SYSE 591 - Intro. to Systems Engineering /Approach
  
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    4 | 
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    Fall | 
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    | Form of Delivery: | 
    Online BlackBoard | 
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    | Description: | 
    This course provides the beginning knowledge and skills necessary to engineer complex, multi-disciplinary systems. It serves as a cornerstone course for the Systems Engineering program.  
         The student will gain interdisciplinary knowledge and skills necessary to: 
      -           Define the system life cycle and the particulars of stakeholder involvement
 
        - Cover critical tools and methods for implementing Systems Engineering
 
        - Explain the various structure and tasks of the Systems Engineering process
 
      
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Understand systems engineering as an interdisciplinary process. 
       
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Demonstrate the value of systems concepts in the development of products, processes, and services. 
       
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Access case studies, templates, and checklists that support the systems engineering approach.  
       
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    Systems Engineering: Principles and Practice, A. Kossiakoff and W. Sweet 
    ISBN 0-471-23443-2 
      NASA Systems Engineering Handbook. NASA 
        [Available as a PDF in course] 
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