St. Clair County Community College 2005-2006 Catalog
QUALITY ASSURANCE
Engineering Technology Department 810-989-5754
Quality Assurance is an integral part of economic growth for an organization. This program will teach the key elements of quality control and the methods of managing quality while controlling costs of quality. It is designed for anyone wanting to obtain a degree or wanting to take individual courses for personal or professional advancement.
QA 117 Statistical Process Control I. This course focuses on the application of various charting techniques, statistical tools, and sampling methodology needed to determine process capability and control.
Prerequisite: None
3 credits = 3 lecture OC
QA 118 Production Planning & Control. This course will introduce students to the basic fundamentals of production planning, scheduling, and controlling. Real world examples and sample projects will be used to demonstrate how to effectively maintain the production and quality standards demanded in today's manufacturing world. The materials presented in the course are applicable in many different disciplines that involve the planning, scheduling, or controlling of production.
Prerequisite: None
3 credits = 3 lecture
QA 120 Human Relations and Teamwork. The first half of the course will enable students to identify with the Eastern and Western cultures in a quality aspect, and to have a clear understanding of human relations in correlation with quality. The second half of the course will give students an in-depth look at problem solving utilizing the team approach. A study of various types of quality teams will be reviewed with step-by-step instructions to understand problems and to solve problems.
Prerequisite: None
3 credits = 3 lecture GA
QA 121 Statistical Methods for Manufacturing. This course is designed to prepare students to utilize the application of statistical tools in actual manufacturing problems. Problems based on students' knowledge of quality control methods will be assigned. This course is a prerequisite for more advanced courses such as SPC II and DOE in the Quality Control Associate Degree Program.
Prerequisites: QA 117
3 credits = 3 lecture QA 122 Non-Destructive Testing. CURRENTLY INACTIVE. See note at the end of the course listings.
QA 217 Introduction to Project Management. This course will help prepare the student for an exciting career in project management. Through the use of real-world business and industry project management examples and projects, students will be able to demonstrate the basic required skills necessary to be effective project leaders or managers. This course may also serve as a preparatory course for those students wishing to take the Certified Associate in Project Manager Exam through PMI, a nationally recognized certification.
Prerequisite: None
3 credits = 3 lecture
QA 220 Quality Costs. Methods of determining quality costs, quality cost procedures, and analysis of costs are the focus of this course. Students will study how to reduce quality costs, and consider various quality improvements and the strategic business plan.
Prerequisite: QA 117
3 credits = 3 lecture
QA 221 Design of Experiments. This course is directed at teaching "hands on" methodology and applications of both the "Taguchi" and "Classical" design of experiments. It will provide students with a working knowledge of "how to" successfully design, execute, analyze, document, and implement the results of DOE's in the work place.
Prerequisite: QA 121
3 credits = 3 lecture
QA 222 Quality Control Management. This course is designed to present the modern field of quality control as a body of managerial, technological, behavioral, and economic knowledge, and to take this knowledge together as a whole with an organized application to further the practical improvement of industrial operations.
Prerequisite: None
3 credits = 3 lecture
QA 224 Statistical Process Control II. This course concentrates on more in-depth study of the application of various types of statistical control charts and acceptance sampling systems to improve product quality and to reduce costs of rework and scrap in manufacturing or service industries.
Prerequisite: QA 121
3 credits = 3 lecture
NOTE: CURRENTLY INACTIVE classes may be offered in the future. If students are interested in having a currently inactive course listed in the fall, winter, spring or summer schedule, contact the department chair or an instructor in the appropriate area.