Applied Research is a capstone course for students enrolled in the MS Information Technology Project Management degree program. This course requires the completion of one or more projects that apply theories and principles to the workplace, leading to a written and oral presentation. The purpose of the Applied Research course is to demonstrate the student's ability to apply project management theoretical concepts to actual projects in the workplace. The student must spend a sufficient amount of time with an organization to which his/her Applied Research project engagement applies. The course project may be any activity predefined by the instructor that a student completes in the workplace. This may be accomplished in various ways: paid internship, unpaid internship, employee job-related assignment, or volunteer assignment. In situations where workplace projects are not available to the student, a simulated Applied Research project is assigned by the instructor.

Prerequisite: 15 credits of ITPM Core and permission of the Department Head