Certificate in Procurement & Contracts Management - Undergraduate

(Available online or at our Northern Virginia Center)

Our Certificate in Procurement and Contracts Management addresses the expanding needs of private industry and local, state, and federal agencies for professionally trained procurement/contracting officers, contracts administrators, and negotiators. Students must complete a total of ten undergraduate-level courses to be eligible for the certificate: six required courses and four electives.

Required and elective courses are offered online or at our Northern Virginia Center.  The certificate can be completed totally online.

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Required Courses (6)

PC 401

Procurement and Contracting

PC 401W

Procurement and Contracting (Web Course)

PC 402

Contract Administration

PC 402W

Contract Administration (Web Course)

PC 403

Cost and Price Analysis

PC 403W

Cost and Price Analysis (Web Course)

PC 404

Government Contract Law

PC 404W

Government Contract Law (Web Course)

PC 405

Negotiation of Contracts and Modifications

PC 407

Seminar in Procurement and Contract Management

PC 407W		Seminar in Procurement and Contract Management (Web Course)
+ Students living outside of the Northern Virginia area who wish to complete the certificate totally online may substitute PC 405 with PC 510W upon premission of the program director.
Elective Courses (4)
PC 406		Management Principles for Procurement and Contract Management
PC 409		Contracting for Information Resources
PC 409W		Contracting for Information Resources (Web Course)
PC 412		International Purchasing and Business Transactions
PC 413		Purchasing and Materials Management
PC 415		Grants: Federal, State and Local
PC 416		Application for Management of Federal Grants
PC 417		International Business Negotiations
PC 419		Government Computer Law
PC 419W		Government Computer Law (Web Course)
PC 420		Advanced Major Information Resource Systems Management
PC 420W		Advanced Major Information Resource Systems Management (Web Course)
PC 422		Federal Government Contracting: A Contractor's Perspect
PC 422W		Federal Government Contracting: A Contracter's Perspect (Web Course)
PC 423		Project Team Management for Contract Managers
PC 424W		Subcontract Management (Web Course)
PC 426		Source Selection
PC 426W		Source Selection (Web Course)
PC 502		Advanced Cost and Price Analysis
PC 502W		Advanced Cost and Price Analysis (Web Course)
PC 503		Introduction to Project Management
PC 503W		Introduction to Project Management (Web Course)
PC 504		Advanced Contract Formation and Administration
PC 504W		Advanced Contract Formation and Administration (Web Course)
PC 506		Federal Acquisition Case Studies
PC 506W		Federal Acquisition Case Studies (Web Course)
PC 507W		Services Contracting (Web Course)
PC 510		Contracting By Negotiation
PC 510W		Contracting By Negotiation (Web Course)
PC 511		Construction Contracting
PC 511W		Construction Contracting (Web Course)
PC 512W		Electronic Commerce in Federal Acquisition (Web Course)
PC 513W		Advanced Services Contracting (Web Course)
PC 514		Seminar in International Procurement
PC 523		Project Manager and Managing the Project Team
PC 523W		Project Manager and Managing the Project Team (Web Course)
Program Contact Northern Virginia Center Stefan Gunther Email:  sgunther@virginia.edu Telephone: 703-536-1136 / 1-800-678-4882 FAQs and Application