Systems Engineering (MS)

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 General Dynamics employees to provide the knowledge, skills and decision-making abilities to design, manage, and lead complex projects.

WPI’s Master of Science in Systems Engineering will improve your ability to:

  • Identify what customers/stakeholders want their systems to accomplish
  • Analyze requirements, explore implementation alternatives, and design/engineer to minimize risks
  • Develop integration, verification and validation strategies to confirm systems meet users’ needs
  • Describe, design and develop hardware/software architectures for complex system functionality
  • Minimize budget and schedule risks during system design and development

[NEW!]

WPI has a long standing partnership with the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE). At this year’s 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.

Program Logistics

  • 10 weeks per course
  • Three courses per year (typically in September, January, and April).
  • One night per week (typically a 4-hour class session)
  • Held in a face-to-face format (please note: delivery is subject to change for future cohorts)

Prerequisites: 

If you are unsure of your admissions qualifications, please contact Danielle Malconian (dmalconian@wpi.edu)

Courses

SYS 501. Concepts of Systems Engineering
SYS 510. Systems Architecture and Design
SYS 511. Systems Integration, Verification and Validation
MIS 576. Project Management
BUS 546. Managing Technological Innovation
SYS 512. Requirements Engineering
SYS 579. Course under development for GD-MS
Elective
Elective
SYS 585. Systems Engineering Capstone Experience

Prerequisites

Admission to the WPI Graduate Degree in Systems Engineering requires an ABET-accredited Bachelor of Science in an engineering discipline or Computer Science, and a Major GPA of 3.0 or higher. The GRE is NOT required for admission to this program.

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