What is Systems Engineering?
Engineered products, services, and processes have become incredibly complex with interactions between humans, software, electrical components, mechanical devices, nature, and a host of other elements. Inadequately considering these interactions has caused catastrophic losses of life, property, and money. Systems Engineering is an interdisciplinary approach that enables the realization of successful systems through the identification of needs, requirements, testing, troubleshooting, integration, verification, and validation.
Why Systems Engineering?
The demand for qualified systems engineers in the state of Utah has grown rapidly. Recently, organizations in the public and private sectors have successfully lobbied the Utah legislature to provide targeted funding to the Department of Mechanical Engineering to increase the number of students pursuing their education in Systems Engineering. As an effect, the University of Utah now offers a Master of Science in Systems Engineering (MSSE) degree and a Graduate Certificate in Systems Engineering (GCSE).
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Pursuing your Systems Engineering Education at the U
The GCSE is stackable with the MSSE. That is, the courses taken toward the GCSE fulfill the MSSE requirements. Thus, most students earning the MSSE can also earn the GCSE, which is typically awarded in about a year of pursuing the MSSE. The MSSE and GCSE are offered on-campus and remotely through UOnline. The curriculum requirements are identical in the on-campus and online versions of each program, with some specificities that apply for each program regarding enrollment and tuition. Furthermore, students on-campus have more options in elective classes, as many on-campus classes are not yet available online.
Despite slightly different tuition mechanisms, the cost of a 3 credit online graduate course is set each year to be equivalent to the cost of a graduate student taking exactly 3 credits of Price College of Engineering graduate courses as a Utah resident. This affordable level of online tuition is enabled by the Utah legislature’s continued funding of its Engineering Intiative and Systems Engineering programs.
We hope that you choose to join us in the pursuit of your promising career in Systems Engineering. Our courses and programs were tailored for success. For additional information, check relevant sections in this website or contact us directly.