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B.S. in Systems Engineering Technical Emphasis Areas
The Systems Engineering program requires nine semester hours of technical electives. Students must select one of the technical emphasis areas listed below. All technical emphasis areas and corresponding plan of study must be approved by the student's advisor.
Technical electives are normally composed of 300- and 400- level courses from VSE. 200- level courses are only included if they are prerequisites for other 300- and 400- level technical electives or they are needed for the FE/EIT exam.
The following are the available emphasis areas with their required courses. Please note that some of the courses have prerequisites, and some courses are not offered every semester. Consult with your advisor.
The operations research provides fundamental technical background for students who are interested in examining key feasibility and trade off decisions associated with any type of system, whether physical, organizational, or political. Students completing this track are prepared to find employment in the systems engineering or operations research division of a corporation or agency. Students in this specialization must take the following three courses (9 credits).
Control Systems
Control systems manage, direct, or regulate the behavior of other devices or systems. Examples include regulation of heating and cooling systems in response to ambient temperature or management of medical devices to maintain specified levels of a drug in a patient’s bloodstream. The courses in this sequence provide fundamental technical principles of control systems. Students in this specialization are prepared to participate in the design, manufacture and testing of systems that include a control component. Students in this specialization must take the following three courses (9 credits).
Computer Network Systems
This specialization provides students with basic technical background in areas important to computer networks and communications systems. The courses in this sequence prepare the BSSE graduate to obtain immediate employment in the telecommunications industry in the areas of product development, consulting, customer/stakeholder modeling and analysis, or network analysis. Students are also prepared for employment in network administration and information technology departments of corporations or agencies. Students in this specialization must take the following three courses (9 credits).
Software Intensive Systems
Software systems are pervasive in our society. This elective sequence prepares students for careers in design, implementation and maintenance of computer software systems. The BSSE graduate who has completed this specialization is prepared for immediate employment as a computer programmer, systems analyst, software requirements engineer, or software test and maintenance engineer. Students in this specialization area may choose to pursue a minor in Computer Science. Please see the Computer Science department for more information on the computer science minor. Students in this specialization must take the following three courses (9 credits).
Engineering Systems
The Engineering Systems provides basic knowledge of engineering that prepares students to participate in the design of Engineering Systems. The courses in this elective sequence provide background in the behavior of Engineering Systems in response to loads, the mechanical properties of fluids, and the properties of different materials used in the construction of Engineering Systems. The courses in this sequence cover many topics that appear on the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam, the first of two exams that must be passed for certification as a Professional Engineer. Students in this specialization must take the following three courses (9 credits).
Notes:
- CEIE 210 and CEIE 310 are both 3-unit classes with 2 units of lecture (2 hours of class time) and 1 unit of recitation (3 hours of class time). Thus, each class has 5 hours of class time per week.
- CEIE 210 and CEIE 310 are offered at NVCC via the courses EGR 240 and EGR 246, respectively.
- CEIE 240 includes a 3-hour lab for 0 credits. Students must register for the course and the lab. Scheduling of this specialization may involve overloading in the junior year, spring semester and the senior year, fall semester. This is particularly true for transfer students trying to complete the BSSE in 2 years at Mason.
Aviation Systems
The aviation systems specialization prepares students for employment in the air transportation and space systems industry. This specialization provides fundamental background in the structure and operation of the air transportation system and the air traffic control system, as well as fundamental principles underlying the operation of networked systems. Students in this specialization must take the following three courses (9 credits).
Bioengineering
Bioengineering is an interdisciplinary field involving the application of engineering concepts and tools to solve problems in biology and medicine. The demand for bioengineers is growing with increasing costs of healthcare and the impact of novel technology to fundamental understanding in biosciences. Students in this specialization must take BENG 313 and two courses from BENG 304, 406, and 420 (9 credits).
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Financial Engineering
Financial Engineering is an interdisciplinary field which relies on mathematical finance, numerical methods, and computer simulations to make trading, hedging, and investment decisions, as well as facilitating the risk management of those decisions. Students in this specialization must take the following three courses (9 credits).
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Note:
STAT 463 and STAT 455 are currently offered in alternate years during the spring.
Data Analytics
Data analytics is the process of acquiring, extracting, integrating, transforming, and modeling data with the goal of deriving useful information. It is becoming an important (and hot) quantitative methodology in a wide variety of applications. The need for data analytics is due to the massive accumulation of “Big Data” in all industries to include but not limited to healthcare, finance, government (federal, state, and local), and cyber defense. Students in this specialization must take the following three courses (9 credits).
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