LANSING COMMUNITY COLLEGE
CURRICULAR GUIDE
Quality Assurance
Associate in Applied Science Degree
Curriculum Code: 0206 (Effective Fall 2000 - Summer 2005)
Quality assurance is an established field utilizing the application of
management principles, problem solving, planning and statistical techniques to
produce high quality products or services. The quality assurance program
offers students the opportunity to develop skills required for a career in
quality with an emphasis in technical quality areas. Students will study
areas such as probability and statistics, control charts, problem solving,
metrology, quality improvement teams, quality planning and systems management,
cost of quality, sampling, reliability, 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, Certified Quality Engineer, Certified Quality
Manager, Certified Quality Auditor or Certified Reliability Engineer.
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 course work in
mathematics. For information on how to fulfill all general education
requirements, see page 23.
INFORMATION
Contact the Technology Careers Department, Gannon Vocational-Technical Center,
Room 136, telephone number (517) 483-1336.
REQUIREMENTS TOTAL: 47 CREDITS
CODE TITLE CREDIT HOURS
QUAL 100 Intro Quality Assurance 4
QUAL 103 Probability/Stats Qual Assur 4
QUAL 104 Process Control Charting 3
QUAL 107 Problem-Solving Techniques 3
QUAL 115 Metrology 4
QUAL 200 Quality Improvement Teams 4
QUAL 203 Quality Systems Management 4
QUAL 205 Cost of Quality 3
QUAL 209 Reliability 3
QUAL 212 Applied Stats/Qual Assur 4
QUAL 215 Experimental Design in QA 4
QUAL 239 Qual Plan/Project Management 4
QUAL 242 Quality Auditing 3
LIMITED CHOICE REQUIREMENTS TOTAL: 21-24 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 23 for information on
how to fulfill this requirement. Course work may be needed.)
CHOICE 2: Additional Quality Assurance/Technology Courses 9-12 Credits
CNCP 101 PC Applications for Technology 3
DTDS 100 CAD/Drafting Concepts 4
DTDS 110 Industrial Blueprint Reading 3
MACH 100 Manufacturing Processes 4
QUAL 121 Intro Statistical Process Cont 3
QUAL 124 Quality Service/Customer Satis 3
QUAL 135 Measure/Gage Geom Tolerances 3
QUAL 224 Supervisory Skills for Quality 3
QUAL 251 Current Qual Assur Topics 1
QUAL 252 Current QA Topics II 2
MINIMUM TOTAL 68
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
QUAL 100 QUAL 104 QUAL 115 QUAL 209
QUAL 103 QUAL 203 QUAL 200 QUAL 215
QUAL 107 Lim.Ch. QUAL 205 QUAL 239
Lim.Ch. Lim.Ch. QUAL 212 QUAL 242
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