Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification - Online * Instructor Led

Dates: January 31 - March 21, 2019

Meets: Live Online Sessions Every Thursday from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM Starting 1/31/19

Location: LIVE Online

Registration Fee: $1,500.00

This course combines a one-hour LIVE Online class session with your instructor, Dr. Mary McShane-Vaughn, each week along with weekly course learning assignments. These sessions will be archived for later viewing if the student is unable to participate in the live meetings. This format allows for students to receive the benefit of in-person instruction as well as the convenience and flexibility of a traditional online course. Need to ask a question during class? Need to complete assignments at midnight? No problem, this course has you covered! UNG Professional and Continuing Education makes online learning easy wherever you are.

Six Sigma is an enterprise-wide, project-driven quality improvement approach that emphasizes a systematic method to problem solving and decision-making based on data. Six Sigma results in increased customer satisfaction, improved quality and reduced costs. Lean is a method that concentrates on reducing waste by improving work flow and eliminating mistakes. Together, these two methodologies provide a powerful means for companies to delight their customers and improve bottom line results. Lean Six Sigma has been successfully applied in manufacturing firms, hospitals, educational institutions, banks, retail operations, insurance companies and other service-related industries. In each case, organizations can reduce waste, improve customer service and reduce costs.

In this Green Belt course students will learn how to implement the Lean Six Sigma methodology in their organizations to improve customer satisfaction and deliver bottom line results. Participants will learn the five-phase DMAIC project approach and master quality tools that they can apply immediately at their workplaces. Students practice performing analysis and applying Six Sigma tools using a hospitality industry case study. Upon successful completion of the class, students will earn their Green Belt Certificate.

Course includes certification.

Students should have at least a 2-year degree and should be able to solve basic algebraic equations. In addition, experience with using formulas and creating graphs in Microsoft Excel is extremely helpful.

The 8-week, instructor-led program includes:

  • Instructional videos with companion course guide
  • Hospitality industry case study
  • Excel spreadsheet with templates and custom calculators
  • Modules on the Six Sigma philosophy, DMAIC methodology, graphical analysis tools, statistical methods, and Lean tools
  • Asynchronous discussion board assignments
  • Three open-book, multiple choice exams
  • Weekly live online sessions. These sessions will be archived for later viewing if the student is unable to participate in the live meetings.

Course topics include:

  • Introduction to Lean Six Sigma
  • The DMAIC Project Roadmap
  • Capturing the Voice of the Customer
  • Project Selection and Scope
  • The Project Charter
  • Stakeholder Analysis
  • Six Sigma Teams
  • The Cost of Quality
  • Mapping Processes
  • Graphical Analysis using Microsoft Excel
  • Analysis Tools for Teams
  • Introduction to Statistics
  • Measures of Central Tendency & Dispersion
  • The Normal Distribution
  • Confidence Intervals
  • The Six Sigma Shift
  • Process Capability
  • Control Charts
  • Lean: Eight Wastes, Visual Management, 5S, Quick changeover, Mistake proofing

To receive a University of North Georgia Professional and Continuing Education certificate and CEUs, students must attend 80% of all class sessions, actively participate and complete a course evaluation,  as well as obtain an average score of 75 or better on assignments, quizzes and exams. 


UNG does not endorse any specific providers of student loans. Below is one of many potential providers, but we encourage you to research other potential options for noncredit student loans.

The Sallie Mae Smart Option Student Loan is available for this course.

Cover the Cost of Your Tuition - You may use the Sallie Mae Smart Option Student Loan to cover your tuition. No fees - There is no prepayment penalty.

Interest Rate - The Sallie Mae Smart Option Student Loan has interest rates that reward good credit and are as low as Prime + 0% for borrowers with excellent credit. Interest rates are variable and reset monthly.

Repayment Options - You may take up to 15 years to repay your loan with one of the following options: "Standard repayment option", you make level, monthly payments of principal and interest. The minimum monthly payment is $30.00. "Interest-only repayment option, you make interest-only payments while you are in school and begin standard repayment of principal and interest once school is completed." Deferred repayment option", you may defer payments for up to 12 months, not to exceed the anticipated graduation date on the application. You are required to make a $10.00 monthly payment during deferment. This $10.00 payment will be toward the interest that accurse on the account during deferment. After deferment, you will begin standard repayment of principle and interest.

Who May Apply - The Sallie Mae Smart Option Student Loan is a private, credit-based student loan for technical training or trade school, online courses, and other continuing education programs.

Fee: $1,500.00
Hours:35.00
CEUs:3.50

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Date Day Time Location
01/31/2019Thursday6:30 PM to 7:30 PM LIVE Online
02/07/2019Thursday6:30 PM to 7:30 PM LIVE Online
02/14/2019Thursday6:30 PM to 7:30 PM LIVE Online
02/21/2019Thursday6:30 PM to 7:30 PM LIVE Online
02/28/2019Thursday6:30 PM to 7:30 PM LIVE Online
03/07/2019Thursday6:30 PM to 7:30 PM LIVE Online
03/14/2019Thursday6:30 PM to 7:30 PM LIVE Online
03/21/2019Thursday6:30 PM to 7:30 PM LIVE Online

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