Those seasoned or new professionals seeking a salary advancement or promotion
Career changers seeking to add competitive value to their resume

Schedule and Fees

Our Online Self-Paced courses are open year round.

Required Courses	Instructional Method / Duration	Open 2026	Open 2027	Open 2028	Fee*
PMP-X861 Introduction & Governance Performance Domain (2 units)	Online Self-Paced, Up to 180 days to complete	Enroll Anytime After 5/15/26	Enroll Anytime	Enroll Anytime	$599
PMP-X862 Scope & Schedule Performance Domains (2 units) - Coming Fall 2026	Online Self-Paced, Up to 180 days to complete	Enroll Anytime After 9/1/26	Enroll Anytime	Enroll Anytime	$599
PMP-X863 Finance & Stakeholder Performance Domains (2 units) - Coming Spring 2027	Online Self-Paced, Up to 180 days to complete	Enroll Anytime after 1/1/27	Enroll Anytime After 1/1/27	Enroll Anytime	$599
PMP-X864 Resource & Risk Performance Domains (2 units) - Coming Summer 2027	Online Self-Paced, Up to 180 days to complete	Enroll Anytime After 5/1/27	Enroll Anytime After 5/1/27	Enroll Anytime	$599

Learner Outcomes

Methodology Mastery: Apply PMI® standard methodologies and the PMBOK® Guide framework to manage projects through every stage of their lifecycle.Incorporate Generative AI into project management activities.
Predictive Forecasting: Use AI to enhance risk forecasting and decision-making, allowing for proactive rather than reactive project adjustments.
Apply quality and continuous improvement in project management to processes and deliverables.
Gather, evaluate, monitor and control cost components for a project and implement leadership practices.
Evaluate risk and methods to address project risk to examine a problem holistically.

Learning Method Information

Online Self-Paced

Our online self-paced courses are similar to online fixed-date courses, but are designed to give you a six-month period from time of enrollment to complete all assignments. Your instructor will provide feedback via written responses on your assignments and exams. Grades are based on completed projects, assignments and exams.

How is the self-paced course structured? Like fixed-date courses, online self-paced courses are asynchronous meaning that you can work on your assignments anytime; the difference being there are no assigned due dates in self-paced courses. The content is divided into learning modules. Each module will cover one or more topics. Within each of the learning modules, you can expect the following components:

Module introduction that outlines what you can expect to learn in the module.
Required readings (textbook, articles, journals, websites, etc.) and presentations (audio and/or video).
Assignments (which may include: written assignments, quizzes, blogs, etc.) based on the readings and presentations.
Module conclusion to review the topics and what you should have learned.
Typically, there is a final project, paper, or exam due in the last module that culminates all of the topics covered in each of the learning modules. You’ll find that the design of the learning modules has a rhythm to help you manage your time in the course.

Benefits of USD’s Online Project Management Certificate Program

Here are some of the most compelling reasons to enroll in the University of San Diego’s Project Management Certificate program:

Learn best practices in the project management profession
Gain direct insight into applying them to your actual day-to-day project work or future aspirations
Better understand the value of stakeholder and resource management when developing a project management plan and assembling a team
Learn strategies for mobilizing executive-level support and organization-wide support to help ensure project success
Describe and understand the best approach for estimating your project costs and mapping the project costs with your schedule management plan to create a time phased budget
Recognize the difference between predictive and agile approaches to project management

Project Management with AI Certificate Program Curriculum

The online Project Management with AI Certificate Program consists of four online self-paced courses spanning the full spectrum of the project management experience. All four are required to earn your certificate:

PMP-X861 Introduction & Governance Performance Domain
PMP-X862 Scope & Schedule Performance Domains
PMP-X863 Finance & Stakeholder Performance Domains
PMP-X864 Resource & Risk Performance Domains

Certificate Requirements and Fees

To earn a professional certificate in Project Management with AI, participants must:

Complete the four required courses (course fee: $599 per course)
Complete all coursework with a final grade of C or better
Submit a one-time certificate fee of $75

Learn more about the University of San Diego’s Professional and Continuing Education Certificate Benefits and Policies.

Project Management Job Market and Career Outlook

The Project Management Institute’s Job Growth and Talent Gap in Project Management report shows a widening skills gap for project management professionals at a global scale — meaning there are not enough well-trained project managers to meet the growing demand.

Expanding Job Markets

Projections call for 2.2 million new project-oriented roles to be created globally each year through 2027.

Rising Salaries

Project managers earn an average of salary of $108,000 in the United States, with a median salary of $89,286 for entry-level project managers.

Growing Industries

Specific industries experiencing project manager job growth include Manufacturing, Business Services, Finance & Insurance, Healthcare, Oil & Gas, Information Technology Services, Construction and Utilities.
By 2027, employers worldwide will need nearly 88 million individuals in project management-oriented roles.

Experienced Faculty Instructors

Our instructors, most of whom hold advanced degrees, are experienced practitioners and subject matter experts who engage each student in a stimulating and participative learning environment. Meet a few of your Project Management Certificate program instructors:

Marie Struttmann, PMP, is a program manager and consultant with broad experience in leading manufacturing and operations teams through organizational change both as a senior leader and project manager. She holds an MBA with a focus on organizational change from Nova Southeastern University and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Kentucky. Her additional certifications include Practical Process Improvement (PPI) and Certified Scrum Master (CSM). Marie has been recognized and honored for her success and expertise in business transformation, continuous improvement and Lean Six Sigma across multiple industries. She has served on the executive board and is a mentor for PMI-SD.

Robert Key, PMP, is passionate about his work as a project manager and college professor. He served in the U.S. Air Force for nearly a decade and has earned both an MBA and a Master of Arts in Education (MAEd). Robert’s commitment to lifelong learning is evidenced by his wide range of professional certifications. In addition to Project Management Professional, these include Certified Professional Scrum Master, Certified Six Sigma Green Belt, Agile Certified Practitioner and Amazon Web Services Certified Solutions Architect.

Accreditation

The University of San Diego’s Division of Professional and Continuing Education is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges – Senior College and University Commission (WASC).

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

What is Project Management?

The discipline of initiating, planning, executing, controlling and closing the work of a team to achieve specific goals and meet specific success criteria.

Do courses need to be taken in sequence?

Yes, the newly revised program has been developed to be taken in sequence, starting with the first course, PMP-X861 Introduction & Governance Performance Domain.

What textbooks are required?

Although most course materials are shared through our online learning platform, Canvas, the following books are required for the program:

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) – Eighth Edition and The Standard for Project Management, Eighth Edition by PMI (available as a combined purchase) and An Introduction to Project Management by Kathy Schwalbe, all available at Amazon.com or your local bookstore.

Will this program prepare me for the PMP Certification Exam?

The Project Management with AI Certificate program is intended to provide practical project management skillsets. It is real-world based and led by practitioners. It provides an in-depth overview of PM methodology; however, it is not a PMP exam prep course.

When should I pay for the certificate fee?

It is recommended that you pay your one-time certificate fee upon enrolling in your first course.