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MSQSM

The Master of Science in Quality Systems Management is designed for individuals who seek a team-driven, results-oriented management program and believe that a management focus in quality and organizational performance is a competitive career advantage.  Students are typically experienced, working adults from both the Corporate and Department of Defense Environments.

The Dual Credential

The National Graduate School has, from its inception, promoted the Lean Six Sigma approach to continuous process improvement. In response to the recent need for this critical methodology, as expressed by our learning partners and corporate sponsors, NGS has created the dual credential MSQSM (Master of Science in Quality Systems Management) and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt program.

The Master’s program follows a 1-2-3 progression:
1   Active involvement by individual attendees, teams, and senior management in a Master’s    Business Project (MBP) leading to tangible improvements for an organization. Students work on their MBP in parallel to their courses.
2   A 12 month, 36 credit management curriculum with learnings applied to the MBP
3   A results report-out by teams which verifies tangible savings

An accelerated format of approximately one year allows completion of the course work for the Master’s program. In order to serve working adult professionals, classes are held on weekends or evenings.

Success You Can Measure

404orientation4The Master's Degree is typically completed in 12 months. Students have full-time status, yet remain at their workplace. Classes occur only outside of traditional business hours and the Master's Project is related directly to the student's current work or is aimed at a management area to which the student is transitioning.

The administration and faculty welcome and are accustomed to students whose work or public sector responsibilities require flexibility. Students begin their studies in cohort groups at any time that there is sufficient enrollment and continue straight through to degree completion. The School is noted for its iron-clad guarantee that a program, once launched will provide students with the courses they need to complete their degrees without interruption.

The National Graduate School is recognized for its contemporary concentrations, innovative curriculum and cutting-edge courses. Since its inception, the NGS curriculum has been distinguished by employer-driven requirements that graduates report give them a marketplace advantage. academy01

Employers hire, promote, and recruit NGS graduates because of their extraordinary practice-based knowledge and their proven ability to achieve accelerated, tangible results. NGS is the nation’s only accredited school of business that requires demonstrated results as a graduation prerequisite.

Alumni report that the rigor of the curriculum and the ability to prove their competence in their own work environment is considered a career advantage. The curriculum maintains the practice-based strengths that have proven extraordinarily useful and also responds to the evolving demands of today’s organizations.

Contemporary business skills are the foundation of curriculum, and the courses together form an integrated whole which is a traditional NGS distinction. Instead of a conventional Master’s thesis, students complete a Master’s Project related to their specific workplace or to an NGS-assisted project at a corporate or public-sector sponsor.

 

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