Certificate Program in Quality Management
The Quality Management Certificate Program emphasizes and provides technical knowledge of advanced statistical methods, design of experiments, quality control, reliability, maintainability, and availability. It includes quality control tools with SPC Expert and SQC, quality functional deployment (QFD), and total quality management (TQM). It extends and supplements the technical knowledge of professionals working in the quality and reliability area as well as such programs as Six Sigma.Requirements
| ENIE 457 | Quality Control (3hrs.) |
| ENGR 552 | Reliability Engineering (3hrs.) |
| ENGM 556 | Quality Management Systems (3hrs.) |
| ENGR 570 | Advanced Statistics and Design of Experiments (3hrs.) |
Admission
Knowledge
of statistics is required as demonstrated by the satisfactory
completion of ENGR 222 "Probability and Statistics for Engineering" or equivalent. Individuals will be admitted
to the Certificate in Quality Management program if either:
- They have a bachelor's degree and significant related professional experience and are approved by the Engineering Management Graduate Committee, or
- They meet the admission requirements of the Graduate School as stated in the Graduate Catalog, are admitted to the Engineering or Engineering Management M.S. program, and have satisfied all prerequisite courses assigned by the respective Graduate Committee.
Contact:
Dr. Neslihan Alp, Director of Engineering Management and Graduate Programs
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Dept. 2402
615 McCallie Avenue
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37403-2598
Phone: (423) 425-4032
Fax: (423) 425-5229
Melissa Blazek, Program Liaison
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
The Graduate School
615 McCallie Avenue
114 Race Hall, Dept. 5305
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37403-2598
Phone: (423) 425-4667
Fax: (423) 425-5223
