Sep 07, 2024  
2023-2024 Graduate Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Quality Engineering Mico-Credential


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The Quality Engineering micro-credential serves the critical needs of students who are determined to pursue a career on improving quality of products and service in various industries, military and government agencies. All of these organizations, regardless of their business or operations, inevitably need quality improvement. This program includes a set of quality-centered courses, both quantitative and qualitative in nature, as well as a final “mini thesis.”

For more information and to apply visit the Office of Micro-Credentials.

Academic Requirements


Any Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) Graduate student that is interested in going to work in the industry. Having a micro-credential in Quality Engineering will significantly increase credibility and will train students to become leaders in the field. 

The students should be admissible to our MSIE program or the ME program, with strong engineering background from a reputable undergraduate program. For international students, they should have their English test scores much above the university set standards, and their GRE scores should also be very good in comparison with other students in the graduate program.

The review of applications is continuous, there is no set deadline.  However, it is advisable that students get admitted and begin to work on the mini-thesis at least 3-4 weeks prior to graduation.

Course Requirements


Quality Engineering Core (6 credits)


One Elective Course (3 credits)


Additional Requirements


  • An integrative report (“mini thesis”) that unifies all course experience.

Total Credit Hours: 9


3.0 GPA required

 

Instruction Method


  • Hybrid (some of the micro-credential requirements can be fulfilled online)

Average Time to Completion


  • Three Semesters

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