The graduate certificate in Systems Engineering is a convenient program for engineers desiring to acquire the fundamentals of Systems Engineering without the commitment to a full degree program.
Upon completion of the certificate program, the student may apply to the M.S. program in Systems Engineering and have the courses completed for the certificate to be credited towards the M.S. degree.
Graduation Requirements
Completion of three of the following core Systems Engineering courses (9 semester hours) with a 2.7 grade point average or higher:
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Semester Hours |
| 9 |
| Systems Engineering | |
| Systems Thinking: Major Tech Changes/Impacts | |
| Advanced Systems Engineering and Program Management | |
| Model Based Systems Engineering | |
| Systems Architecture | |
| Systems Engineering Modeling and Analysis | |
| |
SYEG 551 | | |
| Engineering for Autonomy | |
| Agile Development and Project Management | |
SYEG 562 | | |
| Spacecraft Design | |
| Spacecraft Communications and Radar | |
| Occupy Mars: Explorations in Space Travel and Colonization | |
| Launch Vehicle Technology and Design Evolution | |
| Resilient Space Systems Design | |
| Satellite Guidance, Control, and Operations | |
| |
| Secure Software Development | |
| Special Studies | |
| Independent Studies | |
| Special Studies | |
| Independent Studies | |
| Total Semester Hours | 9 |
Selected courses from the technical focus areas:
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Semester Hours |
| SYEG 551 | | 3 |
| SYEG 554 | Engineering for Autonomy | 3 |
| SYEG 557 | Agile Development and Project Management | 3 |
| SYEG 562 | | 3 |
| SYEG 570 | Spacecraft Design | 3 |
| SYEG 572 | Spacecraft Communications and Radar | 3 |
| SYEG 584 | Occupy Mars: Explorations in Space Travel and Colonization | 3 |
| SYEG 586 | Launch Vehicle Technology and Design Evolution | 3 |
Completion of:
