Quality Science Minor

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Department of Chemical Engineering
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Duluth, MN 55812
United States

Program Type
Minor
Department
Chemical Engineering

About This Program

The Quality Science minor is designed to accelerate your readiness to enter the life science industries by arming you with critical-thinking skills gained through immersion in science-based quality education and real-world experiences.

The pharmaceutical, medical device, biotech, and consumer goods industries promote and protect patient health worldwide. At the heart of their ability to affect patient lives is the necessity to develop and manufacture products that consistently meet parameters supported by scientific research and data. This confidence in product safety and efficacy is grounded in quality science.

The holistic approach of the Quality Science minor combines the science, regulatory, and business acumen needed to:

  • Mobilize enterprise-wide quality effectiveness grounded in science, data, stakeholder awareness, and regulatory intelligence
  • Proactively anticipate and manage risk, optimize value and provide objectivity
  • Understand the business in which employees operate and how to affect the outcome positively
  • Establish innovative systems to increase the right-first-time rate of cross-functional stakeholders, thus bolstering consumer and regulatory confidence in product safety, efficacy, and intended use

Scholarships

We offer a variety of scholarships to many science and engineering students. They are all hosted by Swenson College.

Get Involved

  • American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) is UMD’s official community for chemical engineers where you can meet other students and faculty and find out about employment and research opportunities
  • The Society of Chemists & Biochemists explores chemistry through fun and educational demonstrations while hanging out with other people interested in chemistry
  • Biology Club is all about socializing and giving biology students a place to ask questions, meet faculty and learn more about what is going in the Biology Department

We have several science and engineering groups on campus including, but not limited to, the Society of Women Engineers, the Order of the Engineer, the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), Engineers Without Borders, Women in Engineering and Science, and Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society.

Requirements

Refer to the link below for more detailed information about the program, admission requirements, sample plans, and contact information.

Quality Science Minor