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Course Descriptions

Quality Assurance


SQC 100/200 0 Class Hours
Orientation Return to top

Guest speakers discuss issues quality assurance professionals encounter. Student contact with industry is established through field trips.

1 Class Hour

 

SQC 111 3 Credit Hours
Acceptance Sampling Techniques Return to top

A thorough study of acceptance sampling techniques for attributes and variables. Operating Characteristic curves, lot-by-lot acceptance plans based on LTPD, AOQL and AQL. Dodge-Romig, MIL-STD 105D, sequential probability ratio test (SPRT), sequential sampling, continuous sampling, MIL-STD 414.

3 Class Hours; Prerequisite: MAT 124 Statistics I or MAT 125 Statistics I with Computers.

 

SQC 112 3 Credit Hours
Metrology Return to top

The study of the science of measurement. This course will deal with the principles and practice of precision measurement. Topics to include fixed gages, micrometers, verniers, thread gaging, comparison measurement, optical measuring instruments, calibration and angle measurement.

3 Class Hours; Prerequisite: MAT 124 Statistics I or MAT 125 Statistics I with Computers or MAT 136 Intermediate Algebra and Trigonometry.

 

SQC 113 3 Credit Hours
Statistical Process Control Return to top

A study of process capability analysis and control chart procedures. Capability indices, control charts for attributes p, np, c, u. Short-run control charts. control charts for variables x, R, s. Distinctions made between process capability and process control.

3 Class Hours; Prerequisite: MAT 124 Statistics I or MAT 260 Applied Probability and Statistics.

 

SQC 220 3 Credit Hours
Senior Practicum Return to top

This course is designed to allow students to integrate their theoretical knowledge with real world situations. Working in teams, students are assigned to case studies involving actual or fictitious data. The course emphasizes computer usage, classroom presentations, and written reports. ISO 9000 Standards and problem solving techniques including Pareto diagrams, process flowcharts, check sheets, brainstorming, cause-and-effect diagrams, multi-voting schemes are discussed.

3 Class Hours; Prerequisites: SQC 111 Acceptance Sampling Techniques, SQC 112 Metrology, SQC 113 Statistical Process Control, MAT 224 Statistics II, MAT 245 Statistics III;
Corequisite: SQC 244 Reliability and Life Testing.

 

SQC 244 3 Credit Hours
Reliability and Life Testing Return to top

Fundamentals of probability, probability distributions, discrete distributions: binomial, hypergeometric, Poisson, Pascal, continuous distributions: normal, exponential, gamma, log-normal, Weibull. Introduction to reliability, failure rate, MTBF, MTTF, mean life, probability of survival for series systems and parallel redundant systems, basics of life testing based on preassigned number of failures and preassigned time, SPRT, maintainability, availability, and MTTR.

3 Class Hours; Prerequisite: MAT 124 Statistics I or MAT 125 Statistics I with Computers.

 

SQC 297 1-3 Class Hours
Cooperative Work Experience Return to top

Cooperative education in Quality Assurance may be available. On-the-job experience may be obtained in an industrial setting whose operations require process control, statistical analysis, problem solving skills, or other tools of Quality Assurance. To be eligible, a student must maintain a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.5 with a minimum of 3.0 in MAT and SQC courses, have no "F" grades, and exhibit responsibility through SQC 100/200 orientation.

Prerequisite: Placement by advisor.

 

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