Quality Assurance - Business (A.S.)

HEGIS: 5099

SUNY CODE: 1724

The Quality Assurance program will focus on developing quality assurance and quality control skills to be used in either a business management or technician role within a variety of private sector industries, including manufacturing, advanced manufacturing, health services, food and drug production, and environmental/construction services.

Quality assurance and quality control are utilized across a variety of sectors to ensure industry and legislated standards are monitored and met. Quality assurance and quality control specialists devise, implement, and track the adherence to procedures which are designed to meet the objectives of industry and legislated standards. A quality assurance and quality control specialist will also compile data for record keeping and reporting purposes, and determine incidents' root cause.

The goals of this program are to:

prepare students to understand concepts of quality assurance and basic principles necessary for this career.
provide students with a broad background in business.
prepare students to apply quality assurance principles to business and industry.

Successful graduates from this program will be able to:

communicate principles and concepts of quality assurance and its role in industry.
identify common business principles and express them in writing.
apply quality assurance techniques to solve business and industry problems.

Career Opportunities/Transfer Information:

Upon graduation from this unique program, the student is afforded the opportunity to transfer from Herkimer College to Morrisville State College or SUNY Cobleskill into their Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) program.

Program of Study

1st Year

1st Semester

BU 112	Business Communications	3
EN 111	College Writing	3
FS 100	First Year Student Seminar	1
SS 161	Introductory Sociology	3
	Science Selective	3
	World History and Global Awareness Selective	3
Total Credit Hours:		16

2nd Semester

EN 112	College Literature	3
EN 171	Intro to Technical Writing	3
SS 204	Psychology of Work	3
	Humanities Selective	3
	US History and Civic Engagement Selective	3
	Physical Education Activity	1
Total Credit Hours:		16

2nd Year

3rd Semester

MA 127	Mathematical Statistics I	3
QA 101	Quality Assurance I	3
	Business Electives	6
	Lab Science Selective	4
Total Credit Hours:		16

Business Electives

Students may choose from:

BU 104	Financial Accounting	4
BU 105	Managerial Accounting	3
BU 111	Business Organization & Management	3
BU 141	Intro Marketing	3
BU 142	Marketing Research and New Business Development	3
BU 143	Advertising	3
BU 145	Princ Retailing	3
BU 221	Public Relations	3
BU 225	Customer Service Management	3
BU 232	Principles of Management	3
BU 233	Bus Applications & Strategies	3
BU 250	Business Ethics	3
BU 251	Human Resource Management	3
BU 254	Organizational Behavior	3

4th Semester

EN 228	Interpersonal Communication	3
MA 128	Mathematical Statistics II	3
QA 102	Quality Assurance II	3
	Physical Education Activity	1
	Business Electives	6
Total Credit Hours:		16

Business Electives

Students may choose from:

BU 104	Financial Accounting	4
BU 105	Managerial Accounting	3
BU 111	Business Organization & Management	3
BU 141	Intro Marketing	3
BU 142	Marketing Research and New Business Development	3
BU 143	Advertising	3
BU 145	Princ Retailing	3
BU 221	Public Relations	3
BU 225	Customer Service Management	3
BU 232	Principles of Management	3
BU 233	Bus Applications & Strategies	3
BU 250	Business Ethics	3
BU 251	Human Resource Management	3
BU 254	Organizational Behavior	3

Total Credit Hours: 64

This program is Internet accessible and may be completed entirely online. For more information: www.herkimer.edu/ia

For more information, contact the Business, Health, Science and Technology Division at (315) 866-0300, ext. 8240 or toll free 1-844-GO-4-HERK, ext. 8240.