LANSING COMMUNITY COLLEGE
CURRICULAR GUIDE
Quality Management
Associate in Applied Science Degree
Curriculum Code: 0246 (Effective Fall 1999 - Summer 2004)
Quality management is an area of study which focuses on the managerial
principles and statistical techniques that are necessary to continuously
improve organizational effectiveness and ensure the delivery of high quality
products and services. The quality management program offers students the
opportunity to develop skills required for a career in quality with an
emphasis in management areas. Students will study areas such as accounting,
general business, international business, organizational development,
probability and statistics, control charts, problem solving, quality
improvement teams, quality planning and systems management,cost of quality,
applied statistics and experimental design. This program provides excellent
preparation for students to pursue certification through the American Society
for Quality Control (ASQC) as a Certified Quality Technician or Manager.
PREREQUISITES
Students should see the "Course Descriptions" section of this catalog or the
Course Schedule for course prerequisite information. Basic skills assessment
and advising information may be found on page 8 of this catalog.
GENERAL EDUCATION
General education is an important part of this program and includes a
mathematics competency requirement. To fulfill the mathematics competency
requirement, students may need to complete specific coursework in mathematics.
For information on how to fulfill all general education requirements, see page
22.
INFORMATION
Contact the Technology Careers Department, Gannon Vocational-Technical Center,
Room 136, telephone number (517) 483-1336.
REQUIREMENTS TOTAL: 44 CREDITS
CODE TITLE CREDIT HOURS
ACCG 101 Accounting Info for Management 3
BUSN 118 Introduction to Business 3
BUSN 201 International Business 3
QUAL 100 Intro Quality Assurance 3
QUAL 103 Probability/Stats Qual Assur 4
QUAL 104 Process Control Charting 3
QUAL 107 Problem-Solving Techniques 3
QUAL 200 Quality Improvement Teams 4
QUAL 203 Quality Planning/Systems Mgmt 4
QUAL 205 Cost of Quality 3
QUAL 212 Applied Stats/Qual Assur 4
QUAL 215 Experimental Design in QA 4
QUAL 242 Quality Auditing 3
LIMITED CHOICE REQUIREMENTS TOTAL: 22 CREDITS
Complete the indicated number of credits from each CHOICE listed below.
CHOICE 1: General Education Core Areas 12 Credits
(See the "GENERAL EDUCATION" section above)
Writing Core Area 3
Speech Communication Core Area 3
Science/Technology Core Area 3
Global Perspectives and Diversity Core Area 3
Mathematics Competency (See page 22 for information on
how to fulfill this requirement)
CHOICE 2: Additional Related Courses 10 Credits
MGMT 224 Human Resource Management 3
MGMT 225 Principles of Management 3
MGMT 228 Organizational Behavior 3
QUAL 115 Metrology 4
QUAL 121 Intro Statistical Process Cont 3
QUAL 124 Quality Service/Customer Satis 3
QUAL 209 Reliability 3
QUAL 224 Supervisory Skills for Quality 3
QUAL 239 Project Management 3
QUAL 251 Current Qual Assur Topics 1
QUAL 252 Current QA Topics II 2
MINIMUM TOTAL 66
SUGGESTED COURSE SEQUENCE
Students should see course descriptions to find out when departments plan to
offer courses. Students who for any reason are unable to follow the course
sequence suggested below (for example, those who are part-time, have
transferred in courses from another school, or have prerequisites to fulfill)
should contact an academic advisor or counselor for help with adjustments.
I II III IV
ACCG 101 BUSN 201 QUAL 200 QUAL 205
BUSN 118 QUAL 104 QUAL 212 QUAL 215
QUAL 100 QUAL 107 QUAL 242 Lim.Ch.
QUAL 103 QUAL 203 Lim.Ch. Lim.Ch.
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