Systems engineering
Undergraduate · Engineering
Syllabus focus
Standard syllabus · STEM / applied
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Topics typically covered
Standard syllabus
Systems engineering fundamentals
- Systems thinking and holistic problem framing
- Stakeholder needs analysis and CONOPS
- Requirements elicitation, writing, and traceability
- Functional decomposition and architecture
- Interface definition and control
- Trade studies and decision analysis methods
- Verification versus validation planning
- System V-model and lifecycle phases
- Risk management in complex programs
- Configuration management and baselines
Modeling and integration
- SysML diagrams at introductory level
- Simulation and digital thread concepts
- Integration and test planning
- Human factors and operability considerations
- Reliability, maintainability, and availability (RM&A)
- Safety analysis: FMEA and fault trees (intro)
- Systems of systems and interoperability
- MBSE tools overview (Cameo, Rhapsody survey)
- Technical reviews: SRR, PDR, CDR roles
- Documentation: specs, ICDs, and test reports
STEM / applied
Domain applications
- Aerospace mission design case studies
- Automotive E/E architecture overview
- Medical device systems engineering constraints
- Defense acquisition lifecycle awareness
- Infrastructure megaproject coordination
- Software-heavy systems and DevSecOps interface
- Supply chain resilience in system design
- Sustainability requirements in systems specs
- Capstone: requirements doc for a team project
- INCOSE handbook references and career paths
Advanced practice survey
- Model-based verification and digital twins
- Agile systems engineering hybrids
- Cyber-physical security requirements
- Cost-as-an-independent-variable (CAIV)
- Modularity and platform strategies
- Operational test and evaluation planning
- Disposal and end-of-life system considerations
- International standards: ISO/IEC 15288
- Guest lectures from systems engineers in industry
- Ethics in complex system failures (case studies)
Notes
Topics reflect common engineering syllabi at US colleges and universities. Exact order, depth, and applied emphasis vary by institution, department, and instructor.