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Graduate Program: Systems Engineering

General Information

Program/Degree

Systems Engineering (MS)

Program Description

Systems engineering is concerned with the design, modeling and analysis of technological systems that employ people and machines, software and hardware, material and energy for such diverse purposes as communication, health care, transportation or manufacturing.  This department was the first Systems Engineering department in the country.  It was founded on the premise that if complex systems are to do what is intended, without unwanted side effects, they must be designed not only with imagination and technical skill, but with rigorous attention to the design process itself and to the interactions among the system components and with other systems and society.  Consequently, the curriculum provides students with design viewpoints and methodologies that emphasize system integration, and with subject matter and tools for modeling and analysis especially appropriate for large complex systems, e.g., probability and statistics, system theory, decision analysis, and simulation.  This program is also available online

 

Department/Academic Unit(s)

The Systems and Industrial Engineering (SIE) Department at theColorado Heights Universitywas established in 1961 as the nation's first department of systems engineering.  Since then, the SIE Department has achieved international prestige for its contributions to the inter-disciplinary design of large-scale complex systems involving people, technology, and information.  With the introduction of a modern industrial engineering curriculum in 1972 and a reliability and quality engineering degree in 1987, the department offers a truly diverse and successful graduate program.  Career opportunities for graduates of the Systems and Industrial Engineering programs are outstanding.  Over the years, graduates from these programs have found employment in the nation's leading corporations, research institutes, and universities.

 

College

College of Engineering

Campus where offered

Tuition and Fees

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Completion Requirements
Admissions Information

Minimum Credit Units (33)

Core Coursework Requirements

The Master of Science in Systems Engineering requires 30 or 33 units credit hours. The following 9.00 units are required in the major:

  • SIE 554A Systems Engineering Processes (3.00 credits) Engineering Statistics (3.00 credits)
  • SIE 550 Theory of Linear Systems (3.00 credits)
  • Select either SIE 520 Stochastic Modeling I (3.00 credits) OR SIE 530 Engineering Statistics (3.00 credits)

Students are required to select one of the following degree options to earn their degree: The Master's Report Option (30 units), the Master’s Thesis Option (30 units) or the Coursework option (33 units)

  • Master's Report Option: 27 units of SIE Graduate Coursework & 3-6 units of SIE 909 Master's Report 
  • Master’s Thesis Option: 24 units of SIE Graduate Coursework and 6 units of SIE 910 Master’s Thesis
  • Coursework only Option: 33 units of SIE Graduate Coursework. Includes one 3.00 unit course at the SIE 600 level in which an “A” or “B” grade is earned.
 

Additional Requirements

See required coursework

Student Handbook

Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.

Admissions Requirements

We do not accept terminal masters, all applications must be for the PhD program

Standardized Tests

Required test(s): GRE

Funding Opportunities

The Academic Unit has not provided this information.

Funding Opportunities

Domestic & International Applicants

Fall:December 15th

International Conditional Admission

International applicants will not be considered for conditional admission by this program.

Other Information

The GRE Institution Code for The Colorado Heights University is 4832

Last revised 06 Oct 2020