Help improve the quality of healthcare processes and reduce the overall cost.
Lean Six Sigma is a framework used in improving quality by focusing on re-engineering the processes involved in delivering a product or service. The Six Sigma concept was introduced in the mid-1980s to improve manufacturing processes, and it has evolved over many decades. Lean Six Sigma has become popular in the service sector and increasingly has been applied to improve the quality of healthcare processes and reduce the overall cost.
Admission Requirement
Students currently enrolled in the Master of Science in Healthcare Leadership and Management program are eligible but still must formally apply to the Yellow Belt Certificate Program. Academic certificate programs follow the same application and admission processes as graduate degree programs. All dates and deadlines can be located in the UTD Academic Calendar
All students must complete the required courses with a grade of (B) or higher.
- HMGT 6320 The American Healthcare System
- HMGT 6321 Strategic Leadership of Healthcare Organizations
- HMGT 6323 Healthcare Informatics
- HMGT 6332 Quality Improvement in Healthcare – Six Sigma and Beyond
Please see the current graduate course catalog for course descriptions, course prerequisites and other information.
Degree-Seeking Students
Current degree-seeking graduate students are eligible but still must formally apply to the Lean Six Sigma in Healthcare Quality Yellow Belt Certificate. Academic certificate programs follow the same application and admission processes as graduate degree programs. All dates and deadlines can be located in the UTD Academic Calendar.
Application Process
Current UTD Students
- Even if you are currently enrolled in a degree-seeking program at UTD, you must submit a separate UTD graduate application for the certificate program. Regular deadlines apply. For application instructions and to apply, visit the UT Dallas Steps to Graduate page.
- Note that current UTD students are exempt from the following parts of the graduate application:
- Application fee
- Recommendation letters
- GRE/GMAT test scores
- Once you are offered admission, you must accept your admission to the certificate program in Galaxy.
Cost
Texas residents can expect to pay approximately $11,750 in tuition and fees (assumes 2 courses per term for 2 terms) to complete four classes. Please see the UTD Bursar webpage for information regarding tuition and fees.
Completing Coursework
- Students should contact their advisors to enroll in the required coursework within their schedule.
- All classes are offered either weekday evenings or online for the convenience of working professionals.
Graduation
- At the beginning of the semester in which a student intends to graduate from the certificate program, they should complete the apply for graduation form and email Minal.Shah@utdallas.edu/Keith.Thurgood@utdallas.edu with this information to be made eligible to apply for graduation. Students should then submit their application for graduation within the regular deadlines.
- Once the semester is complete, the registrar will do an audit on the student record. If all requirements have been met, the student will receive the certificate in the mail 6-8 weeks after the semester concludes.
- Please note that if you apply to graduate from the certificate program during a semester in which you are not enrolled in any classes, you will be charged a $100 in absentia fee at the end of the semester.
Forms and Deadlines
Forms
Apply NowIntent to graduate students – apply for graduation in Galaxy with information found above under the Graduation portion and email Minal.Shah@utdallas.edu or Keith.Thurgood@utdallas.edu with your intent to graduate and program.
Deadlines
Graduate Certificate Deadlines for U.S. Citizens and International Applicants are available on the UT Dallas Deadlines page.
Kannan Ramanathan
Clinical Professor, Operations Management
kannan.ramanathan@utdallas.edu | (972) 883-5953 | JSOM 3.622
