{"id":2,"date":"2020-09-22T14:41:26","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T14:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/leadership-project-management\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-09-18T14:55:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T18:55:10","slug":"leadership-program-management","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/leadership-program-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Engineering Leadership and Program Management"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-welcome-to-the-department-of-engineering-leadership-and-program-management\">Welcome to the Department of Engineering Leadership and Program Management!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;re glad you are interested in our program which is designed to provide you with the Leadership and Program Management skills that will help you advance and meet your personal and professional goals. Program managers work to make ideas happen, working in nearly any industry, at companies ranging from Fortune 500 firms to startups. Our program is accredited by Global Accreditation Center for Project Management Education Programs (GAC), the world\u2019s leading specialized accrediting body for project management programs worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;The Citadel offers:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The only&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/leadership-program-management\/graduate-programs\/ms-project-management\/\">Master of Science in Project Management<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;in the State of South Carolina that is accredited by (PMI)&nbsp;<strong>Global Accreditation Center (GAC)<\/strong>.&nbsp;See <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/citadelits-my.sharepoint.com\/:w:\/g\/personal\/agiordan_nation_citadel_edu\/EU6DcJYJhTFEntqsqxFk7KwBKd4jubkU2l7_ARq2dqrvYA?e=WtLLMz\">the 2023 GAC Student Achievement<\/a><\/strong> for more information. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One of only 68 graduate programs in the United States accredited by the Project Management Institute&#8217;s (PMI)<strong>&nbsp;Global Accreditation Center (GAC).<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A 95% student&nbsp;<strong>Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam pass rate.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In addition, there is a Graduate Certificate option:<strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/leadership-program-management\/graduate-programs\/technical-project-management-cert\/\">Technical Project Management (TPM)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/leadership-project-management\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/gac2color-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"PMI Global Accreditation Center for Project Management logo\" class=\"wp-image-35\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/leadership-program-management\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/gac2color-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/leadership-program-management\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/gac2color-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/leadership-program-management\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/gac2color-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/leadership-program-management\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/gac2color-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/leadership-program-management\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/gac2color.jpg 1054w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our project management programs&nbsp;<strong>can be completed entirely online<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I invite you to learn more about us through the program website and see in greater detail the exciting activities associated with Project Management. If you are interested in learning more about our programs I invite you to contact me, or go to the program website and\/or visit the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/graduatecollege\/\">Graduate College Admissions link<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;to gather more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-pt-barracks-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-contact-us\">Contact Us<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Dr. Nahid Vesali PE, PMP<\/strong><br><em>Department Head &amp; Professor&nbsp;of Engineering Leadership &amp; Program Management<\/em><br><a href=\"mailto:nvesalim@citadel.edu\">nvesalim@citadel.edu<\/a><br>843-953-9811<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Department of Engineering Leadership and Program Management! 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