282: Systems Engineering Fundamentals Certificate - NPS Online
Systems Engineering Fundamentals Certificate
Certificate #282
Est.imated Completion Time: 12 months
Starts: Quarterly
Subspecialty Code: 5800L
Overview
This certificate is designed to provide graduate level foundation courses in systems engineering to anyone interested in deepening their understanding of how DoD designs, develops and produces
large complex systems. Students learn a disciplined approach to finding the right solution to the right problem: on-time, on-budget, supportable, and with minimal risk.
Math Requirements
To qualify for the OS3180 Pathway (OS3180, SE3100, SI3400, and SE3302):
- A student must have completed a college level calculus sequence of at least one year.
To qualify for the OS3111 Pathway (OS3111, SE3100, SI3400, and SE3302):
- A student must have at least one college level mathematics course.
*Students who take the OS3180 pathway are eligible to use the 282 certificate in the stackable pathway towards either the 311 Master’s Degree or the 722 Master’s Degree. **Students who take the OS3111 pathway are eligible to use the 282 certificate in the stackable pathway towards the 722 Master’s Degree only.
Courses Required
Quarter | Course |
---|---|
Quarter 1 | Choose one of the following: |
Quarter 2 | SE3100: Fundamentals of Systems Engineering |
Quarter 3 | SI3400: Fundamentals of Engineering Project Management |
Quarter 4 | SE3302: System Suitability |
Requirements for Entry
- Baccalaureate degree with at least a 2.6 undergraduate grade point average (GPA)
Learning Outcomes
After completion of this certificate, students should be able to:
- Apply advanced mathematics including probability and statistics.
- Create basic system functional and physical architectures that represent a balanced approach to meeting stakeholder needs, derived system requirements, and suitability objectives. Understand basic system architecture frameworks and their role in architecture development. Apply basic model-based systems engineering techniques, based on UML or SySML, to create, define, and develop system architectures. Create, analyze, and evaluate alternative architectures against appropriate, system-level evaluation criteria and select the best system design based on quantitative and qualitative analysis.
- Apply the basic system design process in a holistic context to include defining system requirements; conducting functional analysis and allocation to hardware, software, and human elements; designing a system; deriving and defining requirement specifications; allocating requirement specifications to sub-systems; designing for suitability, including reliability, maintainability, availability, supportability, producibility, usability, survivability, and interoperability; evaluating the system cost and risk; and incorporating risk mitigation strategies.
- Apply basic qualitative and quantitative methods of engineering design analysis to include problem formulation, alternatives development, systems analysis, alternatives comparison, cost analysis, failure analysis, and risk analysis. Mathematical techniques include probabilistic analyses.
- Demonstrate competence in the planning and management of a complex defense-related systems engineering project. Demonstrate an understanding of basic project management principles including project planning, organizational structures, cost estimating, project scheduling, time-phased budgets, earned-value management, risk and configuration management, and contracts.
Application Information
Applications are handled by the NPS Admissions Office. Please visit the admissions website or contact them at admissions@nps.edu.
Tuition & Service Obligation
For information regarding tuition, please contact the NPS Tuition office at tuition@nps.edu, or contact this offering’s POC at wowen@nps.edu.
For information regarding service obligation, please visit the Admissions Office’s Eligibility/Service Obligation page.
Other Information
$2,750 per student/course.
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Additional Documentation
282-254O Systems Engineering Fundamentals Certificate Announcement (PDF)
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