Quality Assurance-Science, A.S.

HEGIS: 5649

SUNY CODE: 6504

The Quality Assurance program is an interdisciplinary program within the Science and Business Departments of Herkimer College. It focuses 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, health services, food and drug production, and environmental/construction services.

Quality assurance and quality control are utilized across a variety of sectors to ensure that 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 science.
• prepare students to apply quality assurance principles to science 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 science principles and express them in writing.
• apply quality assurance techniques to solve science and industry problems.