The Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering, as a leader in engineering education, is offering a graduate degree in Systems Engineering and a variety of certificate programs that stress system design, modeling, analysis, operations, and life-cycle support. The program objective is to provide an innovative view of the landscape of system design to practitioners from different engineering disciplines, to enhance their practice of engineering today, and to position them for career growth in the global economy.
It emphasizes the development of large-scale, complex, and multifunctional systems, while also addressing the requirements of time-to-market focused organizations in the commercial sector.
The core courses in the SDOE Program have a strong case study and project orientation to facilitate understanding of the concepts discussed. They are delivered in an intensive, weeklong modular format. Most of our courses are also available as web courses following a normal semester schedule.
We have identified topical clusters in collaboration with our partners in the aerospace and defense, telecommunications, IT, and automotive industries. These are reflected in the composition of our Graduate Certificate Programs. A graduate Certificate is composed of 4 courses, totaling 12 credits. |
A Masters degree in Systems Engineering can build on a graduate certificate or be composed from scratch according to individual preferences. A Masters degree from the SDOE Program requires individual research in the form of a project (3 credits) or a thesis (6 credits). A Masters degree requires a total of 30 credits.
The programs leading to the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree are designed to develop your ability to perform research or high-level design in systems engineering. A master’s degree is generally required before a student is admitted to the doctoral program. After a master’s degree, additional 60 credits are required for the Ph.D. degree.
The figure below summarizes the path to our different graduate certificates and degrees. Please visit the individual pages listed to the left for more detailed information
We also offer our courses as continuing education for students not pursuing a graduate certificate or degree. | 
