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Virginia Tech

ISE-5804: Fundamentals of Systems Engineering

Description: Fundamental aspects of systems engineering. The role of systems engineering in engineering projects. System life cycle. Systems engineering as an engineering discipline, study and application of technical strategies to realize engineered systems. Basic tools and techniques to identify a need, formulate a problem (e.g., through requirements), develop a system architecture, acquire its building components, integrate them to form the system, verify and validate it, deploy it, and sustain it using a systems approach. Human and social aspects of systems engineering. Pre: Graduate standing.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: ISE-5874, ISE-5854, ISE-5884

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 9

Average GPA: 3.83 (A)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 61.62%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Diez Alejandro Salado202081.3%12.5%6.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.632
Warren K Vaneman202396.2%3.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.885
Taylan G Topcu202394.5%5.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.902

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