Undergraduate Certificate in Systems Engineering

To obtain the certificate, students must complete at least 21 credit hours of course work. The coursework is made up of 9 hours of preliminary knowledge, 6 hours of core classes, 3 hours of Systems Engineering electives, and 3 hours of electives in topics that are closely related to Systems Engineering.
Students must complete the core classes at the U of U. At most 9 hours of transfer credits may be applied to the certificate.
Many of the courses listed in the curriculum are 5000-level but have a corresponding 6000-level course. A student may use the 6000-level version of the course to fulfill the corresponding 5000 level requirement.
A grade of B- or better must be earned in all courses applied to the certificate.
All core and Systems Engineering electives must have a grade of B or better, which may result in the student retaking courses.
In the semester in which one intends to be awarded the UCSE, the student fills out the following form.

Apply for the Awarding of the Undergraduate Certificate in Systems Engineering

Due to the growth of Systems, Industrial and Management Engineering, the U awarded a new SIME prefix. The SIME courses are identical to the previous ME EN courses and the schedule lists both courses. Either the SIME or ME EN course can fulfill the certificate’s requirements.

21 Total Credits

Complete at least 9 hours of Preliminary Knowledge

Earn at least 3 calculus credit hours from the following:

- MATH 1210 – Calculus I (4)
- MATH 1220 – Calculus II (4)
- MATH 1250 – Calculus for AP Students I (4)
- MATH 1260 – Calculus for AP Students II (4)
- MATH 1310 – Engineering Calculus I (4)
- MATH 1311 – Accelerated Engineering Calculus I (4)
- MATH 1320 – Engineering Calculus II (4)
- MATH 1321 – Accelerated Engineering Calculus II (4)
- MATH 2210 – Calculus III (3)
- A student may seek approval for an alternate trigonometry-based calculus course from the director.

Earn at least 3 probability/statistics credit hours from the following:

- CVEEN 2310 – Probability & Statistics (3)
- CH EN 2550 – Statistics for Chemical Engineers (3)
- ME EN 2550 – Applied Probability and Statistics for Engineers (3)
- BME 3070 – Applied Math and Statistics for Biomedical Engineers (3)
- MATH 3070 – Applied Statistics I (4)
- MET E 3070 – Statistical Methods in Earth Sciences and Engineering (3)
- CS 3130 – Engineering Probability and Statistics (3)
- OSC 3440 – Applications of Business Statistics (3)
- ECE 3530 – Engineering Probability and Statistics (3)
- A student may seek approval for an probability/statistics course from the director.

Earn at least 3 computer programming/ numerical methods credit hours from the following:

- BME 3301 – Computation Methods for Bioengineers (3)
- CH EN 2450 – Process Modeling and Numerical Methods in Chemical Engineering (3)
- COMP 1010 – Programming for All 1: Beginning Programming (3)
- COMP 1020 – Programming for All 2: Extended Applications (3)
- CS 1400 – Introduction to Computer Programming (4)
- CS 1410 – Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming (4)
- CS 1420 – Accelerated Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming (4)
- ME EN 2450 – Numerical Methods for Engineering Systems (3)
- MSE 2001 – Programming for Materials Science & Engineering (3)
- IS 4485 – Programming with Python (3)
- FINAN 5530 – Python for Quantitative Finance (3)
- A student may seek approval for an alternate computer programming/numerical methods course from the director.

Complete 6 hours of systems core courses:

- SIME 5400 / ME EN5160 – Fundamentals of Systems Engineering (3)
- SIME 5410 / ME EN 5170 – Systems Engineering and Integration (3)

Complete 3 hours of systems electives:

- SIME 5460 / ME EN 5166 – Model‐Based Systems Engineering (3)
- SIME 5450 / ME EN 5182 – Design of Production and Service Systems (3)
- SIME 5060 / ME EN 5183 – Discrete Event Systems Simulation (3)
- MG EN 5520 Discrete Event Systems Simulation (3)

Complete 3 credits from the following systems related courses:

- Any additional systems elective course
- BME 3801 – BioDesign I (3)
- BME 4101 – Biosystems Analysis and Modeling (4)
- CH EN 4253 – Process Design (3)
- CH EN 5253 – Process Design II (3)
- COMP 5360 – Introduction to Data Science (3)
- CS 3190 – Foundations of Data Analysis (3)
- CS 5530 – Database Systems (3)
- CVEEN 5720 – Project Scheduling (3)
- CVEEN 5730 – Project Management and Contract Administration (3)
- ECE 5615 – Classical Control Systems (3)
- ECE 3610 – Fundamentals of Robotics and Cyberphysical Systems (3)
- ECE 5680 – Electrical Forensic Engineering and Failure (3)
- ENGIN 5020 – Emerging Technologies and Engineering Entrepreneurship (3)
- ENTP 5000 – Building Effective Startups (3)
- IS 4487 – Introduction to Business Analytics (3)
- MATH 3080 – Applied Statistics II (3)
- MATH 4100 – Introduction to Data Science (3)
- MATH 5740 – Mathematical Modeling (3)
- MATH 5770 – Introduction to Optimization (3)
- ME EN 5010 – Principles of Manufacturing Processes (3)
- ME EN 5030 – Reliability Engineering (3)
- ME EN 5035 – Design of Experiments (3)
- ME EN 5040 – Quality Assurance Engineering (3)
- ME EN 5100 – Ergonomics (3)
- ME EN 5130 – Design Implications for Human-Machine Systems (3)
- ME EN 5150 – Introduction to Product Safety and Engineering Ethics (3)
- ME EN 5205 – System Dynamics (3)
- MET E 5690 – Process Statistics and Experiment Design (3)
- MG EN 5110 – Operations Research (2)
- MG EN 5360 – Risk Management (2)
- MG EN 5370 – Data Management for Engineering & Heavy Industry (2)
- MG EN 5530 – Computational Intelligence (2)
- OSC 5610 – Practical Management Science (3)
- SIME 5050 / ME EN 5184 – Operations Research for Systems (3)
- SIME 5000 / ME EN 5185 – Analytics for Systems Management (3)
- SIME 5560 / ME EN 5186 – Engineering Economic Analysis (3)

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