These semester course lists provide an overview of the upcoming regular courses. Check back as registration approaches–if we add new experimental courses this is the first place you’ll see them!
All variable-credit courses (SYSE 695, 699, 795, 786, 799A, 799B) are offered each semester with faculty approval.
For a more detailed description of each course, please look at the complete course list on the Course Offerings page.
- Semester:
- Spring 2025
- Fall 2024
Spring 2025 Courses
| Title | Subject | # | Prereqs | Day (unless otherwise noted, courses offered 5:15 – 8:00 p.m. MT) | Professor | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foundations of Systems Engineering | SYSE | 501 | Thursday | Gregory Marzolf | Finishing this course with at least a B+ allows you to bypass the INCOSE knowledge exam for ASEP or CSEP certification. | |
| Engineering Project & Program Management | ENGR | 502 | Wednesday | Michael Botyarov | ||
| Systems Thinking | SYSE | 505 | Wednesday | Kamran Shahroudi | Credit cannot be earned for both SYSE 505 and SYSE 580A2 | |
| Control Engineering for SE | SYSE | 511 | MATH 369 & CBE 430 or ECE 411 or MECH 417 (Linear Algebra & Control Systems) or instructor permission | Monday | Daniel Herber | Credit cannot be earned for both SYSE 511 and SYSE 580A1 |
| Intelligent Decision Support Systems | ENGR | 520 | Skills in basic quantitative reasoning and programming | Thursday | Steve Conrad | |
| Intellectual Property and Invention Systems | ENGR | 525 | Thursday | Steve Simske | ||
| Systems Engineering Processes | SYSE | 530 | STAT 301 or equivalent | Monday | James Cale | |
| Engineering Risk Analysis | ENGR | 531 | STAT 301 or equivalent | Tuesday | Vinnie Paglioni | |
| Human Systems Integration | SYSE | 534 | Tuesday | Erika Gallegos | ||
| Design & Analysis of Experiments | ENGR | 540 | STAT 301 or equivalent | Thursday | Sean Bumgarner | |
| AR/VR Systems Development | SYSE | 545 | STAT 301 or equivalent or MECH 231 (Engineering Experimentation) | Tuesday | Marie Vans | Credit cannot be earned for both SYSE 545 and SYSE 580A5 |
| Grid Integration of Wind Energy Systems | ECE | 566 | ECE 461 and ECE 462 (Power Systems + Lab) or ECE 565 | Tues/Thurs 4:00-5:15pm | James Cale | |
| Secure Vehicle and Industrial Networking | SYSE | 549 | CS 163 or CS 164 (Intro to Programming) or equivalent | Wednesday | Jeremy Daily | |
| Cybersecurity Awareness for SE | SYSE | 569 | SYSE 501 or concurrent | Tuesday | Steve Simske | |
| Nuclear Systems Engineering | SYSE | 580A7 | CBE 332 or MECH 344 (Heat & Mass Transfer) | Wednesday | Vinnie Paglioni | New course – First offering! |
| Systems Test & Evaluation | SYSE | 603 | ENGR 502 & ENGR 531 | Monday | Gregory Marzolf | |
| Research Methods | SYSE | 701 | Monday | Tom Bradley | May not apply to DEng Program. Credit canot be earned for both SYSE 701 and SYSE 780A1 | |
| Applied Engineering Data Analytics | ENGR | 478 | BIOM 101 or CBE 101 or CIVE 102 or ECE 102 or ENGR 101 or MECH 103 (Engineering Fundamentals) | Mon/Wed 3:30-4:45pm (available on-campus only) | Erika Gallegos | 400-level courses may not apply to 42-credit doctoral programs |
Fall 2024 Courses
| Title | Subject | # | Prereqs | Day (unless otherwise noted, all courses offered 5:15 – 8:00 p.m.) | Professor | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foundations of Systems Engineering | SYSE | 501 | Monday | Gregory Marzolf | Finishing this course with at least a B+ allows you to bypass the INCOSE knowledge exam for ASEP or CSEP certification. | |
| Engineering Project and Program Management | ENGR | 502 | Tuesday | Michael Botyarov | ||
| Engineering Optimization: Method/Application | ENGR | 510 | MATH 229 & MATH 261 (Matrices/Linear Equations & Calculus III) or equivalent – review provided during the course | Thursday | Dan Herber | |
| Overview of Systems Engineering Processes | SYSE | 530 | STAT 301/303/315 or equivalent | Wednesday | Jeremy Daily | |
| Engineering Risk Analysis | ENGR | 531 | STAT 301/303/315 or equivalent | Thursday | Vinnie Paglioni | |
| Dynamics of Complex Systems | SYSE | 532 | SYSE 501 or concurrent | Tuesday | Kamran Shahroudi | |
| Modeling Human Systems Behavior | ENGR | 535 | STAT 301/303/315 or equivalent | Thursday | Steve Conrad | |
| Space Mission Analysis and Design | SYSE | 536 | SYSE 501 | Thursday | Jim Adams | |
| Engineering Data Design and Visualization | SYSE | 541 | STAT 301/303/315 or equivalent | Monday | Erika Gallegos | |
| AR/VR Environmental Realism for SE | SYSE | 544 | STAT 301/303/315 or equivalent or MECH 231 (Engineering Experimentation) | Tuesday | Marie Vans | |
| Transitions in Energy Systems | SYSE | 555 | STAT 301/303/315 or equivalent | Wednesday | Tim Coburn/Aaron Brown | |
| Systems Engineering Architecture | SYSE | 567 | SYSE 501 or concurrent or instructor permission | Monday | Dan Herber | |
| Coupled Electromechanical Systems | ENGR | 570 | ECE 202 (Circuit Theory Applications) or ECE 204 (Introduction to Electrical Engineering) or equivalent | Tuesday | Jim Cale | |
| Analytics in Systems Engineering | SYSE | 571 | STAT 301/303/315 or equivalent | Wednesday | Steve Simske | |
| Modeling Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas | SYSE | 580A8 | CS 163 or CS 164 (Intro to Programming) & STAT 301 or equivalent | Tues/Thurs 3:00-4:15pm | Anna Hodshire | New course – First offering! |
| Sustainable Systems Engineering | SYSE | 580A9 | SYSE 501 or SYSE 505 or SYSE 530; may be concurrent | Monday | Steve Conrad | New course – First offering! |
| Systems Engineering Requirements | SYSE | 602 | SYSE 501 & SYSE 530 | Thursday | Aaron Brown/Tom Bradley | |
| Leadership/Innovation in Systems Engineering | SYSE | 710 | Admission to the D.Eng. Program | Tuesday | Tom Bradley | D.Eng. students only |
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