Course Descriptions
QLP 500: An Introduction to Quality Assurance 3 Credit Hours
An introduction to the history and development of quality assurance principles and practices, documentation-and-audit based standards, quality awards and certification systems, professional ethics and social responsibility, and the emergence of quality assurance as a distinct field.
Prerequisite: None
QLP 511: Statistical Techniques I 3 Credit Hours
The application of statistical concepts and techniques, including univariate analysis, hypothesis testing, and bivariate analysis, to decision-making challenges that confront managers
Prerequisite: QLP 500
QLP 512: Statistical Techniques II 3 Credit Hours
The application of statistical concepts and techniques in the areas of regression analysis and experimental design.
Prerequisite: QLP 511
QLP 515: Statistical Quality Control & Acceptance Sampling 3 Credit Hours
The use of strategies and techniques associated with statistical analysis, including measures of central tendency and dispersion, the concept of variability, statistical process control, process capability, and acceptance sampling.
Prerequisite: QLP 500
QLP 525: H. R. Management & Quality Leadership 3 Credit Hours
The application of human resources management theories and practices with a special focus on leadership, facilitation, teams, and managerial ethics.
Prerequisite: QLP 500
QLP 531: Management Information Systems and Quality 3 Credit Hours
An analysis of modern management information systems and strategies and techniques designed to support quality assurance objectives in a variety of work settings.
Prerequisite: QLP 500
QLP 535: Accounting and Quality 3 Credit Hours
An introduction to basic accounting principles and practices with a particular focus on their relevance to robust quality assurance programs (e.g., basic accounting terminology, understanding a balance sheet, establishing a budget, the analysis of quality costs, etc.)
Prerequisite: QLP 500
QLP 540: Measurement and Testing 3 Credit Hours
The study and application of measurement and testing strategies and techniques, including measurement systems analysis, metrology, destructive and non-destructive testing, calibration, and the use and maintenance of inspection equipment.
Prerequisite: QLP 500
QLP 543: Quality Communications, Documentation& Auditing 3 Credit Hours
The workplace application of principles and practices associated with managerial communications, quality documentation, quality auditing, corrective action documentation and reporting, and professional ethics.
Prerequisite: QLP 500
QLP 545: Managing Operations to Achieve & Maintain Quality 3 Credit Hours
The application of principles and practices mastered in QLP 515, QLP 531, and QLP 543 in manufacturing, healthcare, government, and the service sector, with a special emphasis on advanced product quality planning, control of ongoing operations, the control of incoming products and supplies, purchasing, and inspection processes.
Prerequisite: QLP 511
QLP 5xx: Graduate Electives - TBD (3 Credit Hours)
The four options tentatively planned for Cohort #7 are: Quality Management; Regulatory Affairs; Reliability; and, Social Responsibility. The students will select which elective they will take at the end of their first semester.
Prerequisite: QLP 511 or QLP 515
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