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.