CPS On-Campus Offerings and Calendar
Campus classes are offered in multiple durations ranging from one-day to full semester courses.
Table 1: Class Duration Schedule
|
Duration |
Discipline |
Courses |
|
1 Day |
Counseling (To be sunset as of June 1, 2024*) |
Drug & Alcohol Education |
|
2 Days |
Project Management |
Introduction to Project Management |
|
7 Weeks |
English for Everyday Life |
Popular Culture |
|
12 Weeks |
Fundraising |
Principles of Fundraising |
|
Leadership |
Women’s Leadership Development Certificate |
|
|
13 Weeks |
Supply Chain |
Supply Chain Management |
|
Varied |
Facilities Management |
Facilities Management |
|
Human Resources |
SHRM Essentials of Human Resources |
|
|
Leadership |
Leadership Symposium |
|
| Learning Design and Technology |
Learning Design and Online Pedagogy Instructional Technology Tools Assessment and Evaluation |
|
|
Management |
New Manager Bootcamp |
|
|
Project Management |
PMP® Exam Preparation |
|
|
Paralegal |
Civil Procedure & Litigation |
All professional education campus classes follow the CPS academic calendar which is modeled after the University academic calendar. The CPS professional education calendar is posted on the College website:
https://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/professionalstudies/Course_Schedules.html
For a list of specific start and end dates, see the Professional Education Course Schedule:
https://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/professionalstudies/Course_Schedules/CPS_Upcoming_Courses.html
CPS Online Offerings and Calendar
Online professional education programs are currently offered in varied durations. The tables below indicate each course and its corresponding timeframe.
Given the online nature of the courses, there is no formal scheduled time-off for holidays. Regularly scheduled live class sessions that fall on University holidays will be rescheduled to an alternate date by the instructor. Students who are unable to attend the alternate date are not penalized. Please refer to the CPS On Campus Professional Education Course Schedule for more detail.
Table 2: Class Duration Schedule May 1, 2024 through January 31, 2025.
The below table reflects the duration of courses that are offered online from May 1, 2024 through January 31, 2025. On February 1, 2025 and after, please see Table 3.
2. Class Duration Schedule:
|
Duration |
Discipline |
Courses |
|
4 Weeks |
Project Management |
Essentials of Project Management PMP® Exam Preparation |
|
Leadership |
Rotating Topics |
|
|
Six Sigma |
Essentials of Lean Six Sigma |
|
|
8 Weeks |
Project Management |
Mastering Project Management Advanced Strategic Project Management Project Management Capstone |
|
Six Sigma |
Lean Six Sigma Six Sigma Green Belt Lean Innovation & Management |
|
|
Contract Management |
Essentials of Commercial Contract Management Essential of Government Contract Management Advanced Contract Management |
|
|
Business Process Management |
Essentials of Business Process Management Mastering Process Methodology & Solutions Advanced Process Strategy & Practices |
|
|
Information Systems Security |
Essentials of Cybersecurity (IS Security) Mastering Cybersecurity/Security+ (IS Security +) |
|
|
Business Analysis |
Essentials of Business Analysis Mastering Business Analysis Essentials of Data Visualization |
|
|
Business Intelligence |
Essentials of Business Intelligence Mastering Data Management & Technology Advanced Data Architecture & Intelligence |
|
|
Human Resources |
Mastering Organizational Effectiveness |
|
|
Agile |
Agile Methodology Agile Principles Leading Agile Teams |
|
|
Leadership |
Strategic Organizational Leadership Maximizing Team Effectiveness Finance & Accounting for the Non-Financial Manager |
|
|
10 Weeks |
Financial Management |
PayTrain® Level 1 – Fundamentals PayTrain® Level 2 – Mastery |
|
12 Weeks |
Financial Management |
CMA® Exam Prep Part 1: Financial Reporting, Planning, Performance & Analytics CMA® Exam Prep Part 2: Strategic Financial Management |
|
Human Resources |
Human Resource Management |
|
|
Information Systems Security |
Advanced Concepts in Cybersecurity (Information Security) |
|
|
Six Sigma |
Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt |
|
|
14 Weeks |
Immigration Studies |
Villanova Interdisciplinary Immigration Studies Training for Advocates Modules 1 through 3 |
|
16 Weeks |
Six Sigma |
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt |
Table 3: Class Duration Schedule February 1, 2025, and beyond.
The below table reflects the duration of courses that are offered online from February 1, 2025, and after.
