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SixSigmaQualityManagementGraduateCertificate

VOILAND COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE

Engineering and Technology Management

ETM’sSixSigmaQualityManagementcertificateintroducesthephilosophicalfoundationforqualityimprovementandarobustsetoftoolsandtechniquesthathaveprovensuccessfulinidentifyingandsolvingqualityproblems.FoundationalconceptshavemuchincommonwithTotalQualityManagementandISO9000,includingcross-functionalproductdesign,processmanagement,supplierqualitymanagement,customerinvolvement,informationandfeedback,committedleadership,strategicplanning,cross-functionaltraining,andemployeeinvolvement.Thetoolsetextendsfromfundamentaldescriptivestatisticsandbasicproblemsolvingtosophisticatedstatisticaldesignofexperimentsandevolutionaryoperations.

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Thegraduatecertificaterequiresthefollowingcourses(12credits):¨ EM538LeanAgilityorEM

590LeadingDesignandInnovation

¨ EM570SixSigmaQualityManagement

¨ EM580QualityControlandReliability

¨ EM585QualityEngineeringUsingDesignofExperiments

Coursedescriptionsandsyllabicanbefoundatetm.wsu.edu.

WashingtonStateUniversity’sonlineEngineeringandTechnologyManagement(ETM)programoffersamaster’sdegreeinEngineeringandTechnologyManagementandgraduatecertificatesinsevenspecializedareas.Coursesaredesignedtoprovideworkingengineerswiththeskillstomanageprojects,people,andtechnology.Theprogramistailoredforprofessionalswhowanttoadvancetheircareerswhilestillworkingfulltime.Theprogramhasbeenconsistantlyrankedasoneofthetop30onlineengineeringprogramsinthenation.WSUisaccreditedbytheNorthwestCommissiononCollegesandUniversities(NWCCU).Allcoursesareofferedonlineanduseaninnovativeblendoftraditionalclassroominstructionandthelatestinvideostreamingandwebconferencingtechnologiesthatallowcoursestobedeliveredlivetostudentsanywhereintheworld.Innovativeprogramsoftwareallowsfacultyandstudentstointeractwitheachotheronline.Theconvenienceandflexibilityoftheprogramisidealfortheworkingprofessional.Mobilecapabilitiesarealsoavailable.Classesarearchivedandavailabletoreviewatanytime.

AnETMgraduatecertificaterequiresfourcourses(12credithours)inspecializedareas.Acertificateisawardeduponcompletionofthesecourses.Coursecreditsearnedforacertificatemayalsoapplytoamaster’sdegreeintheETMProgramorothergraduatedegreeprograms.Astudentmayearnmorethanonecertificateandmayworkonthecertificateandmaster’sprogramconcurrently.Minimumrequirements

ü Bachelor’sdegree(minimum3.0GPA)

ü Transcriptsü Resumeü PersonalStatement

WSUAdmissionsStudentsmustbeadmittedtoWSU’sGraduateSchooltoreceiveagraduatecertificate.Learnmoreandapplyatgradschool.wsu.edu.

509-335-0125etm@wsu.eduetm.wsu.edu

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