Al,
You need to dig a little deeper into the Villanova site. If you go to the Six Sigma description it is described as a 16 week course. The "curriculum" is very high level and is not as extensive a description as the ASQ body of knowledge required for their Six Sigma certification.
Villanova also listed the faculty for Six Sigma. It is a mixture of academia who have worked at Six Sigma companies as consultants, adjunct professors who have or still work in Six Sigma companies and adjunct professors who appear to work full time as consultants in Six Sigma. Some have ASQ certifications in CSSBB, others from companies and one even is a CQE. Since they market to health care organizations, the one faculty member received a Six-sigma Black Belt Methodologist Certification based on her work with a Florida Hospital. That is a new one for me. I could have been a methodologist rather than just a plain old black belt.
Depending on how they teach the course and considering the length, it may be worth the cost. Whether you are trained or certified in Six Sigma, quality, statistics or any other discipline is only important if you know the theory and have applied the knowledge. There are probably certifications out there that would be a joke for some of the more experienced Covers but there are others that would require some refresher training before they could pass. Personally, I don't think the ASQ certification is so easy that anyone could pass but I also don't think that it means much if you have been using the body of knowledge for years.
Bill Pflanz