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Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate

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Initially implemented in manufacturing firms, Lean Six Sigma techniques are now being used by hospitals, educational institutions, banks, retail operations, insurance companies, and other service-related industries to reduce waste, improve customer service, and reduce costs.

The University of Georgia’s Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Online Certificate Course is designed for working professionals with busy schedules and little or no experience with Lean Six Sigma. This eight-week, online course explains Lean Six Sigma methodologies and helps you become certified as a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.

Credits

4.000

Duration

40.00
hours

Next Offering

July 8, 2025

Format

Online

Cost

$
1,799.00

Available offerings

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate [July 2025: Online]
7/8/2025
9/2/2025
Online
0615-019
$
1,799.00
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate [August 2025: Online]
8/6/2025
10/1/2025
Online
0615-020
$
1,799.00

About this course

Who should attend?

This program is designed for key team members responsible for process improvement in any industry, including:

  • Financial services
  • Information security
  • Insurance
  • Hotel
  • Manufacturing

Continuing Education Information

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be certified as Lean Six Sigma Green Belts and will receive a University of Georgia Certificate of Program Completion that provides a certificate number and awards 4.0 Continuing Education Units (CEUs (Opens in a new window)) and a digital badge (Opens in a new window).

Requirements & policies

Accommodations

The University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education is committed to providing equal access to continuing education programs for students living with permanent or temporary disabilities. Learn more about the program accommodations (Opens in a new window).

Schedule

The Zoom meetings with the instructor will be held on Tuesdays, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. ET, starting the first Tuesday of the course. These sessions will be archived for later viewing if the student is unable to participate in the meetings.

Textbook

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt: Course Slide Book [Paperback]

Author: Mary McShane-Vaughn
Paperback: 177 pages
Publisher: Independently published
ISBN: 979-­8337715834
Language: English

This book may be purchased from Amazon (Opens in a new window).

People & organizations

Instructor

Dr. Mary McShane-Vaughn earned her PhD in Industrial Engineering and an MS in Statistics from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and a BS in Industrial Engineering from General Motors Institute (now Kettering University) in Flint, Michigan. She is currently Principal at University Training Partners, a company that develops and delivers Lean Six Sigma training for corporations and universities.

Dr. McShane-Vaughn has created and delivered Yellow, Green and Black Belt training courses to hundreds of students, both in-person and online. Over the past six years she has enthusiastically delivered more than 50 Yellow, Green and Black Belt courses for her university and corporate clients.

Previously, Dr. McShane-Vaughn was a tenured faculty member at Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta, Georgia, now Kennesaw State University. For eight years she directed and grew the Master of Science in Quality Assurance program and taught statistics, statistical quality control, linear regression and design of experiments online in the graduate program. Her research interests include industrial statistics, robust experimental design and distance learning course delivery methods.

Before her career in academics, Dr. McShane-Vaughn worked for 15 years as a quality engineer and statistician in the automotive, medical device manufacturing, consumer products testing and revenue management industries.

Dr. McShane-Vaughn served as the Six Sigma Black Belt Exam Chair for the American Society for Quality (ASQ) from 2010-2012, and was an examiner for the Georgia Oglethorpe Award, Georgia’s equivalent of the National Malcolm Baldrige Award. She currently serves on the editorial review board for ASQ’s Six Sigma Forum. She is co-author of The Certified Quality Inspector Handbook, and author of The Probability Handbook, and The Probability Workbook, all published by ASQ Quality Press. Dr. McShane-Vaughn is a senior member of the American Society for Quality and a member of the American Statistical Association. She holds ASQ certifications as a Six Sigma Black Belt, Quality Engineer and Reliability Engineer.

Supporting associations

Note: The curriculum is accredited by the Council for Lean Six Sigma Certification.

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