Systems Engineering Fundamentals Certificate - Curriculum 282
Program Officer
Joseph Sweeney, Lecturer
Spanagel 448
(831) 656-2476
jwsweene@nps.edu
Academic Associate
Joseph Klamo, Assistant Professor
Halligan 140
(831) 656-2392
jklamo@nps.edu
Brief Overview
The Department of Systems Engineering offers a four-course academic certificate that introduces students to the fundamentals of systems engineering. The four courses are offered in both a resident and DL format.
Convenes
Fall, Spring
Program Length
4 Quarters
Requirements for Entry
Baccalaureate degree with at least a 2.6 undergraduate grade point average (GPA) and at least one college level mathematics course.
Outcomes
After completion of this certificate, students should be able to:
- Apply advanced mathematics including probability and statistics.
- Create basic system functional and physical architectures that represent a balanced approach to meeting stakeholder needs, derived system requirements, and suitability objectives. Understand basic system architecture frameworks and their role in architecture development. Apply basic model-based systems engineering techniques, based on UML or SySML, to create, define, and develop system architectures. Create, analyze, and evaluate alternative architectures against appropriate, system-level evaluation criteria and select the best system design based on quantitative and qualitative analysis.
- Apply the basic system design process in a holistic context to include defining system requirements; conducting functional analysis and allocation to hardware, software, and human elements; designing a system; deriving and defining requirement specifications; allocating requirement specifications to sub-systems; designing for suitability, including reliability, maintainability, availability, supportability, producibility, usability, survivability, and interoperability; evaluating the system cost and risk; and incorporating risk mitigation strategies.
- Apply basic qualitative and quantitative methods of engineering design analysis to include problem formulation, alternatives development, systems analysis, alternatives comparison, cost analysis, failure analysis, and risk analysis. Mathematical techniques include probabilistic analyses.
- Demonstrate competence in the planning and management of a complex defense-related systems engineering project. Demonstrate an understanding of basic project management principles including project planning, organizational structures, cost estimating, project scheduling, time-phased budgets, earned-value management, risk and configuration management, and contracts.
Certificate Requirements
Mandatory Courses
Students must take the following courses:
| SE3100 | Fundamentals of Systems Engineering | | 3 | 2 |
| SI3400 | Fundamentals of Engineering Project Management | | 3 | 2 |
| SE3302 | System Suitability | | 3 | 2 |
Probability and Statistics
Students pick one course from the following list of courses:
| OS3180 | Probability and Statistics for Systems Engineering | | 4 | 1 |
| -or- | | | |
| OS3111 | Probability and Statistics for HSI and MOVES | | 4 | 0 |
Typical Course of Study
Quarter 1
| OS3180 | Probability and Statistics for Systems Engineering | | 4 | 1 |
| -or- | | | |
| OS3111 | Probability and Statistics for HSI and MOVES | | 4 | 0 |
Quarter 2
| SE3100 | Fundamentals of Systems Engineering | | 3 | 2 |
Quarter 3
| SI3400 | Fundamentals of Engineering Project Management | | 3 | 2 |
Quarter 4