The Continuing Education and Professional Development department at Schoolcraft College will host a special information session about the college's Project Management Essentials and Exam Preparation 10-week course on Monday, September 17, 2012. The information session is free and open to the public. It will begin at 6 p.m. in the Biomedical Technology Center on the college's main campus in Livonia, Haggerty Road between Six and Seven Mile Roads.

According to a 2007 PricewaterhouseCoopers survey, 80 percent of high-performing projects use a credentialed project manager. Project managers have to be great multi-taskers and wear many hats and these skills can be acquired with intensive training through such programs as Schoolcraft's Project Management Essentials and Exam Preparation course, which begins Monday, October 1. The class will meet for 10 weeks each Monday from 6 - 9:35 p.m. The class will prepare students to take the Project Management Institute PMP or CAPM certification exam.

More than 400,000 professionals around the world now hold PMI credentials, working in every industry from healthcare, telecommunications and finance to information technology and construction. Each year more project management related jobs require PMP certification.

For more information about the free information session on September 17 or the Project Management Professional Program at Schoolcraft College visist www.schoolcraft.edu/pmp or call 734-462-4488.