QUALITY ENGINEERING and MANAGEMENT
QUALITY ENGINEERING and MANAGEMENT Master of Science Degree —On Campus and Online— Department of Technology 1230 Lincoln Drive / Phone 618.536.3396 / [email protected]
What is Quality Engineering The SIUC Advantage Typical Job Titles and Salaries and Management (QEM)? Small classes allow you to interact for Quality Engineering and The objective of the Quality with other students and faculty. Management graduates: Engineering and Management Faculty encourage teamwork on Salary ranges are based on the program is to develop quality and assignments, allowing you to national average. manufacturing professionals who can develop important workforce skills, Quality Engineer: $69,000 plan, coordinate, design, implement, learn, and grow together. Quality Assurance Engineer: and control the quality function in You will receive personal attention $72,000 manufacturing and service from faculty when you need it. Manufacturing Process Engineer: companies. Course offerings include Faculty members keep current by $72,000 the areas of quality assurance, Six attending seminars and conducting Process Engineer: $79,000 Sigma, lean manufacturing, project research. Quality Assurance Automation management, and reliability. The campus facilities include an Engineer: $83,000 Students who have a baccalaureate extensive graduate student library Senior Quality Engineer: $86,000 degree in industrial management and on process improvement applied engineering, engineering techniques. ______technology, or engineering, will Studies of Quality Engineering and receive an advanced education in Management graduates show that: Career Path Forecast quality and management systems. graduates are promoted to Quality Engineering and Management positions of responsibility graduates have an excellent What do QEM graduates do? employers are pleased with the employability both in the US and Quality engineering and management performance of QEM graduates abroad. The field of QEM is graduates: employers agree that the QEM recognized as a skills shortage area. --Increase productivity program provides excellent Such skills are critical to the industrial --Optimize resources preparation for job and economic growth of industries --Decrease waste requirements both in the United States and in other --Improve product quality The Quality Engineering and countries.
Management faculty are among ______Is QEM right for you? the nation’s leading experts in: If the following items apply to you, Six Sigma Program Delivery Quality Engineering and Management Lean manufacturing The Quality Engineering and may be right for you. Quality/Reliability Do you want to learn to apply the Management Master’s program is Industrial safety delivered both online and on the SIUC concepts from technical disciplines Supply chain management such as lean manufacturing, campus. Students enrolled in either You use industry standard delivery format complete courses in manufacturing processes, quality equipment, software, and control or Six Sigma? the fall and spring semesters. Classes instruments, giving you an edge in are 16 weeks in length and online Are you interested in finding the job market. Instructors have innovative solutions for courses are delivered asynchronously. experience in the areas they teach, engineering problems? allowing them to bring “real world” Do you have a natural ability to examples into each course. communicate and collaborate with others? Do you have a desire to find, assess, and eliminate process waste and occupational risks in the areas of industry or service? Curriculum
Students must complete all prerequisite courses listed below if they have not already done so as an undergraduate.
QEM Core Courses (Required of ALL QEM students) QEM 510 – Quality Assurance (Fall only - Prerequisite: IMAE 470A, IMAE 470B, and IMAE 480) QEM 525 – Six Sigma Black Belt II (Spring only - Prerequisite: IMAE 470A, IMAE 470B, and IMAE 480) QEM 530 – Lean Manufacturing II (Fall only - Prerequisite: IMAE 465) QEM 540 – Reliability Analysis (Spring only - Prerequisite: IMAE 470B)
QEM Course Electives QEM 535 – Service Quality (Spring only) QEM 545 – Project Management II (Spring only - Prerequisite: IMAE 450) QEM 550 – Project Leadership (Fall only) QEM 555 – Human Safety and Risk Management (Spring only) QEM 565 – Management Information Systems (Fall only) QEM 570 – Energy Management and Conservation (Fall only)
Industrial Management and Applied Engineering Prerequisite Courses. The required Industrial Technology prerequisite courses are taught online and will count toward fulfillment of the 30 semester hour degree requirement. IMAE 450 – Project Management (Spring only) IMAE 465 – Lean Manufacturing (Spring only) IMAE 470A – Six Sigma Green Belt (Fall only) IMAE 470B – Six Sigma Green Belt II (Spring only - Prerequisite: IMAE 470A or instructor consent) IMAE 480 – Six Sigma Black Belt (Fall only - Prerequisite: IMAE 470A and IMAE 470B or instructor consent)
Admission and Application Helpful Links Candidates for the Master of Science program in Quality Engineering and Tuition and Fee Information Management must be accepted by the Office of the Registrar: http://registrar.siu.edu/index.html Graduate School and the Department of Technology. Candidates should pos- Schedule of Classes sess a bachelor’s degree with a major Office of the Registrar: http://registrar.siu.edu/index.html in a technical area and a GPA of no less than 3.0/4.0. Admission is possible for Financial Aid Information candidates with a lower GPA. Students Financial Aid Office: http://fao.siu.edu seeking admission and requiring the Graduate School: http://gradschool.siu.edu Industrial Management and Applied Engineering prerequisite classes would Admission Information and Graduate Catalog be better served by applying for Fall http://gradschool.siu.edu semester admission as classes are se- quenced to begin in the Fall.
For More Information About the QEM Program: Department of Technology / College of Engineering / 1230 Lincoln Drive Southern Illinois University Carbondale Carbondale, Illinois 62901 Phone: 618.536.3396 / Email: [email protected] Facebook: SIUC Department of Technology