SDE 208 - Systems Engineering (3)

This course will give foundational overview to the field of systems engineering. Students will learn key topics related to system design, including requirements development, trade studies, the project life cycle, system hierarchy, risk analysis and cost analysis. The concepts presented in this course will be demonstrated with examples. The students will also be exposed to concepts regarding team organization, design fundamentals and work ethics. They will learn that systems engineering is iterative and will develop judgement that will alllow them to compare and evaluate engineering alternatives. The students will learn to discuss systems engineering methods and processes as well as engage in systems thinking.

Prerequisite(s): IT 192 - Introduction to Programming in Visual Basic (3) or IT 243 - Programming with Python (3) and IT 193 - Intro to Programming C# (3) and IT 194 - Introduction to Programming Java (3)