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Course Format and Workload
- What
is the course format?
- What's
included in the courses?
- What
is the average time for completing a course?
- How
long do I have to finish a course?
Signing Up for a Course
- When
can I start?
- How
do I sign up?
Course
Access and Course Materials
- When
will I receive my user information to access
the course materials?
- How
do I retrieve my password if I forgot it?
- When
will I receive my textbook?
- Should
I wait to receive my textbook before beginning
the course?
- How
do I contact the instructor if I have questions
about the course contents?
- Will
I still have access to the course materials
after I complete the course?
Final
Exam and Certificate of Completion
- When
can I take the final exam?
- What
do I need to pass on the final exam?
- What
if I don't pass the exam?
- How
soon will I receive my Certificate of Completion?
PDU
Credits and PDP
- Will
I earn Professional Development Unit (PDU)
credits for UMT's courses?
- Where
can I find information on which UMT courses
are registered at PMI and how many numbers
of PDU they carry?
- How
do I report Professional Development Unit
(PDU) credits that I earned in the courses?
- Where
can I find additional information about
PMI's Professional Development Program
(PDP)?
Technical
Requirements
- What
are the technical requirements?
General
Questions
- How
do I contact UMT?
Course Format and Workload
1. In
what format are the Project Management Suite™ courses?
A.
Both the self-paced Project Management Suite
and academic courses are offered
online.
Students
may take any
courses at
any time and from any location in the world
where they have access to a computer and the
Internet.
2. What’s
included in the courses?
A.
Each Project Management Suite course offers
the following:
- Course
lecture notes, which are organized
by modules. They are presented online in
an easy-to-read flash format.
- Course
textbook, which will be mailed
to you once you sign up for the course.*
It functions as a supplemental reading
to the course. Depending upon your knowledge
of the subject area, you can go through
the book cover-to-cover or just review
sections that deal with areas in which
you need assistance.
- Think & Review
section with questions that
cover the key terms and concepts in each
lecture module. Answers are provided
in popup boxes. This section is designed
to help you prepare for the final exam.
- Final
exam consisting of a number
of multiple-choice and true/false questions.
Once you feel you have mastered the material,
you should take the exam online. It is
scored automatically. You will need to
pass the exam in order to obtain the
Certificate of Completion.
- Certificate
of Completion is issued upon
successful exam completion. It will be
emailed to you as soon as we confirm
that you've passed the exam successfully.
The academic courses
include course lecture notes, Think and Review,
and assignments. Textbooks
are not included in the tuition for academic
courses.
*
Students must purchase the textbook for UMT-PM006.
PMP Exam Preparation separately.
3. What’s
the average time needed to finish a course?
A.
A 15-PDU course on average requires 15 hours
of study and a 30-PDU course requires approximately
30 hours. The actual amount of time will depend
on your previous knowledge of the subject and
the block of time you can dedicate to the study.
Ninety percent of our participants take between
1 week and 3 months to complete a single self-paced
course while full-time working.
Academic
courses are 45-PDU courses. Students
are expected to complete their
work within 11 weeks. However students can complete
these courses at their
own pace. Instructors have discretion over
whether to grant extensions.
4. How
long do I have to complete the course?
A.
You may take up to six months to complete a
self-paced course. Enrollment is effective
the starting date your User ID and password
are issued. From this date, you have six months
to complete all materials. After six months
of course access, you will be withdrawn from
the course.
Academic
courses are typically completed in 11 weeks.
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Signing Up for a Course
1. When
can I start?
A.
You may sign up and take any courses
in the program at any time and study on your
own schedule.
2. How
do I sign up for a course?
A.
There are 4 easy ways to register for a course:
(1)
Online: Use our secure Online
Payment page
(2)
By mail: Fill out a Registration
Form. Mail the form with a check payable
to University of Management and Technology
to: UMT,
1901 North Fort Myer Drive, Suite 700, Arlington,
VA 22209-1609.
(3)
By Fax: Fax the completed Registration
Form to us at (703) 516-0985.
(4)
By Phone: Register by phone at (703) 516-0035.
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Course
Access and Materials
1.
I have paid for a course, when will I receive
my User ID and password to access the course?
A.
Once your payment has cleared, you will receive
access to the courses within 24
hours (M-F). We will send you an email containing
your User ID and password to access the course
to the email address you indicated when you
signed up for the course. The email will also
have detailed access procedures.
2.
I forgot my password. How can I find out
what it is?
A.
UMT has a record of the password originally
assigned to you by us. You can contact us at
(703) 516-0035 or training@umtweb.edu to
find out what it is. If you have accessed the
course and changed the password assigned to
you by UMT, then you should go to the UMT
coursesite sign-in page and use on the "Forgot password?" link
to change your password.
3.
When will I receive my textbook for the
course?
A.
The textbooks for self-paced courses are mailed
to your shipping address on the same day you
receive your User ID and password. The shipment
is sent via Priority Mail for U.S. addresses
or Global Priority Mail for international addresses.
It takes 3 to 5 days to deliver to domestic
addresses and 8 to 15 days for international
ones.
Students
in academic courses are required to purchase
their own textbooks.