3. Class Duration Schedule:
| Duration | Discipline | Courses |
| 4 Weeks | Project Management | PMP® Exam Prep |
| Leadership | Rotating Topics | |
| Six Sigma | Essentials of Lean Six Sigma (To be sunset on May 30, 2025*) | |
| 6 Weeks | Contract Management | Commercial Contract Management: Principles |
| Commercial Contract Management: Practice | ||
| Commercial Contract Management: Principles and Practice | ||
| Government Contract Management: Principles | ||
| Government Contract Management: Practice | ||
| Government Contract Management: Principles and Practice | ||
| Advanced Contract Management: Principles | ||
| Advanced Contract Management: Practice | ||
| Advanced Contract Management: Principles and Practice | ||
| Digital Marketing | Digital Marketing Fundamentals: Principles | |
| Digital Marketing Fundamentals: Practice | ||
| Digital Marketing Fundamentals: Principles and Practice | ||
| Digital Marketing: Principles | ||
| Digital Marketing: Practice | ||
| Digital Marketing: Principles and Practice | ||
| Digital Marketing Strategy: Principles | ||
| Digital Marketing Strategy: Practice | ||
| Digital Marketing Strategy: Principles and Practice | ||
| Human Resources | HR Fundamentals: Principles | |
| HR Fundamentals: Practice | ||
| HR Fundamentals: Principles & Practice | ||
| HR Professional: Principles | ||
| HR Professional: Practice | ||
| HR Professional: Principles & Practice | ||
| Advanced Human Resources: Principles | ||
| Advanced Human Resources: Practice | ||
| Advanced Human Resources: Principles & Practice | ||
| Project Management | Project Management Fundamentals: Principles | |
| Project Management Fundamentals: Practice | ||
| Project Management Fundamentals: Principles and Practice | ||
| Applied Project Management: Principles | ||
| Applied Project Management: Practice | ||
| Applied Project Management: Principles & Practice | ||
| Project Management Capstone: Principles | ||
| Project Management Capstone: Practice | ||
| Project Management Capstone: Principles & Practice | ||
| Mastering Project Management: Principles | ||
| Mastering Project Management: Practice | ||
| Mastering Project Management: Principles & Practice | ||
| Introduction to Agile and Scrum: Principles | ||
| Introduction to Agile and Scrum: Practice | ||
| Introduction to Agile and Scrum: Principles & Practice | ||
| Six Sigma | Lean Enterprise Principles | |
| Applying Lean Enterprise Principles and Tools | ||
| Lean Enterprise | ||
| Introduction to Lean Six Sigma Principles | ||
| Lean Six Sigma in Practice: Green Belt | ||
| Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt | ||
| Advanced Lean Six Sigma Principles | ||
| Advanced Lean Six Sigma in Practice: Black Belt | ||
| Lean Six Sigma Black Belt | ||
| Design of Experiments: Principles | ||
| Design of Experiments: Practice | ||
| Design of Experiments: Principles & Practice | ||
| Design for Six Sigma: Principles | ||
| Design for Six Sigma: Practice | ||
| Design for Six Sigma: Principles & Practice | ||
| Mastery of Lean Six Sigma Principles | ||
| Mastering Lean Six Sigma: Master Black Belt | ||
| Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt | ||
| Leadership | Strategic Leadership: Principles | |
| Strategic Leadership: Practice | ||
| Strategic Leadership Principles & Practice | ||
|
Building & Leading Highly Effective Teams: Principles |
||
| Building & Leading Highly Effective Teams: Practice | ||
| Building & Leading Highly Effective Teams: Principles & Practice | ||
| Finance and Accounting for the Non Financial Manager: Principles | ||
| Finance and Accounting for the Non Financial Manager: Practice | ||
| Finance and Accounting for the Non Financial Manager: Principles & Practice | ||
| Systems Thinking and Interactive Design: Principles | ||
| Systems Thinking and Interactive Design: Practice | ||
| Systems Thinking and Interactive Design: Principles and Practice | ||
| Change Management: Principles | ||
| Change Management: Practice | ||
| Change Management: Principles and Practice | ||
| Agile | Foundations of Agile Methodology: Principles | |
| Foundations of Agile Methodology: Practice | ||
| Foundations of Agile Methodology: Principles and Practice | ||
| Applications of Agile: Principles | ||
| Applications of Agile: Practice | ||
| Applications of Agile: Principles and Practice | ||
| Leading Agile Teams: Principles | ||
| Leading Agile Teams: Practice | ||
| Leading Agile Teams: Principles and Practice | ||
| 8 Weeks | Contract Management | Essentials of Commercial Contract Management (To be sunset on May 30, 2025*) |
| Essentials of Government Contract Management (To be sunset on May 30, 2025*) | ||
| Advanced Contract Management (To be sunset on May 30, 2025*) | ||
| Business Process Management | Essentials of Business Process Management (To be sunset on May 30, 2025*) | |
| Mastering Process Methodology & Solutions (To be sunset on May 30, 2025*) | ||
| Advanced Process Strategy and Processes (To be sunset on May 30, 2025*) | ||
| Business Analysis | Essentials of Business Analysis (To be sunset on May 30, 2025*) | |
| Mastering Business Analysis (To be sunset on May 30, 2025*) | ||
| Business Intelligence | Essentials of Business Intelligence (To be sunset on May 30, 2025*) | |
| Mastering Data Management and Technology (To be sunset on May 30, 2025*) | ||
| Advanced Data Architecture and Intelligence (To be sunset on May 30, 2025*) | ||
| Information Systems Security | Essentials of Cybersecurity (To be sunset on May 30, 2025*) | |
| Mastering Cybersecurity/Security+ (To be sunset on May 30, 2025*) | ||
| Leadership | Strategic Organizational Leadership (To be sunset on May 30, 2025*) | |
| Applied Project Management | Essentials of Project Management (To be sunset on May 30, 2025*) | |
| Mastering Project Management (To be sunset on May 30, 2025*) | ||
| Six Sigma | Lean Six Sigma (To be sunset on May 30, 2025*) | |
| Six Sigma Green Belt (To be sunset on May 30, 2025*) | ||
| 10 Weeks | Financial Management |
PayTrain® Level 1 – Fundamentals PayTrain® Level 2 – Mastery |
| 12 Weeks |
Financial Management |
CMA® Exam Prep Part 1: Financial Reporting, Planning, Performance & Analytics CMA® Exam Prep Part 2: Strategic Financial Management |
| 14 Weeks | Immigration Studies | Villanova Interdisciplinary Immigration Studies Training for Advocates Modules 1 through 3 |
| 16 Weeks | Six Sigma | Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (To be sunset May 31, 2025*) |
| * The sunset of a course or program does not have any impact on the validity of the earned credential. Students who are not able to complete a program prior to the sunset date will be able to do so with approved replacement courses in accordance with other academic policies. |