The University of Colorado recently became one of only a handful of colleges that offer Six Sigma training. “Six Sigma Black Belt” is a course offered through the university’s Center for Advanced Engineering and Technology Education. Those enrolled in the course are both students and professionals, and they use statistical analysis software to identify solutions to expensive problems in real-world scenarios.

The course can be completed in three ways: for one week per month for four months; as an evening course running two weeks per month for four months; or as a distance education course on the Web. All courses begin on Feb. 7, 2005.

“At its heart, Six Sigma is a business initiative, not a quality initiative, so it’s imperative that the students use tools that can provide them with the broadest capabilities to solve problems,” says Steven Ouellette, president of the ROI Alliance, which offers the course in cooperation with the University of Colorado and the Boulder chapter of the American Society for Quality.

For more information, visit www.colorado.edu.

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