Systems Engineering (MS)

A part-time graduate program delivered conveniently online to BAE Systems

Modern engineering projects increasingly demand a combination of skills from various traditional engineering disciplines. WPI’s Master of Science in Systems Engineering has been tailored for BAE Systems employees to provide the knowledge, skills and decision-making abilities to design, manage, and lead complex projects. This graduate program draws on our strengths in engineering, business, and management to prepare leaders who can integrate the technical and human-centered processes of this multifaceted discipline. Courses are designed to increase your technical skills in addition to systems management.  

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Learning Outcomes:

  • Gain technical depth in system dynamics, systems engineering, and systems thinking.
  • Learn to lead technical teams on complex engineering projects.
  • Analyze requirements for systems, explore alternatives for implementations and design and engineer systems in a way that minimizes technical risks.
  • Develop integration, verification and validation strategies for systems to determine they were built correctly, and they meet users’ needs.
  • Describe, design and develop complex hardware and/or software architectures that enable the functionality of complex systems and systems-of-systems.
  • Work with program managers to plan, document and control the design and development of systems in a way that minimizes budget and schedule risks.

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Logistics

    • Currently Launched
    • 30 credits, 10 courses
    • 3 courses per year (Fall, Winter, Spring)
    • Delivered online: 50% synchronous, 50% asynchronous
    • Requires a minimum of 18 qualified, enrolled students to launch this program

Courses

This program consists of 10 courses (30-credits). Earn your graduate certificate along the way to your Masters.

Graduate Certificate

  • SYS 502. Business Practices for Systems Engineering
  • SYS 501. Concepts of Systems Engineering*
  • SYS 510. Systems Architecture and Design
  • SYS 511. Systems Integration, Verification, and Validation
  • OIE 542. Risk Management and Decision Making
  • SYS 521. Model-Based Systems Engineering

Master of Science

  • SYS 579D. Engineering Dependable and Secure Systems
  • SYS 579R. System Reliability Engineering
  • OBC 506. The Heart of Leadership: Power, Reflection, and Interpersonal Skills
  • SYS 585. Systems Engineering Capstone Experience

*SYS 501. Concepts of Systems Engineering  |   Course Benefit

WPI has a long standing partnership with the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE). At the 2019 INCOSE International Symposium, the Certification Advisory Group made a very important announcement. They approved WPI’s updated “Concepts of Systems Engineering” course for Academic Equivalency. Students who earn a final score of 85% or better can now WAIVE the Knowledge Exam portion of INCOSE’s Systems Engineering Professional Certification Program, both at the Associate (ASEP) and Certified (CSEP) levels. To learn more about this course, the benefits available to you, view our on-demand webinar.

Prerequisites

  • An ABET-accredited Bachelor of Science in an engineering discipline or Computer Science
  • Undergrad mathematics coursework including Advanced Calculus, Differential Equations, and Linear Algebra
  • Major GPA of 3.0 or higher
  • The GRE is NOT required for this program

For questions regarding this program:

Hillary Lyons
Associate Director, Enrollment
Corporate & Professional Education
100 Institute Road (CPE)
Worcester, MA 01609-2280
Schedule a time to talk to me
hlyons@wpi.edu