Master of Science

Since it was developed in 1999 from a proposal to the Boeing Company to provide off-campus systems engineering graduate education to Boeing engineers and their suppliers worldwide, our program has grown exponentially, educating professionals from over 20 companies around the world.

When you apply for the program, you can elect a thesis or non-thesis track:

Thesis option

In addition to six core courses, this track requires six hours of Sys Eng 6099-Graduate Research and four approved specialization track courses. As a thesis student, you cannot register for Sys Eng 6099 until your Form I is on file. You must submit your typed Form I to the graduate office by the beginning of the semester of your 9th credit hour.

Non-thesis option

This track requires completion of four approved specialization track courses, in addition to six core courses.

Master's Degree Forms and Deadlines

There have been several recent changes to the graduate catalog that are not reflected in the online department catalog entry.

For details on the process for obtaining graduate degrees please refer to the graduate catalog.


CORE COURSES

The following core courses are required of any student in the thesis masters program:

  • SysEng 5101 Systems Engineering and Analysis 
  • SysEng 6102 Information Based Design
  • SysEng 6103 Systems Life Cycle Costing
  • SysEng 6104 Systems Architecting
  • SysEng 6196 Systems Engineering Capstone
  • SysEng 6542 Model Based Systems Engineering 

The following core courses are required of any student in the non-thesis masters program:

  • SysEng 5101 Systems Engineering and Analysis 
  • SysEng 6102 Information Based Design 
  • SysEng 6104 Systems Architecting
  • SysEng 6103 Systems Life Cycle Costing 
  • SysEng 6196 Systems Engineering Capstone
  • SysEng 6542 Model Based Systems Engineering 

Specialization track areas

Specialization tracks and courses provide you with the ability to address your specific education needs in the context of the overall systems engineering program. One of the following graduate certificates may be substituted for a specialization track with the permission of the program director:

Systems Engineering Master of Science - Course of Study Requirements

 

Contact Information:

Kimberly Lindstrom
Certificate & MS Students: A-L
klindstrom@mst.edu
231 Engineering Management

Marjie Grimshaw
Certificate & MS Students: M-Z
PhD Students
grimshawm@mst.edu 
223 Engineering Management