Systems Engineering

Website: www.mech.utah.edu

Department of Mechanical Engineering || College of Engineering
1550 Rio Tinto Kennecott Mechanical Engineering Building (MEK)
1495 E. 100 S. MEK 1550, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112

Phone: 801-581-6441
Graduate advisor: grad@mech.utah.edu

The primary objective of the Graduate Certificate in Systems Engineering at the University of Utah is to provide engineers with the knowledge and skills to design and manage complex mechanical and organizational systems. The current program provides participants with an understanding of the fundamentals of systems engineering and the ability to develop, analyze, and model systems of all kinds. Participants learn to develop both general system performance requirements and quantitative system metrics for the management and evaluation of systems.

The course work is made up of 6 hours of core courses, 3 hours of planning or production systems courses, and 6 hours of electives in topics closely related to systems engineering. The 2 core courses provide engineers with a basic understanding of systems engineering and the ability to develop, analyze, and model systems of all kinds. The planning or production systems assures that each student has in depth knowledge in some critical systems engineering topic. The electives allow students to choose related courses of interest from a variety of departments across the University.