Accreditation

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Program Learning Outcomes

1. PLO1: Demonstrate effective communication skills through oral, written, and technologically-mediated communications.
2. PLO2: Demonstrate strong problem solving, investigative, creative, and critical thinking skills.
3. PLO3: Apply written, oral, and graphical communication in broadly defined technical and non-technical environments, and an ability to identify and use appropriate technical literature.
4. PLO4: Evaluate current leadership theory and practices to promote and ensure a fair, equitable, and inclusive work environment for all employees.
5. PLO5: Apply the requisite skills to function effectively as a member, as well as a leader, on technical and project teams.
6. PLO6: Integrate technical cognate skills and M&T program learning outcomes, to formulate new career goals and aspirations.

The Quality System Technology program is accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET

Program Educational Outcomes

1. PEO 1: The Quality Systems Technology program prepares individuals to be proficient in the areas of quality improvement, process improvement, quality leadership and proficient in application of quantitative and qualitative quality tools within a manufacturing and/or service environment;
2. PEO 2: The program will prepare graduates to function as an individual, effective team member, and quality professional using oral and written verbal communication skills; and 
3. PEO 3: The program will prepare graduates to value their profession and to recognize the global impacts of the quality profession on society.  Graduates will recognize the professional need to continually improve and stay current in their career while executing the duties of a quality professional in an ethical fashion as described by the American Society for Quality (ASQ).

Student Outcomes

Upon completion of the baccalaureate degree, students in the Quality Systems program will be capable of the following Student Outcomes (SO):

• SO 1: An ability to apply knowledge, techniques, skills and modern tools of quality, mathematics, science, engineering, and technology to solve broadly-defined quality related problems appropriate to the quality systems discipline;
• SO 2: An ability to design quality management systems, components, or processes meeting specified needs of stakeholders for broadly-defined quality related problems appropriate to the discipline;
• SO 3: An ability to apply written, oral, and graphical communication in broadly-defined technical and non-technical environments; and an ability to identify and use appropriate technical literature;
• SO 4: An ability to conduct quality assurance related standard tests, measurements, and experiments and to analyze and interpret the results to reduce variation and improve processes; and
• SO 5: An ability to function effectively as a member, as well as a leader, on technical and project teams. 

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Program Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the baccalaureate degree, students in the visual communication technology major are expected to:

1. PLO1: Demonstrate critical-thinking skills as they relate to solving visual technology problems.
2. PLO2: Conceptualize and implement a visual technology solution in several media modes.
3. PLO3: Demonstrate operational level skill ability in each of the visual media areas of VCT.
4. PLO4: Research and produce an organized written rationale for using a specific medium to solve a specific visual technology problem.
5. PLO5: Apply knowledge of industrial applications to visual communication related technologies.
   
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