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Master of Science in Quality Management and Validation (L9, 30 ECTS)
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Status: Apply Now
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Campus: Online
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years: 1
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Fees: €2,350
Programme Overview
On successful completion of the programme, participants will have demonstrated the competencies necessary to:
- Adopt analytical, systematic approaches toward problem solving and decision making, while simultaneously displaying an appropriate awareness and understanding of the sensitivities involved in the context of organisational dynamics;
- Demonstrate personal qualities of empathy, leadership, teamworking;
- Manage their own learning and development, and evaluate their own experience through a reflective approach towards the impact of the programme on their lives;
- Be catalysts of change within their employing organisations, as a result of the adoption of creative and innovative approaches to opportunities and threats.
Students who want to study on Masters of Science in Quality Management and Validation must first complete the Postgraduate in Quality Management and Validation to be able to progress to the Masters year. The student will complete a Dissertation under supervision. The flexibility and agility of this programme, will allow students to specialise in a pathway most suited to their skills, career aspirations, and employer needs that will give them research expertise in Quality Management and Validation.
Programme Overview
Year 1
Semester 1
- Strategic Management and Leadership
- Project Management, Reliability Engineering and Risk Management
- Quality Management, Standards and Good Manufacturing Practice
Semester 2
- Statistical Process Control, Calibration and Validation
- Research Methods
- Applied Caste Studies Capstone Project
Year 2
- Dissertation
Level 8 Degree in any non-cognate discipline
and/or
Those with a level 7 degree in any non-cognate discipline with three years post qualification and/or those who meet the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) requirements as per the Institute RPL policy will also be considered. Such candidates will have to attend for interview.
Note: Non cognate discipline is defined as the discipline area OTHER than the discipline area of the Post Graduate Diploma the student is applying for.
Two evenings per week (Online)
PLUS occasional Saturdays per semester (9am-1pm)
For online programmes, lectures will be delivered online, and recordings of lectures will be available to view in the student’s own time.
Induction
Induction for the September 2024 programmes takes place on Saturday 7 September 2024 from 9.00am to 1.00pm.
In advance, you will be required to review Pre-Induction reading material, available to you on https://tus.ie/flexible.
During Induction, you will be given the opportunity to:
– Meet your programme lecturers, programme co-ordinator and students
– Overview of the programme handbook, programme’s modules, assessments and delivery timetable
– Introduction to TUS learning systems including MS Office, Zoom, Moodle etc
– Outline of the learning supports available to you during the programme
– Overview of the programme handbook, programme’s modules, assessments and delivery timetable
– Introduction to TUS learning systems including MS Office, Zoom, Moodle etc
– Outline of the learning supports available to you during the programme
One Year
Candidates who complete 60 credits (on completion of Year 1 of the programme) and wish to exit at this point will receive a Postgraduate Diploma in Science in Quality Management and Validation. However, the full programme is offered as a 90 credit Master of Science in Quality Management and Validation degree. Graduates who complete the Postgraduate Diploma will be eligible to transfer to a Master of Science in Quality Management and Validation . Year 2 of the Masters programme involves the completion of a supervised 30 credits dissertation.