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Systems Engineering Book List

Course Title, Author Publisher
SYST 210 The Engineering Design of Systems, 3rd edition, 2016, Buede (required) Wiley
SYST 210 A Practical Guide to SysML: The Systems Modeling Language, 3rd edition, 2014, Friedenthal (recommended) Elsevier
SYST 220 Systems Dynamics, 4th edition, 2020, Palm (required) McGraw-Hill
SYST 221 MatLab & Simulink R2016b, student version, 2016 (required) Mathworks
SYST 320 Systems Dynamics, 4th edition, 2020, Palm (required) McGraw-Hill
SYST 330 Schaum's Outline of Engineering Economics, 1984, Sepulveda (required) McGraw-Hill
SYST 330 Systems Engineering & Analysis, 5th edition, 2011, Blanchard (required) Prentice Hall
SYST 335 Discrete-Event System Simulation, 5th edition, 2010, Banks (required) Prentice Hall
SYST 335 Simulation with Arena, 6th edition, 2014, Kelton (recommended) McGraw-Hill
SYST 371 Project Management in Practice, 6th edition, 2017, Jones (required) Wiley
SYST 420 Network Flows, 1993, Ahuja (recommended) Prentice Hall
SYST 421 Modern Control Engineering, 5th edition, 2010, Ogata (required) Pearson
SYST 438 Statistics and Data Analysis for Financial Engineering, 2nd edition, 2015, Ruppert (required) Springer
SYST 460 Airport Systems: Planning, Design & Management, 2nd edition, 2013, Neufville (required) McGraw-Hill
SYST 461 Global Airline Industry, 2nd edition, 2015, Belobaba (required) Wiley
SYST 461 Terminal Chaos, 2008, Donohue (required) AIAA*
SYST 465 Operations Research w/CD, 4th edition, 2004, Winston (required) Cengage Learning
SYST 469 Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction (5th edition), Wiley & Sons, 2019 (required) Wiley
SYST 470 Designing for People: An Introduction to Human Factors Engineering, 3rd edition, 2017, John D. Lee, Christopher D. Wickens, YiliLiu, Linda Ng Boyle (required) Create Space
SYST 473 Making Hard Decisions, 3rd edition, 2013, Clemen (required) Cengage Learning
SYST 488 Options, Futures & Other Derivatives, 11th edition, 2022, Chang (required) Pearson
SYST 489 Engineering Communication, 2014, Knisley (required) Cengage Learning
SYST 489 Engineering Ethics, 2006, Baura (required) Elsevier
SYST 490 The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement, 3rd edition, 2004, Goldratt (required) North River
SYST 495 Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update, 2004, Meadows (required) Chelsea
SYST 500 Advanced Engineering Mathematics, 7th edition, 2012, O'Neil (required) Cengage Learning
SYST 505

Systems Engineering Analysis, Design, and Development by Charles S. Wasson. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ,2nd edition, Jones, (Required)

 INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook: A Guide for System Life Cycle Processes and Activities, 4th edition (Optional)

Wiley
SYST 508 Engineering Mega-Systems, 2010, Stevens (required) Taylor
SYST 510 Requirements Engineering, 3rd edition, 2010, Hull (required) Springer
SYST 513 Systems Engineering Principles & Practice, 2nd edition, 2011, Kossiakoff (required) Wiley
SYST 520 The Engineering Design of Systems, 3rd edition, 2016, Buede (required) Wiley
SYST 521 Network Flows, 1993, Ahuja (required) Pearson
SYST 530 Project Management: A Systems Approach, 12th edition, 2017, Barry (Optional) Wiley
SYST 538 Statistics and Data Analysis for Financial Engineering, 2nd edition, 2015, Ruppert (required) Springer
SYST 542 Decision Management Systems, 2012, Taylor (required) Pearson
SYST 560 Airport Systems: Planning, Design & Management, 2nd edition, 2013, Neufville (required) McGraw-Hill
SYST 568 Applied Predictive Modeling, 2013, Kuhn (required) Springer
SYST 573 Making Hard Decisions with Decision Tools Suite (3rd Edition), Robert T. Clemen, Terence Reilly, South-Western CENGAGE Learning, 2014. Luo (Required) Cengage Learning
SYST 588 Options, Futures & Other Derivatives, 11th edition, 2022, Chang (required) Pearson
SYST 611 Handbook of Dynamic System Modeling, 2007, Fishwick (recommended) Taylor
SYST 618 Practical Guide to SysML: The Systems Modeling Language, 3rd edition, 2013, Friedenthal (required) Elsevier
SYST 620 Modeling Business Processes: A Petri-Net Oriented Approach, 2011, Aalst (required) MIT Press
SYST 621 Modeling Business Processes: A Petri-Net Oriented Approach, 2011, Aalst (required) MIT Press
SYST 630 Information Technology Project Management, 9th edition, 2019, Schwalbe (required) Cengage Learning
SYST 659 Introduction to Logistics Systems Management, 2nd edition, 2013, Ghiani (required) Wiley
SYST 660 Global Airline Industry, 2nd edition, 2015, Belobaba (required) Wiley
SYST 660 Terminal Chaos, 2008, Donohue (required) AIAA*
SYST 664 A First Course in Bayesian Statistical Methods, 2009, Hoff (required) Springer
SYST 670 Planning & Scheduling in Manufacturing & Services, 2009, Pinedo (required) Springer
SYST 671 Rational Choice in an Uncertain World, 2nd edition, 2010, Hastie (required) Sage
SYST 674 Dynamic Programming: Models & Applications, 2003, Denardo (required) Dover
SYST 680 Sources of Power, 1998, Klein (required) MIT Press
SYST 688 Options, Futures & Other Derivatives, 11th edition, 2022, Chang (required) Pearson
SYST 735 Stochastic Simulation Optimization, 2011, Chen (required) World Science
Note: There are no texts for SYST 101, SYST 202, SYST 395, SYST 462, SYST 463, SYST 584, SYST 683, and SYST 699
* The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Operations Research Book List

