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Apr 23, 2024
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2017-2018 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Office of the Provost
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SYS 30000 - It’s A Complex World - Addressing Global Challenges
Credit Hours: 3.00. The main goal of this course is to address grand challenges that are of global concern - such as environmental sustainability and energy use, natural and human disasters, and political and economic development - using the ideas and tools of complex adaptive systems. The course exploits the broad expertise of the four faculty members by treating these challenges from diverse disciplinary perspectives, from the biological and physical sciences, to the social sciences, to engineering. By way of a set of case studies, students will analyze the features of these challenges which make them complex, and seek to explain and find solutions to the problems that arise in each case. Their treatment of the cases will be informed by published research and computer simulation. Students will actively participate in discussions regarding these global challenges, and contribute to the progress of the class using oral and written presentations. The course will culminate with a final project completed by teams composed of students from different disciplines. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
SYS 35000 - Systems Theories And Approaches
Credit Hours: 3.00. Engineers, social scientists, and managers frequently bring people and technology together to address complex problematic situations in an equitable way that benefits people and the environment. Multiple systems theories and methods have been developed to address these situations, and typical courses in systems focus on a relatively small portion of the rich assortment of available approaches to addressing systems problems. This course introduces students to multiple systems theories and methods via readings, class discussion, reflective writing assignments, and selected case studies. The course will emphasize critical thinking about how the theories and methods relate to each other and how they might be applied individually and in combination to address complex problematic situations. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
SYS 40000 - Science And Technology Policy
Credit Hours: 3.00. For students to develop and understanding of (1) how policy processes influence scientific and technical problems and (2) how science and technology affect social policy development. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
SYS 50000 - Perspectives on Systems Engineering
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides an introduction to, and references for, each of four distinct approaches to SE concepts and tools. Individual assignments and team projects will be based on readings from these multiple approaches and selected case studies. Participants will be encouraged to bring their own prior expertise and examples to the discussions and projects. While the course will discuss quantitative topics (including cybernetics, feedback control systems, and statistical process control), the course itself will emphasize a more interdisciplinary conceptual integration rather than stand-alone analysis of these topics. Typically offered Fall.
SYS 51000 - Tools And Methodologies For Designing Systems
Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to modeling tools and methods for designing engineered systems. Topics include: defining the design problem; defining and validating stakeholders’ and system requirements; discrete mathematics for system modeling; defining and modeling system operational scenarios; the system development life cycle; defining and modeling functional, physical, and allocated architectures; evaluating and modeling the tradeoffs between alternative architectures; and defining the system qualification process. Typically offered Fall.
SYS 53100 - Practical Systems Thinking
Credit Hours: 3.00. Practical systems thinking is designed to give students a sense of how problem solving happens in the real world. This is accomplished through case examples and group projects. Typically offered Spring.
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