Certified Quality Auditor - Technical Certificate of Credit

The Certified Quality Auditor is designed to provide the student with the necessary knowledge to sit for the ASQC certification examination. Students completing the Certified Quality Auditor Certificate will understand the standards and principles of auditing and the auditing techniques of examining, questioning, evaluating, and reporting to determine a quality system’s adequacy and deficiencies. The Certified Quality Auditor analyzes all elements of a quality system and judges in degree of adherence to the criteria of industrial management and quality evaluation and control systems.

Length of Program
A minimum of 21 credit hours is required for graduation. A full time student can expect to complete the program in 2-3 quarters.

Employment Opportunities
A graduate may find employment as a quality auditor in an industrial or manufacturing setting.

ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS
Age: Applicant must be 16 years or older.
Education: A high school diploma/GED is required.
Program Acceptance/Placement: Applicant must achieve program ready or provisional scores on the ASSET placement test (or submit acceptable SAT/ACT scores.) Applicants who do not attain the minimum scores may take refresher/remedial instruction in order to meet admissions requirements.

CURRICULUM
Course # Course Title Credit Hrs

SCT 100 Introduction to Microcomputers 3
MAT 103 Algebraic Concepts 5
QCT 114 Statistical Process Control 3
QCT 115 Quality Cost/ Audit Systems 5
QCT 235 CQA Seminar 5