QUALITY CERTIFICATION OPPORTUNITIES AT CSUDH
QUALITY CERTIFICATES AT CSUDH (see
below)
California State University Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) in cooperation
with the Los Angeles
Section 0700 can help you prepare for
the ASQ Certification. CSUDH offers non-credit
refresher courses
that are designed to aid the Quality Practitioner pass the
ASQ professional certification examination. This certification
is a recognized professional accomplishment
bound to enhance
your career and personal marketability.
These refresher courses are offered on the Internet in the following five disciplines:
NBQA 701 Certified Quality Manager Preparation Capstone
Course Description:
The course provides the student with a nine week in-depth
overview of the American
Society for Quality (ASQ) Body of
Knowledge surrounding the profession of Quality Manager.
It
is designed to address each aspect in the detail needed to
refresh the memory of the
Quality Manager aspiring to achieve
certification. This is ultimately achieved by taking
and successfully
passing an exam offered by ASQ twice annually.
Course Objectives:
1. Present comprehensive studies of the key elements of
Quality
Management and relate these tools to the role of the
Quality Manager.
2. Present a comprehensive overview of the requirements for
effective management of the Quality Assurance Function including
its role in supporting the organization's productivity control
and improvement efforts. Provide the student with an understanding
of key methods of Quality.
3. Prepare the student to pass the semi-annual ASQ Certified
Quality Managers Examination.
4. Provide a capstone course in Quality Management to compliment
three other Quality Management courses presented in the Master
of Science, Quality Assurance course at CSUDH.
This culminates
in a certificate of achievement in the field of Quality Management.
NBQA 702 Certified Quality Engineer Preparation Capstone
Course Description:
The course will serve as a review of the ten major elements
of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certified Quality
Engineer examination. This course is planned to be completerd
just prior
to the ASQ examination scheduled each June and
December. Sample questions for applications
and principles
will be of a similar format as they appear on the ASQ examination.
Course Objectives:
1. Present a review of the major elements defining the
body of knowledge
stipulated by ASQ for the Certified Quality
Engineer examination.
2. Serve as a topical exposure to several of the courses presented
by CSUDH Master of Science including areas of Statistical
Process Control and Sampling, Design of Experiments, Reliability,
Cost of Quality, Measurement (Metrology), Quality Management
and Statistics.
3. Provide a capstone course in Quality Engineering to compliment
three other Quality courses presented in the Master of Science,
Quality Assurance course at CSUDH. Those who successfully
complete the three-credit courses listed below and the non-credit
NBQA 702 Certified Quality Engineer Refresher Course earn
a "Certificate in Quality Engineering" from CSUDH
Extension.
NBQA 703 Certified Quality Auditor Preparation Capstone
Course Description:
The course will serve as a review of the five (5) major elements
of the American
Society for Quality (ASQ) Certified Quality
Auditor examination.
I. General Knowledge, Conduct, Ethics & Audit Administration
II. Audit Preparation
III. Audit Performance
IV. Audit Reporting, Corrective Action, Follow-up & Closure
V. Auditing Tools and Techniques
This course is planned to be completerd just prior to the
ASQ examination scheduled each
June and December. Sample questions
for applications and principles will be of a similar
format
as they appear on the ASQ examination.
Course Objectives:
1. Present a review of the major elements defining the
body of
knowledge stipulated by ASQ for the Certified Quality
Auditor examination.
2. Present a comprehensive overview of the standards, principles
and techniques of
auditing. Provide the student with an understanding
of key methods of Quality Auditing.
3. Provide a capstone course in Quality Auditing to compliment
three other Quality courses presented in the Master of Science,
Quality Assurance course at CSUDH. This culminates in a certificate
of achievement in the field of Quality Auditing. Those who
successfully complete the three-credit courses listed below
and the non-credit NBQA 703 Certified Quality Auditor Refresher
Course earn a "Certificate in Quality Auditing"
from CSUDH Extension.
