Student Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students shall be able to:
- Understand and define the discipline of Systems Engineering, the stages of a system life cycle, and the interrelationships between Systems Engineering and other fields of knowledge.
- Demonstrate familiarity with the methods and tools of Systems Engineering and their respective roles within the stages of the system life cycle.
- Identify and describe the four process groups that support Systems Engineering.
- Examine the requirements of a system and their relevance in the early stages of system development.
- Implement functional analysis, decomposition, and requirement allocation tools and describe their relevance in the later stages of systems development.
- Demonstrate familiarity with technical management processes and how they are used to establish and execute plans at any stage of the system life cycle.
Course Description
In Fundamentals of Systems Engineering, students are introduced to the science of systems engineering, especially the methods and disciplines used to define, develop, and deploy small to complex and large-scale systems. The course takes advantage of integrated examples, analysis and discussion of case studies, projects, and team exercises that enable a thorough understanding of the larger context wherein requirements for a system are realized and then translated into an operational concept.