4.
Should I wait to receive my textbook before
beginning a self-paced course?
A.
No. You can access the course lecture notes
and complete many of the deliverables online.
The textbook is used as a supplemental reading
to the course.
5.
How do I contact the instructor if I have
questions about the course contents?
A.
Instructors do not monitor self-paced courses
on a daily basis. However, if you have any
academic questions about the course you are
taking, please feel free to email them to us
at training@umtweb.edu. We will pass your questions onto an
instructor right away and ensure that they
are answered in a timely fashion. Typically,
you should receive the answer from one of our
instructors within 24 hours (M-F).
For
academic courses, instructors are expected
to respond to student requests in a timely
fashion, typically within 24 hours on a working
day.
6.
Will I still have access to the course
materials after I complete the course?
A.
In general, you have six months to complete
a self-paced course. Once you have successfully
completed the final exam, you will have 30
days before being automatically removed from
the system.
For
academic courses, students are usually removed
within two weeks of course completion.
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Final Exam and Certificate of Completion
1.
When can I take the final exam in a self-paced
course?
A.
Before taking the final exam on a self-paced
course, you should study all the materials
available to you, such as Think and Review
questions and readings in the textbook.
In
academic courses, the final exam usually takes
the form of an assignments which students submit
to the instructors.
2.
What do I need to pass on the final exam
in a self-paced course?
A.
The final exam is self-administered. A receipt
is shown immediately on the screen after you
have submitted your answers. You will see a
detailed result on which questions you answered
correctly or incorrectly and your final grade
(i.e., You got 85 out of 100 pts). Passing
the exam requires the student to answer at
least 80% of the questions correctly.
3.
What if I don't pass the exam the first
time in a self-paced course?
A.
Although we don’t encourage retaking the
exam, if you feel that the conditions under
which you took the exam severely affected your
exam result, please contact us via email at training@umtweb.edu and we will reset the exam result for
you to retake the test. However, students may
not take the final exam more than twice.
4.
I have successfully passed the final exam,
when will I receive my Certificate of Completion?
A.
Once you have completed the final exam, please
send us an email and let us know. We will confirm
your exam results and send a Certificate of
Completion if you have passed the course (you
must earn a 80 out of 100 points on the final
exam to pass). The Certificate will be emailed
to you as soon as we confirm that you have successfully
passed the final exam.
For
academic courses, students need to complete
all required course assignments. Once the final
grade is given, we'll email you the Certificate
of Completion.
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PDU
Credits and PDP
1.
Will I earn Professional Development Unit
(PDU) credits for UMT's courses?
A.
Yes! UMT is a Registered Education Provider
(R.E.P.) at Project Management Institute® (R.E.P.
number 1130). All of our online courses are
registered at PMI® to offer PDU credits. PMI® requires
a PMP to earn 60 PDUs every three years in
order to maintain his/her status. Taking UMT
online courses is a fast and affordable way
to earn PDUs. Each of the UMT Project Management
Suite™ courses awards
15 or 30 PDUs upon successful course completion.
Academic courses are worth 45 PDUs each.
In 2006, UMT became
one of the ten universities and colleges who
obtained accreditation from PMI. UMT's Project
Management
degrees and courses earned Specialized and Professional
Accreditation by the Global
Accreditation Center (GAC) for the Project Management
Institute. See Directory
of PMI GAC Accredited Degrees for more information.
2.
Where can I find information on which UMT
courses are registered at PMI and how many
numbers of PDU they carry?
A.
To see a list (which expands every year) of
Project Management Suite™ courses
and other UMT courses registered at PMI and
the numbers of PDU they carry, visit the R.E.P.
Programs database on UMT on the PMI website.
3.
How do I report the Professional Development
Unit (PDU) credits that I earn in the UMT
courses?
A.
Project Management Professionals (PMPs) who
want to receive PDU credits for these courses
must report their credits directly to the Project
Management Institute using a PMP
Professional Development Activities Reporting
Form. For official instructions, please
visit PMI's Continuing
Certification Requirements (CCR) Reporting
Instructions. For your convenience, we
have put together a step-by-step instruction
on How
to Register PDUs Earned from UMT Courses with
the Project Management Institute.
Please fee free to use
it.
4.
Where can I find additional information
about PMI's Continuing Certification
Requirements (CCR) Program?
A.
More information is available in PMI's Continuing
Certification Requirements (CCR) Program Handbook.
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Technical
Requirements
1.
What are the technical requirements?
A.
Blackboard.com is UMT's distance education
service provider. In order to access the courses,
students must have a computer with reliable
Internet access and a Web browser capable of
reading the course materials. The minimum requirements
are listed below:
Platform:
Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT, ME, or XP; MacOS
9 or MacOSX
Hardware: 64 MB of RAM, 1 G of free disk space
Browser Versions: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or Netscape 4.78
JavaScript and cookies must be enabled
Software: Adobe
Reader and Flash Player (free download available
from Adobe and Macromedia)
Modem: 56 K or better.
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General
Questions
1.
How do I contact UMT if I have further
questions?
A.
You can write to us at training@umtweb.edu,
or call us at (703) 516-0035.
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