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Ypsilanti, MI,48197
734.487.0354


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About the Program

For detailed information, click the following link to visit the program website at : http://www.emich.edu/cot/progsites/qm

Welcome to the Master of Science in Quality Management web site at Eastern Michigan University. The Master of Science in Quality Management degree program is a Michigan approved graduate degree in the theory and practice of quality and continuous improvement. Eastern Michigan University is a fully accredited, degree granting institution of higher education located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, 45 miles west of Detroit.

About the Curriculum

Quality Major Requirements 30 Credit Hours
  
Required Core Courses 10 Credit Hours
QUAL 546 - Total Quality Management 2
QUAL 548 - Tools for Continuous Improvement* 2
QUAL 551 - Design of Experiments 2
QUAL 552 - Quality Planning 2
QUAL 559 - Cost of Quality 2

*Appropriate for those students who have never taken basic statistics and/or statistical process control (SPC).

Required Quality Specialization 12-14 hours
QUAL 550 - Advanced Statistical Process Control
2
QUAL 553 - Geometric and Surface Texture Tolerancing
2
QUAL 554 - Reliability, Maintainability, and Product Safety
2
QUAL 555 - Quality Auditing
2
QUAL 556 - Human Factors in Continuous Improvement
2
QUAL 557 - Measuring Customer Satisfaction
2
QUAL 568 - Lean Practices
2
QUAL 651 - Advanced Design of Experiments
2
QUAL 652 - Multivariate Data Analysis
2
QUAL 655- Technical Six Sigma
2
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*Advisor Approved Electives (Max 6 credit hours). Theses are non-QUAL courses (eg., statistics, mnagement, economics, and marketing). If approved/taken, they fulfill part of the required 12-14 credit hours for the Qulaity Concentration.

Required Capstone 6-8 hours
QUAL 647 - Research Methods*
2
QUAL 690 - Development Project/Thesis**
1
QUAL 691 - Development Project/Thesis**
2
QUAL 692 - Development Project/Thesis**
3

* Required for all students
**QUAL 690 + 692 required for a development project
**QUAL 690 + 691 + 692 required for a thesis

About the Faculty

>>  Robert Chapman

>>  Dan Fields

>>  Tom Soyster

>>  Walter Tucker