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This is a 12-credit hour (4 courses) Graduate Certificate in Systems Engineering.  This certificate program is designed to address industry's increased needs for engineers who have expertise in Systems Engineering.  It will prepare today's engineers to be competitive in taking on the new challenges facing the industry so that our companies can compete globally.

GPA requirements:

  • Successful completion of the certificate requires at least a B average over all courses counting toward the certificate
  • Courses with a grade of C- or less must be taken again to count toward the certificate.  The minimum grade that will be accepted in any single course is C.  For transfer credits, only the courses taken that result in a grade of B or better may be transferred for this certificate program.

This certificate requires selection of at least two courses in the required area and the remaining two courses in the elective area.

Required courses:

  • ME 59700: Introduction to Systems Engineering Principles
  • ME 59700: Systems and Specialty Engineering

Electives (choose two courses):

  • ME 57500: Theory and Design of Control Systems
  • ME 58100: Numerical Methods in Mechanical Engineering
  • ME 59700: Advanced Mechanical Engineering Projects I
  • ME 59700: Design Optimization Methods
  • ECE 51500: Software Engineering Methodology
  • ECE 53600: Introduction to Computational Intelligence
  • ECE 56500: Computer Architecture
  • ECE 58000: Optimization Methods for Systems and Control
  • ECE 60200: Lumped System Theory
  • ECE 68000: Modern Automatic Control
  • STAT 51100: Statistical Methods I
  • STAT 51200: Applied Regression Analysis
  • STAT 51400: Designs of Experiments

This certificate is a Purdue University certificate that would appear on a student's transcript upon completion.

For more information regarding course requirements, application process, and certificate completion requirements, please go to this website:  https://et.iupui.edu/departments/mee/programs/me/grad/certificates/.