Quality Management and Analytics Graduate Certificate
The graduate certificate in Quality Management and Analytics introduces quality management tools to enhance customer and supplier relations, strategic planning, and measurement systems to improve overall organizational performance. Students will learn and apply quantitative analytical modeling techniques to solve decision problems and risk situations faced by project managers. In addition, an overview of six sigma data-driven decision making methodologies will be introduced to gain insights into advanced quality based industrial management techniques.
This certificate requires 9 credit hours for completion.
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Why Earn Your Certificate?
Graduate-level certificates are graduate courses of study approved by an academic unit. These certificates:
- Provide professional development and career advancement
- Broaden career options
- Enhance your skills
- Educate you as part of the process of lifelong learning
The certificate program is not a degree program, although courses completed as part of the certificate curriculum could be used in meeting degree requirements where appropriate.
Each certificate requires three specific courses totaling nine credit hours. Courses completed as a portion of the certificate program may also be counted toward the requirements of the Master of Science in Technology degree.
The Department of Technology graduate coordinator will advise students and confirm completion of certificate requirements.
Required Courses
TEC 437: Quality and Organizational Excellence (3 credit hours) — summer only
TEC 438: Project Risk and Decision Analysis (3 credit hours) — spring
TEC 439: Introduction to Six Sigma Methodologies (3 credit hours) — fall only
To learn more about each course, prerequisites, and any additional certificate requirements, review the Graduate Catalog.
Plan of Study
After admittance to a non-degree graduate certificate program, the student should complete the Plan of Study for the certificate.
Grade Point Average
In order to be awarded the certificate, all required courses must be completed with a "B" or better. All certificate required coursework must be completed in the Department of Technology at Illinois State.
Time Limit
All requirements for a graduate level certificate must be completed within six calendar years, beginning with the date the student first registers as a graduate level certificate student.
Go Deeper
Advance your career even further by earning your Master of Science in Technology in the Quality Management and Analytics sequence. Choose from two degree options to fit your needs.