Systems Engineering
Program Educational Objectives
Graduates will lead U.S.
Naval Service personnel in maintaining and operating complex systems. The
Systems Engineering major will provide graduates who:
- Can define, analyze, and solve practical
engineering problems by applying fundamental engineering, mathematical, and
scientific principles along with modern engineering techniques, skills, and
tools. In addition, they will have a strong background in control systems
and in at least one of several mission-related systems engineering
subspecialties including, but not limited to, robotics, communications,
computers, and environmental systems.
- Can design and conduct hardware experiments
and software simulations and can analyze and interpret the resulting data.
As future officers in the Navy and Marine Corps, they will work with the
most sophisticated technology in the world, and therefore, must be
comfortable and proficient with hardware and software.
- Can design systems, in addition to components
and processes, to meet the required needs.
- Can function and communicate effectively in
the one-to-one, one-to-many, and multi-disciplinary team situations that
they will encounter as officers and engineers.
- Have a sufficiently broad education and
knowledge of contemporary issues that will allow them to understand the
impact of engineering solutions in a global, societal, and military context.
This includes an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.
- Have the prerequisite knowledge, skills, and
interest necessary to engage in life-long learning that will be essential to
them as officers and engineers.