Our systems engineering program prepares professional engineers to coordinate the planning, development, and creation of systems in fields like aerospace, telecommunications, neuroscience, robotics, and more. Students pursuing this option may choose to use their electives to obtain a certificate in one of the many other programs offered by the Maryland Applied Graduate Engineering.
Requirements specific to the systems engineering program include:
For a complete list of admission requirements, visit the Application Process page. Completed applications are reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
Students pursuing this option must complete five core courses and five technical electives from those listed above. There is no research or thesis required for this degree.
Students pursuing a graduate certificate must complete the following courses:
And one of the courses listed below:
All students are expected to complete a preliminary course plan for their intended degree program (10-course for MEng or 4-course for GCEN) with the Senior Academic Advisor by the end of their first semester of study. The Degree Planning Sheet lists the core and technical elective requirements for each program, and all courses that are pre-approved for that program. Alternative technical electives must be approved by the same academic advisor.
Degree planning sheets for all academic programs can be found here.
For additional course information, please refer to the MAGE Course Catalog, where you can find course syllabi and/or course intro videos for ENPM and ENAI courses, as well as the Graduate School Catalog, where you can review the course descriptions for courses offered in the other engineering areas.
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