Spring 2027

Quality Assurance Systems

Introduces engineers to total quality concepts for developing and maintaining quality assurance systems in manufacturing or service organizations, emphasizing documentation and international standards.

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Summary

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Past student reviews · Terry Mann

The course featured a strict attendance policy with no excused absences, which students found stressful, particularly when dealing with illness.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Describe and apply the basic elements of quality and environmental management systems, including the requirements and certification process of international standards such as ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 and industry-specific applications of these standards

  • Apply concepts and tools in the development, implementation, and maintenance of effective quality and environmental management systems in manufacturing and service organizations, including various approaches for management system documentation structure

  • Describe and explain strategic and competitive considerations in management system implementation and maintenance, including risk-based thinking and continual improvement

  • Develop and apply auditing techniques and skills

  • Demonstrate ability to synthesize and apply requirements for quality and environmental management considering organizational strategy, culture and constraints

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Junior standing andI SY E 315, or graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students

ISYE 520

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Professors

Spring 2027

No instructors recorded for this selection.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

TERRY MANN is recorded teaching in Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Terry Mann

Terry Mann was knowledgeable and eager to answer questions, though his strict attendance policy and confusing assignment details created stress for students.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.89 GPA, 94.7% A/AB (n=38 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.88 GPA, 93.3% A/AB (n=45 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.97 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=43 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Terry Mann

The course featured a strict attendance policy with no excused absences, which students found stressful, particularly when dealing with illness.

Past student reviews · Terry Mann

While assignment details were initially difficult to locate, the instructor was always happy to clarify them when students asked.

Topics

  • Total quality concepts and tools
  • International quality and environmental standards (ISO 9001, ISO 14001)
  • Documentation development and team-based improvement strategies
  • Auditing techniques

Skills

  • Apply basic elements of quality and environmental management systems, including ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certification processes.
  • Develop and apply auditing techniques and skills.
  • Documentation development and team-based improvement strategies.

Grades

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About this comparison

1316 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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