Degree Requirements

(67 Credit Hours)

Case 1: With Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Only

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
SE 601	Systems Eng Fundamentals	3
SE 606	Systems Architecture	3
SE 603	Integration, Test & Evaluation	3
SE 602	Risk and Failure Analysis	3
SE 609	Engineering Research Methods	3
Systems Engineering Elective		3
Other Systems Engineering or Engineering Electives		at least 30
Research Hours		at least 19
Total credit hours required for completion:		at least 67

Case 2: With STEM Bachelor’s Degree (Other Than Engineering)

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Pre-requisite undergraduate courses to be determined at the time of admission. It is highly recommended that the applicant has taken at least three semesters of calculus and a college-level physics course.		TBD
SE 601	Systems Eng Fundamentals	3
SE 606	Systems Architecture	3
SE 603	Integration, Test & Evaluation	3
SE 602	Risk and Failure Analysis	3
SE 609	Engineering Research Methods	3
Systems Engineering Elective		3
Other Systems Engineering or Engineering electives		at least 30
Research Hours		at least 19
Total credit hours required for completion:		at least 67

Case 3: With Engineering Master’s Degree

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Engineering Master’s degree transfer credits to be determined at the time of admission		24-30
SE 601	Systems Eng Fundamentals	3
SE 606	Systems Architecture	3
SE 603	Integration, Test & Evaluation	3
SE 602	Risk and Failure Analysis	3
SE 609	Engineering Research Methods	3
Systems Engineering Electives		3-9
Research Hours		at least 19
Total credit hours required for completion:		at least 67

Case 4: With STEM Master’s Degree (Other Than Engineering)

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Engineering Master’s degree transfer credits to be determined at the time of admission		TBD
SE 601	Systems Eng Fundamentals	3
SE 606	Systems Architecture	3
SE 603	Integration, Test & Evaluation	3
SE 602	Risk and Failure Analysis	3
SE 609	Engineering Research Methods	3
Systems Engineering Electives (total transfer credits to be determined at the time of admission)		TBD
Research Hours		at least 19
Total credit hours required for completion:		at least 67

Required Examinations

The required examinations in the Systems Engineering Ph.D. program have two parts; each has a written component and an oral component. The examinations are:

• Qualifying Examination: Written and Oral
• Proposal Defense: Written and Oral
• Dissertation Defense: Written and Public Oral Defense