Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Hardware Systems Engineering
Certificate Level: Graduate
Admissions Requirements: Bachelor's degree
Certificate Type: Post-Baccalaureate
Minimum Number of Credits to Completion: 18.0
Instructional Delivery: Online; Face-to-face
Calendar Type: Quarter
Expected Time to Completion: 1.5 years
Financial Aid Eligibility: Not aid eligible
Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) Code: 14.2701
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Code: 11-9041
About the Program
This graduate certificate will enhance the skills of engineers who work in areas of product design and development related to a variety of industries, but mostly Department of Defense (DoD). In today’s environment, managing the complexity of hardware product development requires technical knowledge and know-how, as well as system engineering approaches with a focus on the product development life cycle process. This graduate certificate program will leverage this competency to provide systems engineering thinking paired with technical depth in product development and design. This paring will enhance the skill set and talent of engineers who work in the field of hardware product design and development.
Admission Requirements
- BS in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent STEM BS degree
- A GPA of 3.0 and/or significant work experience
Program Requirements
Required System Engineering Courses | ||
SYSE 533 | Systems Integration and Test | 3.0 |
SYSE 685 | Systems Engineering Management | 3.0 |
SYSE 688 | Systems Engineering Analysis | 3.0 |
Systems Engineering Course Elective | ||
SYSE 530 | Systems Engineering Design | 3.0 |
or SYSE 531 | Systems Architecture Development | |
or SYSE 682 | Introduction to Systems Science | |
COE Technical Electives (2 Courses ECEC, ECEE, ECEP, ECET, ECES, ET, MEM or MATE)* | 6.0 | |
Total Credits | 18.0 |
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Technical Electives must be graduate level courses (500, 600 or 700 level)
Sample Plan of Study
First Year | |||||||
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Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
SYSE 685 | 3.0 | SYSE 688 | 3.0 | SYSE 533 | 3.0 | SYSE 530, 533, or 682 | 3.0 |
3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||
Second Year | |||||||
Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | ||||
Technical Elective 1* | 3.0 | Technical Elective 2* | 3.0 | ||||
3 | 3 | ||||||
Total Credits 18 |
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Technical Elective courses must be graduate level 500, 600 or 700 level courses from COE
Additional Information
To learn more about the certificate or to apply for admission, please visit the Systems Engineering program page.