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MS/SE Specialization in
Systems Engineering Analysis (SEA)

Systems Engineers must address a broad range of issues relevant to the design, implementation, analysis and management of systems. This emphasis provides the student with methodological tools that can be applied to the systems engineering process. Areas of focus include decision support systems, distributed intelligent systems, knowledge-based planning systems, network systems, probabilistic reasoning systems, sensor fusion systems, and optimization methods. The graduate program in Systems Engineering recognizes the importance of a balancing an education in quantitative models and engineering tools with a proper understanding of the systems perspective.

Basic Methods Courses for SEA

Students must complete: SYST 611 System Methodology and Modeling and one additional course from the list of basic methods courses.

Emphasis-specific Courses for SEM

Students must complete: SYST 542 Decision Support Systems Engineering

The remaining courses are electives taken from the list below. The set of elective courses must constitute a well-defined focus and must be approved by the student's advisor. Courses designated as basic methods courses may also be used as elective courses once the requirement of two basic methods courses has been met:

  • SYST 619 - Introduction to Architecture-Based Systems Engineering
  • SYST 621 - System Engineering Design
  • SYST 671/OR 671 - Judgment and Choice Processing and Decision Making
  • SYST 683 Modeling Simulation and Gaming
  • OR 641 - Linear Programming
  • OR 642 - Integer Programming
  • OR 643 - Network Modeling
  • OR 644 - Nonlinear Programming
 



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