Six Sigma (CERT)

Admission Requirements

The admission standards for the Graduate Certificate program in Six Sigma Black Belt are as follows:

  1. All admission applications for the Graduate Certificate program shall include the following:
    1. Completed graduate application for the Graduate School,
    2. Application fee,
    3. Official transcript certifying at least a bachelor's degree.  All transcripts not in English must be certified as authentic and translated verbatim into English.
  2. The minimum requirement for admission is the baccalaureate degree or its equivalent from an accredited institution.
  3. The successful applicant will typically have an undergraduate grade point average of 2.75 or above (on a 4.00 scale).

GMAT/GRE scores are not required.

Students enrolling in this graduate certificate program will need to have sufficient statistics (one semester of Introduction to Statistics) and math (one semester of Calculus I) for program admission. Students can enroll in a Graduate Certificate program either as a non-degree seeking student or as a student simultaneously enrolled in a graduate degree program and this graduate certificate program.  Students who wish to earn a graduate degree must meet all admission criteria for the degree program.

Certificate Requirements

EM 613Operations Management3
EM 661Engineering Statistics II3
EM 684Applications for Process Improvement I1.5
EM 685Applications for Process Improvement II1.5
Minimum Total Hours9

The certificate program of study must be completed with a 3.00 GPA or better for all graduate courses used to satisfy certificate requirements.