Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Systems Engineering for Software Applications
Certificate Level: Graduate
Admission Requirements: Bachelor's degree in engineering or other science
Certificate Type: Graduate Certificate
Number of Credits to Completion: 18.0
Instructional Delivery: Online
Calendar Type: Quarter
Expected Time to Completion: 1.5 years
Financial Aid Eligibility: Not aid eligible
Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) Code: 14.2701
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Code: 15-1243
About the Program
This graduate certificate is intended to enhance the skills of software engineers who work in areas of product design and development related to a variety of industries, but mostly Department of Defense (DoD). In today’s environment, managing the complexity of hardware product development and software interface coding requires technical knowledge and know how, as well as system engineering approaches with a focus on the product development life cycle process. The courses associated with this certificate focus on software development but provide connection to development of hardware products and / or assets. The software enables integration and operation of the hardware and / or asset. This graduate certificate program will leverage this competency to provide systems engineering thinking paired with technical depth in software engineering design, development and integration. This paring will enhance the skill set and talent of engineers who work in the field of hardware product design and development.
Admission Requirements
BS in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent STEM BS degree.
A GPA of 3.0 and / or significant work experience.
Additional Information
For more information about this program, contact Rick Grandrino at rag28@drexel.edu
Program Requirements
| Required System Engineering Courses | ||
| SYSE 532 | Software Systems Engineering | 3.0 |
| SYSE 533 | Systems Integration and Test | 3.0 |
| SYSE 685 | Systems Engineering Management | 3.0 |
| Systems Engineering Course Elective (Choose 1) | ||
| SYSE 530 | Systems Engineering Design | 3.0 |
| or SYSE 531 | Systems Architecture Development | |
| or SYSE 682 | Introduction to Systems Science | |
| or SYSE 688 | Systems Engineering Analysis | |
| COE or CCI Technical Electives (2 Courses) * | 6.0 | |
| Total Credits | 18.0 | |
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Technical Electives must be graduate level courses (500, 600, or 700 level) in CS, ECE, ECES, ECET or SE.
Sample Plan of Study
| First Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| SYSE 685 | 3.0 | SYSE 532 | 3.0 | SYSE 533 | 3.0 | SYSE 530, 531, 682, or 688 | 3.0 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | ||||
| Technical Elective 1* | 3.0 | Technical Elective 2* | 3.0 | ||||
| 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Total Credits 18 | |||||||
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Technical Electives must be graduate level courses (500, 600, or 700 level) in CS, ECE, ECES, ECET or SE.
