Degrees

• SYEG 500 Systems Engineering 3 semester hours (required)
• SYEG 540 Systems Thinking: Major Tech Changes/Impacts 3 semester hours
• SYEG 600 Advanced Systems Engineering and Program Management 3 semester hours
• SYEG 640 Model Based Systems Engineering 3 semester hours
• SYEG 650 Systems Architecture 3 semester hours
• SYEG 668 Systems Engineering Modeling and Analysis 3 semester hours

• SYEG 510 Project Management 3 semester hours (required)
• SYEG 520 Engineering Leadership and Integrity 3 semester hours
• SYEG 530 Lean Engineering and Management 3 semester hours
• SYEG 557 Agile Development and Project Management 3 semester hours
• SYEG 560 Introduction to Cybersecurity 3 semester hours
• SYEG 576 Business Law for Engineers 3 semester hours
• SYEG 577 Engineering Economics and Finance 3 semester hours
• SYEG 600 Advanced Systems Engineering and Program Management 3 semester hours
• SYEG 620 Manufacturing Processes and Quality Systems 3 semester hours
• SYEG 673 New Product Design and Development 3 semester hours
• SYEG 679 Startup Entrepreneurship and Managing Engineering Innovation 3 semester hours

• Systems Engineering (online courses): SYEG 500 and 600 level courses (9 semester hours) 

• Electrical Engineering (in-person courses): Two EECE 5000 or 6000 level courses and EECE 6901 Graduate Capstone Project I and EECE 6902 Graduate Capstone Project II (12 semester hours)  

• Mechanical Engineering (in-person courses): MECH 500 or 600 level courses (9 semester hours) 

• Civil Engineering (in-person courses): CIVL 500 and 600 level courses (9 semester hours) 

• Cybersecurity (online courses): Three courses from the following (9 semester hours) 

• • SYEG 560 Introduction to Cybersecurity  3 semester hours

  • SYEG 563 Cyberdefense 3 semester hours

  • SYEG 662 Secure Software Development  3 semester hours

• Computer Science (in-person courses): Three courses from the following (9 semester hours) 

• • SYEG 554 Engineering for Autonomy  3 semester hours 

  • SYEG 557 Agile Development and Project Management   3 semester hours 

  • SYEG 651 Software Architecture  3 semester hours

• Aeronautics and Space Systems (online courses): Three courses from the following (9 semester hours) 

• • SYEG 570 Spacecraft Design  3 semester hours 

• • SYEG 572 Spacecraft Communications and Radar 3 semester hours

  • SYEG 584 Occupy Mars; Explorations in Space Travel and Colonization  3 semester hours 

  • SYEG 586 Launch Vehicle Technology and Design Evolution 3 semester hours

  • SYEG 587 SYEG 587 Resilient Space Systems Design 

  • MECH 544 Propulsion  3 semester hours

• Engineering Management (online courses): Three courses from the following (9 semester hours) 

• • SYEG 520 Engineering Leadership and Integrity  3 semester hours 

  • SYEG 530 Lean Engineering and Management  3 semester hours 

  • SYEG 577 Engineering Economics and Finance 3 semester hours

  • SYEG 620 Manufacturing Processes and Quality Systems  3 semester hours 

  • SYEG 679 Startup Entrepreneurship and Managing Engineering Innovation  3 semester hours

• • In-person courses from the Business Analytics or MBA programs with the designation BSAN, MBAA, MBAD, MBAE, MBAF, MBAG, MBAH, MBAP with concurrence from the program director of the Business Analytics and/or MBA programs, and if prerequisites are satisfied.

• SYEG 695 Preparation for Capstone Project 0 semester hours
• SYEG 696 Graduate Capstone Project 3 semester hours

• Note: SYEG 695 and SYEG 696 are not required if completing the technical emphasis in Electrical Engineering 

• Note: Electives are scheduled only if a sufficient number of students sign up. With the approval of the Director, the above curriculum can be adjusted to meet the student’s individual educational needs. Taking three technical electives allows the student to graduate with an M.S. in Systems Engineering with a technical focus in that area. The student must apply for the M.S. in Systems Engineering with their desired technical focus area when they apply to the M.S. in Systems Engineering program, or apply for a program transfer after they have started the program.  

• Note: The Graduate Capstone Project is typically the last course taken in the program. It is designed to demonstrate the student’s knowledge of all the systems engineering and systems management principles and lean engineering addressed in the prerequisite courses. The course is typically completed in one semester. SYEG 695 should be taken the semester prior to taking SYEG 696. It is unlikely that the project can be completed in one or two summer sessions due to the shortened schedule. 

Master’s Thesis Option 

Preparation of a Master’s Thesis is optional and can fulfill up to a maximum of 6 semester hours of elective course requirements. The student electing the thesis option must obtain a thesis advisor before Departmental consent will be considered, and the thesis must conform to the Frank R. Seaver College of Science and Engineering requirements. The thesis and associated work is intended to advance the state of knowledge in the thesis subject not “rehash” previous work by others or a serve as a “literature search.” The thesis ideally will form the basis for a paper or article, produced by a student, which would be submitted and hopefully published in a peer-reviewed journal or presented at a professional organization’s conference. A thesis is completed after being successfully defended to the thesis committee. With direction from the Graduate Director, a thesis committee will be formed. The thesis committee consists of the student’s thesis advisor, a full-time faculty member from the student’s department, and a third member from other than the student’s department.