NBQA 704 Certified Reliability Engineer Preparation Capstone
Course Objective:
To provide the student with fundamental and some advanced
theories of reliability
engineering. This Internet course
is designed to assist the student in passing the
ASQ Certified
Reliability Engineer (CRE) examination.
NBQA 705 Certified Software Quality Engineer Preparation
Capstone
Course Description:
The course provides the student with a nine week overview
of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) Body of Knowledge
(BOK) surrounding the profession of Software Quality Engineer. This course is not intended as primary instruction in this
subject. It is designed to refresh the memory of the Software
Quality Engineer aspiring to achieve ASQ Certified Software
Quality Engineer (ASQ/CSQE) status. This is ultimately achieved
by taking and successfully passing the certification exam
offered by ASQ's examination schedule. The ninth and final
unit of this class is scheduled for completion during the
week of the ASQ certification exam.
Each student will receive a Letter of Completion signed by the Dean of CSUDH Extended Education and the Section Chair of Los Angeles Section 0700 following successful completion of the capstone course. ASQLA will recognize the successful completion of each capstone course by awarding 0.1 Re-registration Units (RU's) per hour of classroom instruction. Reference to the Re-Certification Unit will appear on the Letter of Completion for each capstone course completed.
CSUDH also offers Certificate Awards for students who complete three graduate level courses from the MSQA program and the appropriate capstone course. The student may take these courses through "open university" thus need not be enrolled in the MSQA program. Each student who satisfactorily completes a non-credit capstone course and the associated three graduate level credit courses from the MSQA program will be provided the following Certificate Award(s):
Certificate Award in Quality Management
NBQA 701 Certified Quality Manager Preparation Capstone (n/c)
QAS 511 Quality Function Management and TQM (3cr.)
QAS 518 Quality Project Management and Productivity (3cr.)
QAS 527 Quality Measurement (3cr.) or QAS 526 Supplier Quality
Note: QAS 520 may be used as a substitute for QAS 526 or QAS
527
Quality Management Schedule & Costs
Certificate Award in Quality Engineering
NBQA 702 Certified Quality Engineer Preparation Capstone
(n/c)
QAS 510 Advance Probability and Statistics (3cr.)
QAS 513 Statistical Quality Control and Sampling (3cr.)
QAS 514 Advanced Experimental Design (3cr.)
Quality Engineering Schedule & Costs
Certificate Award in Quality Auditing
NBQA 703 Certified Quality Auditor Capstone (n/c)
QAS 511 Quality Function Management and TQM (3cr.)
QAS 527 Quality Measurement (3cr.) or QAS 526 Supplier Quality
QAS 525 ISO 9000 and the Audit Function (3cr.)
Note: QAS 520 may be used as a substitute for QAS 526 or QAS
527
Quality Auditing Schedule & Costs
Certificate Award in Reliability Engineering
NBQA 704 Certified Reliability Engineer Preparation Capstone
(n/c)
QAS 510 Advance Probability and Statistics (3cr.)
QAS 512 Reliability Engineering (3cr.)
QAS 513 Statistical Quality Control and Sampling (3cr.)
Reliability Engineering Schedule & Costs
Certificate Award in Software Quality Engineering
NBQA 705 Certified Software Quality Engineer Preparation
Capstone (n/c)
QAS 510 Advance Probability and Statistics (3cr.)
QAS 513 Statistical Quality Control and Sampling (3cr.)
QAS 523 Software Reliability (3cr.)
Software Quality Engineering Schedule & Costs
FEES & SERVICE CHARGES RELATING TO CAPSTONE COURSES
Fees are set and collected in accordance with established
University policy.
At the present time the student course
fees are as follows:
QAS Courses (via the Internet) $675
NBQA (Capstone) Courses $350 (via the Internet)
Further information may be obtained by contacting the University by telephone or e-mail.
Telephone: 1-310-243-3880 (MSQA office)
email: msqa@csudh.edu