Master of Systems Engineering

• Mission Statement

  The 100% online Masters in Systems Engineering MSSE program is an industry-based program that will engineer better solutions for a better world. In this context, the program’s mission is to:

  • Provide students with a high-quality education, virtual/online class options, and the opportunity to succeed at school while working
  • Educate and mentor students to promote systems thinking and prosperity while protecting the planet
  • Create systems that build economic growth and address a range of social needs including education, health, social protection, and job opportunities, while tackling climate change and environmental quality
  • Incorporate industry needs and global megatrends of digital transformation, sustainability, and complexity growth
  • Incorporate technology trends such as advances in materials and manufacturing, advanced modeling and simulation, the data sciences, and digital transformation
  • Reflect the trends that shape stakeholder values, such as simple, timely, safe, secure, and stable systems
• Student Learning Outcomes
  • Graduate Certificates 

    Students completing the Model Based Systems Engineering Post Bachelors will:

    • Demonstrate knowledge of identifying, developing, reading, and interpreting SysML diagrams, agnostic of software tool
    • Demonstrate applied use of a framework for architecting
    • Demonstrate knowledge of MBSE governance
    • Demonstrate applied use of the architecting software tool selected by the program
  • Associate Degrees (Not Applicable)

     

  • Masters Degrees

    Graduates of the WSU MSSE program will have an ability to:

    • Apply systems thinking - Organize knowledge and promote learning and discovery
    • Promote systems thinking and prosperity while protecting the planet
    • Understand and apply Life Cycle Modeling
    • Describe, explore, analyze, and make predictions about systems and their wider contexts
    • Use current techniques, skills, and tools
    • Incorporate stakeholder values, such as simple, timely, safe, secure, and stable systems

     

   

• Curriculum Grid

• Program and Contact Information

  Contact Information:

  Nicole Falkenberg
  MSSE Program Director
  Weber State University
  (801) 626-6470
  nicolebatty@weber.edu
  Master of Science in Systems Engineering Website

• Assessment Plan

  	Spring Semester	Fall Semester
  Evaluation of student work includes quizzes, midterms, finals and SE 6510 Design Project Target for H = High applicability = 80% of students in the course receive an 85% or higher Target for M = High applicability = 80% of students in the course receive an 80% or higher	X
  Industrial Advisory Council recommendations		X
  Graduate Survey – Administered in SE 6510 Design Project (Capstone)A 5 question student survey - This survey inquires for industry certifications, promotions/advanced opportunities at work, and continuing engagement in the systems community	X

  Following the above schedule, the assessment committee will convene during the assigned times to review the effectiveness of course delivery in achieving department objectives, industry needs, and to establish a Course Assessment Plan.

  The Plan includes summary evidence of:

  • How the course currently satisfies the student learning outcomes
  • Industry needs being met
  • Investigation and identification of emerging technology trends
     

  Evidence of learning for a specific student learning outcome is deemed successful if: 

  • Target for H = High applicability = 80% of students in the course receive an 85% or higher
  • Target for M = High applicability = 80% of students in the course receive an 80% or higher
     

  Program recommendations will be compiled by Spring semester and submitted for review by MSSE Faculty and MSSE Industry Advisory Council, effectively closing the loop and thus engaging department action toward addressing deficiencies in achieving student learning outcomes. Recommendations for improvement will be implemented during the subsequent year indicated in the schedule above.
  

• Assessment Report Submissions

  2021-22

• Program Review

  
   

This information is part of the cyclical program review process. Details such as mission statements, learning outcomes, etc., are updated as part of the biennial assessment reporting process, an integral component of program review.