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Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certificate

Program Type

Certificate

Program Format

Online

Instruction Format

Instructor Led

Courses

1 course

CEUs/PDUs

8/80

Next Start

01/01/2025

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Develop your interpersonal skills as a leader and enhance your Lean Six Sigma proficiency to lead impactful and sustainable projects that align with strategic goals.

Who should enroll?
This program covers the advanced tools and approaches a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt needs to learn to take their process improvement skills to the next level.

Lean Six Sigma Black Belts are typically professionals who possess or aspire to higher-level leadership and management positions. Leading process improvement projects, Lean Six Sigma Black Belts guide teams and mentor Lean Six Sigma Green Belts.

The advanced Lean Six Sigma concepts taught in this program are applicable across virtually any industry, including manufacturing, healthcare, government, technology, aerospace, pharmaceuticals, engineering and business.

*Completing the Lean Six Sigma Green Belt program through SMU CAPE is a prerequisite to register for this Lean Six Sigma Black Belt program. If you have earned a Green Belt credential from another institution or organization and can provide proof of completion, the prerequisite requirement may be waived, upon university approval.

What You'll Learn
In the Lean Six Sigma Black Belt program, you’ll gain the knowledge to master the principles and philosophy of Lean Six Sigma methodology and manage process improvement projects that drive efficiency and lead to higher quality products, processes and services.

  • Project Assessment and Planning
  • Team Dynamics and Change Management
  • Coaching and Mentoring
  • Advanced Statistical Process Control
  • Design of Experiments
  • Sustaining Process Optimizations
Throughout the program, you will also complete scenario-based project assessments to test your comprehension of each week’s material. These simulated assignments are reviewed by your instructor and help you understand the situational purpose and applicability of advanced Lean Six Sigma tools and techniques.

Program Outcomes
This Black Belt program builds upon the lessons taught in Lean Six Sigma Green Belt training and teaches you how to situationally apply Lean Six Sigma tools and techniques for the projects you lead and support.

At the conclusion of this eight-week program, you should expect to be able to:
  • Manage a portfolio of Lean Six Sigma projects consistent with organizational needs
  • Execute a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt project through the five phases of DMAIC
  • Apply appropriate mentoring and coaching methods to assist Lean Six Sigma Green Belts in their projects
  • Assess and apply appropriate Lean Six Sigma tools during the execution of a Black Belt project
  • Employ software programs (Minitab and/or MS Excel) to validate data and identify potential solutions

Curriculum & Tuition

Tuition

Average Cost Per Course: $3,995

Why SMU?

  • SMU Continuing and Professional Education has offered noncredit learning programs since 1953.
  • SMU is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.
  • Students who successfully complete a certificate program will be issued a digital credential through Credly and will earn a lifetime credential through SMU Continuing and Professional Education.

Average Cost Per Course: $3,995

Additional tuition reductions and flexible payment options may be available!

Career Pathways

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Industrial Engineers
Industrial Production Managers
Manufacturing Engineers
Quality Control Analysts
Quality Control Systems Managers
Regulatory Affairs Managers
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Validation Engineers