St. Clair County Community College 2005-2006 Catalog

QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM Program Code: AASQA

ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED ARTS AND SCIENCE DEGREE

Honors Degree option available

Engineering Technology Dept. 810-989-5754

Quality assurance technicians test and inspect products at different stages of production in order to maintain the quality of each product. They may set up and perform various tests on the product, record the data, and make recommendations to improve the product quality. Improved products and a "guarantee of quality" at a low cost is necessary for most small firms to survive in the very competitive global markets of today.

Suggested Program Sequence

FIRST YEAR - 1st Semester Semester Hours

QA 117 Statistical Process Control I OC 3

QA 120 Human Relations/Teamwork GA 3

CIS 115 Microcomputer Applications CL 4

ENG 101 English Composition I WR 3

or

ENG 101T Introduction to Writing for Technical Students WR 3

MTH 110* Intermediate Algebra CT MA 4 17

2nd Semester Semester Hours

QA 121 Statistical Methods for Manufacturing 3

ENG 102 English Composition II 3

or

ENG 104 Technical Report Writing WR 3

EG 114 Blueprint Fundamentals 2

EG 115 Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing GA 2

MTH 111* Plane Trigonometry CT MA 2

Technical Elective** 3 15

SECOND YEAR - 1st Semester Semester Hours

PLT 130 Physical Properties & Testing Methods of Plastics 2

QA 220 Quality Costs 3

QA 221 Design of Experiments 3

PS 101 Introduction to Political Science GA GP 3

Technical Elective** 6 17

* Students must see advisor for correct mathematics placement.

Students have the option of taking MTH 110 and 111 as a replacement of MTH 112. If students choose MTH 112, they must select one more course from the Critical Thinking List.

** Technical Electives: must be chosen from one of the following disciplines: AD, EG, ELT, IA, MFT, QA, WELD. QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM

ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED ARTS AND SCIENCE DEGREE

Honors Degree option available - see page 75

(Continued) 2nd Semester Semester Hours

QA 222 Quality Management 3

QA 224 Statistical Process Control II (SPC II) 3

IA 101 Introduction to Industrial Automation 3

MFT 118 Metrology I 1

MFT 119 Metrology II (CMM) CL 1

Technical Elective** 4 15 Total Credit Hours = 64 Total Contact Hours = 67-78

** Technical Electives: must be chosen from one of the following disciplines: AD, EG, ELT, IA, MFT, QA, WELD.