College and University Programs in Quality

compiled by
Valerie Funk, editorial assistant

CALIFORNIA

California State Polytechnic University,
Pomona Pomona, CA.
Four-year, public.
Bachelor’s degrees in business administration, technology and operations management, industrial engineering manufacturing major; minor in total quality management and operations management. Courses—statistics, statistical quality control, quality management, supply chain management, operations management, metrology and just-in-time.
John Knox, professor, business, 909-869-2460, jknox@csupomona.edu.
Edward V. Clancy, professor CPP, engineering technology, 909-869-2651, evclancy@csupomona.edu.
Phillip R. Rosenkrantz, professor, engineering, 909-869-2553, prrosenkrant@csupomona.edu.
www.csupomona.edu/~ime/quality.htm.

California State University, Dominguez Hills
Carson, CA.
Four-year, public.
Bachelor’s degrees in productivity and quality management, quality assurance, quality assurance with measurement science option. Master’s degrees in quality assurance and business administration. Extended education courses in preparation for quality certificates—Quality Manager, Quality Engineer, Quality Auditor, Reliability Engineer and Software Quality Engineer. Degrees and courses available on campus or online. Certificate awards—quality management, quality engineering, quality auditing, reliability engineering and software quality engineering.
Bill Trappen, master of science quality assurance program, 310-243-3880, bsqa@csudh.edu.
www.csudh.edu.

California State University, Fullerton
Fullerton, CA.
Four-year, public.
Certificate programs and classes in Six Sigma, lean and quality management online.
Tarrigon Van Denburg, program assistant, 714-278-5945, tvandenburg@fullerton.edu.
www.csufextension.org.

California State University, Long Beach
Long Beach, CA.
Four-year, public.
The college of mechanical engineering and aerospace engineering department offer courses in total quality management and continuous improvement and an engineering technology program leading to a bachelor of science degree in manufacturing engineering technology with an emphasis in quality assurance or manufacturing processes. The college of business also offers courses in quality management in its bachelor’s degree program.
Thomas Robinson, professor, 562-985-7509, robinson@csulb.edu or Parviz Yavari, 562-985-5123, yavari@csulb.edu.
www.csulb.edu.

California State University, Stanislaus
Turlock, CA.
Four-year, public.
Quality Management is an undergraduate required class for operations management concentration. Seminar in quality and productivity management is a required course for the MBA program.
Nael Aly, professor and chair, management, operations and marketing, 209-667-3149, naly@csustan.edu.
www.csustan.edu.

Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University
See listing under Arizona.

National Graduate School
CA, CT, FL, HI, MA, NC, TX and Washington, DC.
Proprietary.
Master’s degree in quality systems management. Certificates in Six Sigma, project management and homeland security systems management.
J. Gerald Suarez, chief academic officer, 800-838-2580, gsuarez@ngs.edu.
Virginia Petisce, vice president of enrollment management, 800-838-2580, vpetisce@ngs.edu.
www.ngs.edu.

Palomar Community College
San Marcos, CA.
Two-year, public.
Associate or certificate in quality assurance technology.
Rebecca Gregory, staff aide, 760-744-1150 x2284, rgregory@palomar.edu.
www.palomar.edu.

Phoenix, University of
See listing under Arizona.

San José State University
San José, CA.
Four-year, public.
Master’s degree in quality assurance. Certificate in quality assurance.
Ali M. Zargar, graduate advisor, 408-924-3194, azargar@email.sjsu.edu.
www.engr.sjsu.edu/avtech.

Institutions with courses or degrees in quality that are not included can send their information to vfunk@asq.org. It will be included in QP’s next listing of college and university programs. Immediate updates will be made to the list on ASQ’s website.