Systems Engineering Minor
Systems engineering is an interdisciplinary field of engineering and engineering management that focuses on how to design and manage complex systems over their life cycles.
This minor has been harmonized with our domain specific Civil, Electrical and Mechanical degree programs to enhance our hands-on-project based learning in these programs, particularly through its capstone course ENGR 400 Principles of Systems Engineering.
The minor in Systems Engineering (Reference Number 476) requires 21 semester hours for CE and ME majors (EM 222 Option) and 22 semester hours for EE majors (EE 210 Option); 1/3 of hours in the minor must earned at WKU; and at least 1/2 of the hours required for the minor must be earned in courses numbered 300 and above.
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CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS
The courses listed below are the curriculum requirements for this minor. You can see detailed course descriptions by clicking the WKU Course Search on TopNet.
| REQUIRED COURSES | HOURS |
| EE 210 Circuits & Networks I OR EM 222 Engineering Statics |
3.5 OR 3 |
|
STAT 301 Applied Statistics OR |
3 OR 3 |
| ENGR 400 Principles of Systems Engineering | 3 |
| ENGR 491 Capstone Project | 3 |
| TOTAL HOURS | 12-12.5 |
| COMPLETION OF ONE OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES | HOURS |
| CE 303 Construction Management | 3 |
| EE 460 Continuous Control Systems | 3.5 |
| EM 313 Dynamics | 3 |
| ELECTIVE COURSES | HOURS |
| Selected Technical Electives with program coordinator review and approval | 6 |
Robert Choate, PE
Mechanical Engineering - Systems Engineering Minor Coordinator
- 270-745-8852
- robert.choateEmrobert.chcrr@wku.edu
- EBS 2114
Master of Engineering, Old Dominion University
Master of Mechanical Engineering, North Carolina State University
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