Shelton State Accepting Students For New Quality Engineering Program

TUSCALOOSA, AL — Shelton State Community College on Wednesday announced it is enrolling students in its new Quality Engineering program.

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The new program aims to equip students with skills to work in the manufacturing environment, along with using quality tools and methods to control outputs.

Along with fostering an understanding of controlling variation as it applies to manufacturing processes, the program will teach tools and techniques necessary for achieving customers’ expected outcomes.

Shelton State says it will seek to promote critical thinking skills and use data to make decisions that will ultimately be helpful to the industry through control of manufacturing processes.

Shelton State Quality Engineering instructor Robert Everett said the course will include the history and evolution of modern quality theory, using problem-solving models, designing experiments, as well as product, process, and quality system auditing.

He also pointed out that there is no other program like this in the Alabama Community College System.

“The Quality Engineering degree program is essential in providing industry talent and operational effectiveness in the control of processes,” Everett said. “This intensive program provides the foundational and advanced tool and techniques to build a successful career as a quality engineer. Industry leaders have told me that the skills we are teaching have been badly needed and have not existed to this point. International auditing companies have already expressed interest in immediately hiring anyone who graduates from this program.”

Registration for the Quality Engineering program is ongoing, with fall classes set to begin Aug. 19.

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