DEGREE PROGRAMMES

: Quality Management

General Description

History

Dokuz Eylül University, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Department of Total Quality Management was established in 2000. When the Department of Total Quality Management was established, Total Quality Management Masters Program and Total Quality Management Non-Thesis Masters Program were opened as programs of interdisciplinary graduate program. In the academic year of 2010-2011 the names of Total Quality Management Masters Program and Total Quality Management Non-Thesis Masters Program changed to the Quality Management Masters Program and Quality Management Non-Thesis Masters Program. This program aims to contribute to the training of specialized personnel which can act important role in quality planning, control and improvement activities in manufacturing and service industry sectors. Education language of the program is Turkish.

Qualification Awarded

Master`s Degree in Quality Management (M.Sc.)

Level of Qualification

Second Cycle (Master's Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements

First Cycle Degree in the same or in related disciplines, Transcript, Acceptable score on ALES (Academic Personnel and Graduate Education Entrance Exam) or Equivalent GRE, GMAT score. Acceptable score on Language Proficiency Tests. Acceptable weighted score based on the first cycle cumulative grade point average (GPA) and ALES score. The exceptions to the requirements of ALES and Foreign Language Proficiency scores is announced by the Graduate School. However, ALES requirement is waived for the admissions to the second cycle graduate programs offered by the Conservatory and the departments of Fine Arts Faculty, where students are admitted only by the Artistic Aptitude Test as well as for the graduates of doctorate /arts proficiency/medical residency/ dental residency/ veterinary residency/ pharmaceutical residency programs. Final admission is based on the evaluation of the related academic unit committee. International student admission requirements are decided by the Graduate School Executive Committee.

Specific Arrangements for Recognition of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal)

According to the Regulations of Dokuz Eylül University for Graduate Schools, students are not connected to the right for internal transfer, previously taken courses at another graduate programme by another university with a successful grade may be recognized by the related programmes after the letter of the students includes course contents and the transcript, and by the recommendation of the head of the departments and by the decision of the Board of Directors. The courses taken by the outgoing Exchange students have the recognition at the school either as compulsory or elective.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

2 years (excluding one year of English Preparatory School), 2 semesters per year, 16 weeks per semester, 120 ECTS in total.

Profile of the Programme

In Dokuz Eylul University, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Department of Total Quality Management, Quality Management Masters Program has 15 faculty members from different disciplines and three research assistants. There are 40 computers (Lab) for the use of students and teaching and these computers can be used everyday during the week from 8.30 to 17.00. To support our students to work on their thesis or projects; library, computer lab and wireless network connection is available. Turkish is the language for the courses which offered at the program.

Key Learning Outcomes

1   Being able to interiorize the philosophy of quality and having fundamental knowledge and motivation to continuously improve business processes.
2   Having fundamental knowledge of establishment and operation of the quality cost systems which are important in the measurement of the success of quality management systems and using the results of the data analysis in management decisions.
3   Having knowledge of quality, quality management systems and quality/productivity improvement concepts and knowledge of methods which are necessary to implement these concepts.
4   Having knowledge of using management, engineering and statistical disciplines synchronized and interactive in quality management.
5   Being able to monitor quality literature and developments in the world and potential of contributing them.
6   Being abe to take responsibility as a team manager or team member by analysing and discussing the strategic planning, performance management, quality management and improvements to support the theoretical knowledge about the quality.

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

Graduates who completed the Quality Management Masters Program can be employed in the quality departments of public or private enterprises and can be executed through the following tasks:
- Work as a management representative or responsible for the quality management system in the establishment and the administration of the quality management systems in industrial organizations.
- Perform internal audits of the quality management system.
- Work in quality control activities.
- Work in the quality planning and improvement activities implemented during the design and development of product and manufacturing process.
- Work efficiently as a team member in the improvement teams and as a manager in the projects which solves quality related problems.
- Work as research assistant, faculty member or lecturer in related departments of universities.

Access to Further Studies

May apply to third cycle programmes.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

In Quality Management Masters Program %60 of the courses that students take every semester are compulsory and %40 of them are disjunctive and students who successfully complete courses in two semester, required to execute their thesis and succeeded in the last semester. . There are no prerequisite required for taking the courses. In program courses which is formed of theoretical lectures formed it is important to take advantage of other disciplines which take the basis of Quality Management Program and be able to have advanced knowledge of these disciplines and be able to analyze the concepts and ideas in the field of Quality Management by the scientific methods, interpret and evaluate data, be able to apply the innovations and innovative work principles in the field.
T: Theoretical P: Practice L: Laboratory
B: Spring Semester G: Fall Semester H: Full Year
1 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
G 1 SBE 5000 TECHNIQUES OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION ETHICS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5
G 2 TKY 5045 QUALITY MANAGEMENT PHILOSOPHY COMPULSORY 3 0 0 7
G 3 TKY 5023 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT COMPULSORY 3 0 0 6
G 0 - ELECTIVE COURSE ELECTIVE - - - 12
TOTAL:   30
 
1 .Semester Elective:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
G 1 TKY 5025 LEAN PRODUCTION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
G 2 TKY 5035 PROJECT MANAGEMENT (ENG) ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
G 3 TKY 5043 INNOVATION IN QUALITY MANAGEMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
G 4 TKY 5031 SERVICE QUALITY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
G 5 TKY 5033 HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
G 6 TKY 5029 LEADERSHIP AND TEAM MANAGEMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6
 
2 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
B 1 TKY 5002 QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5
B 2 TKY 5096 SEMINAR COMPULSORY 0 2 0 2
B 3 TKY 5034 STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5
B 4 TKY 5022 PROCESS AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT TECHNIQUES COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5
B 5 TKY 5098 FIELD STUDY COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3
B 0 - ELECTIVE COURSE ELECTIVE - - - 10
TOTAL:   30
 
2 .Semester Elective:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
B 1 TKY 5028 ADVANCED STATISTICAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT METHODS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5
B 2 TKY 5014 QUALITY ECONOMICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5
B 3 TKY 5036 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR QUALITY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5
B 4 TKY 5026 QUALITY AUDITS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5
B 5 TKY 5032 ORGANIZATIONALLY CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT (ENG) ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5
 
3.Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
G 1 TKY 5099 THESIS COMPULSORY 0 0 0 30
TOTAL:   30
 
4.Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
B 1 TKY 5099 THESIS COMPULSORY 0 0 0 30
TOTAL:   30
 

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Evaluation and assessment methods for each course is defined in the the Course Description Form which is prepared by related faculty member / s and included in the information package. Exams and course success notes is subject to the relevant articles of the DEU Regulation on Graduate Education.
Dokuz Eylul University, Graduate Education Regulation web address: http://www.sbe.deu.edu.tr/sbe/mevzuat

Graduation Requirements

Second Cycle (Master's Degree) Programme with thesis is comprised of courses (at least 55 ECTS), a seminar (2 ECTS) and field study (3 ECTS) and thesis (60 ECTS), in total 120 ECTS credits. Students must have minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 2.50 / 4.00 and completed all the courses with at least CB / S / TP grades.

Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning )

Full-time

Programme Director or Equivalent

Head of the Department: Prof. Dr. Gülüzar KURT GÜMÜŞ
Phone: 0232 3018720 (Multidisiplinary Programs Secreteria)
Fax: 0232 4530266
E-mail: guluzar.kurt@deu.edu.tr