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Program checklist · Graduate Certificate

Systems Engineering Graduate Certificate (ECE)

George Mason University · Fairfax, VA

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
Graduate Certificate
Credential class
ceterms:Certificate
CIP
19.0505
Total credits (published)
6
Credits (computed from items)
72
Catalog edition
2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
232186
CourseShelf checklist
CK_232186_16b31ab9
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 59

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Coursework

10 items
  1. SYST 680
    Principles of Command, Control, Communications, Computing, and Intelligence (C4I)
    or: ECE 670 Principles of Command, Control, Communications, Computing, and Intelligence (C4I)
    or: SYST 687 Cyber Security Systems Engineering
    3
  2. OR 542
    Operations Research: Stochastic Models
    or: ECE 528 Introduction to Random Processes in Electrical and Computer Engineering
    3
  3. Select two from the following:
    Not resolved to a course
    6
  4. ECE 542
    3
  5. ECE 630
    3
  6. ECE 642
    3
  7. OR 635
    3
  8. SYST 584
    3
  9. SYST 664
    3
  10. SYST 683
    3

Coursework

0 items

    Foundation Courses:

    2 items
    1. ECE 528
      3
    2. ECE 542
      3

    Electives

    electives · 16 items
    1. Select three courses from the following:
      Not resolved to a course
      9
    2. ECE 527
      3
    3. ECE 535
      3
    4. ECE 547
      3
    5. ECE 629
      3
    6. ECE 630
      3
    7. ECE 632
      3
    8. ECE 633
      3
    9. ECE 634
      3
    10. ECE 635
      3
    11. ECE 642
      3
    12. ECE 651
      3
    13. ECE 657
      3
    14. OR 635
      3
    15. OR 643
      3
    16. OR 647
      3

    Coursework

    4 items
    1. SYST 505
      Systems Engineering Principles
      As published: “Systems Engineering Principles *”
      3
    2. SYST 520
      3
    3. SYST 618
      3
    4. SYST 621
      3

    *SYST 505 may be replaced by an approved elective for students who have work experience in systems engineering or who have been enrolled in the undergraduate BSSE/BSSIE program at Mason. SYST 505, if taken, must be taken in the first semester of enrollment in the certificate program.

    electives · 0 items

      Electives

      electives · 0 items

        Select one course from the following list:

        8 items
        1. ECE 528
          3
        2. OR 531
          3
        3. OR 541
          3
        4. OR 542
          3
        5. OR/SYST 568
          Applied Predictive Analytics
          Not resolved to a course
        6. SYST 573
          3
        7. SYST 584
          3
        8. SYST 664
          3

        Coursework

        2 items
        1. SYST 523
          3
        2. SYST 618
          3

        Electives

        electives · 0 items

          Electives

          electives · 0 items

            Select at least one course from the following:

            6 items
            1. SYST 514
              3
            2. INFS 622
              3
            3. SWE 619
              3
            4. SYST 542
              3
            5. SYST 584
              3
            6. SYST 630
              3

            Select the second course from the courses listed above or from the following:

            3 items
            1. CS 555
              3
            2. ECE 542
              3
            3. INFS 612
              3

            Coursework

            3 items
            1. SYST/OR 538
              Analytics for Financial Engineering and Econometrics
              Not resolved to a course
              3
            2. SYST/OR 588
              Financial Systems Engineering I: Introduction to Options, Futures, and Derivatives
              Not resolved to a course
              3
            3. SYST/OR 688
              Financial Systems Engineering II: Derivative Products and Risk Management
              Not resolved to a course
              3

            Elective

            electives · 4 items
            1. Select one from the following:
              Not resolved to a course
              3
            2. OR 645
              3
            3. OR 682
              3
            4. SYST 584
              3

            Coursework

            3 items
            1. CS 571
              3
            2. ECE 511
              3
            3. DFOR 761
              3

            Electives

            electives · 10 items
            1. Select two courses from the following:
              Not resolved to a course
              6
            2. DFOR 767
              3
            3. DFOR 769
              3
            4. DFOR 773
              3
            5. DFOR 775
              3
            6. ECE 547
              3
            7. ISA 564
              3
            8. ISA 656
              3
            9. ISA 681
              3
            10. ISA 763
              3
            Source. George Mason University, catalog 2026-2027 — https://catalog.gmu.edu/colleges-schools/engineering-computing/engineering/electrical-computer/systems-engineering-graduate-certificate/. Captured page pages/0094.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.