Course Title, Author Publisher
OR 335 Discrete-Event System Simulation, 5th edition, 2010, Banks (required) Pearson
OR 335 Simulation with Arena, 6th edition, 2014, Kelton (recommended) McGraw-Hill
OR 441, OR 442 Operations Research w/CD, 4th edition, 2004, Winston (required) Cengage Learning
OR 481 Numerical Analysis, 2nd edition, 2012, Sauer (required) Pearson
OR 481 Numerical Analysis — Student Solutions Manual, 2nd edition, 2012, Sauer (recommended) Pearson
OR 531 Management Science: The Art of Modeling, 5th edition, 2017, Powell (required) Wiley
OR 538 Statistics and Data Analysis for Financial Engineering, 2nd edition, 2015, Ruppert (required) Springer
OR 541, OR 542 Operations Research w/CD, 4th edition, 2004, Winston (required) Cengage Learning
OR 568 Applied Predictive Modeling, 2013, Kuhn (required) Springer
OR 588 Options, Futures & Other Derivatives, 11th edition, 2022, Chang (required) Pearson
OR 603 Mathletics: How Gamblers, Managers Use Mathematics, 1st edition, 2012, Winston (required) Princeton
OR 604 Optimization in Operations Research, 2nd edition, 2017, Rardin (required) Pearson
OR 635 Simulation with Arena, 6th edition, 2015, Kelton (recommended) McGraw-Hill
OR 635 Simulation Modeling & Analysis, 5th edition, 2015, Law (required) McGraw-Hill
OR 641 Linear & Nonlinear Optimization, 2nd edition, 2009, Griva (required) SIAM*
OR 642 Applied Integer Programming, 2010, Chen (required) Wiley
OR 643 Network Flows, 1993, Ahuja (required) Pearson
OR 644 Linear & Nonlinear Optimization, 2nd edition, 2009, Griva (required) SIAM*
OR 645 Introduction to Probability Models, 11th edition, 2014, Ross (required) Elsevier
OR 647 Fundamentals of Queueing Theory, 5th edition, 2018, Shortle (required) Wiley
OR 649 Introduction to Logistics Systems Management, 2nd edition, 2013, Ghiani (required) Wiley
OR 670 Planning & Scheduling in Manufacturing & Services, 2009, Pinedo (required) Springer
OR 671 Rational Choice in an Uncertain World, 2nd edition, 2010, Hastie (required) Sage
OR 674 Dynamic Programming: Models & Applications, 2003, Denardo (required) Dover
OR 681 Making Hard Decisions with Decision Tools Suite (3rd Edition), Robert T. Clemen, Terence Reilly, South-Western CENGAGE Learning, 2014. Luo (Required) Cengage Learning
OR 682 Scientific Computing, 2nd edition, 2002, Heath (required) McGraw-Hill
OR 683 Sources of Power, 2nd edition, 1998, Klein (required) MIT Press
OR 688 Options, Futures & Other Derivatives, 11th edition, 2022, Chang (required) Pearson
OR 719 Probabilistic Graphical Models, 2009, Koller (required) MIT Press
OR 735 Stochastic Simulation Optimization, 2011, Chen (required) World Scientific
OR 750 Introduction to Stochastic Programming, 2nd edition, 2011, Birge (required) Springer
OR 774 Approximate Dynamic Programmning, 2nd edition, 2011, Powell (required) Wiley
OR 782 Integer Programming, 1st edition, 1999, Wolsey (required) Wiley
Note: There are no texts for OR 651, OR 652, and OR 699
* Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

Course Syllabi

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Study Plans

BS Systems Engineering (Students admitted prior to Fall 2023)

BS Systems and Industrial Engineering (Students admitted from Fall 2023)

Graduate Studies

 

Undergraduate Curriculum

BS Systems Engineering (Students admitted prior to Fall 2023)

BS Systems and Industrial Engineering (Students admitted from Fall 2023)

Undergraduate Minors

 


Information and Resources for PhD Students


Student Clubs and Organizations

INCOSE: The International Council on Systems Engineering

SWE: Society of Women Engineers

EfID: Engineers for International Development

Theta Tau: Professional Engineering Fraternity

NSBE: The National Society of Black Engineers

Omega Rho: International Honor Society for Operations Research and Management Science

SHPE: Society of Professional Hispanic Engineers

Sigma Theta Mu: The Systems Honor Society

INCOSE at Mason:  Student Club


 

SEOR Academic Affairs Contacts

Undergraduate Student Assistance

Email Rania Fadlallah for Undergraduate student assistance.

Graduate Student Assistance

Contact Michael Fee for Graduate student assistance

CEC Academic Affairs Contacts

Undergraduate Student Services

If you need assistance, contact, Letisha Brooks, Assistant to Jill Nelson, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs, at 703-993-1511.

Graduate Academic Affairs

Please visit the CEC Graduate Student Handbook for CEC graduate-specific information and Office of Graduate Studies (CECGS) contact information.