Human Systems Integration (HSI) Certificate Program

Human System Integration (HSI) Certificate Program
Program Announcements
Program Schedule
Curriculum
Eligibility and Prerequisites
Program Delivery Methods and Requirements
Application Process
Tuition
Contact Information
Frequently Asked Questions

Certificate in Human Systems Integration (Curriculum 262) Human Systems Integration (HSI) acknowledges that the human is a critical component in any complex system.  It is an interdisciplinary approach that makes explicit the underlying tradeoffs across the HSI domains (and, in particular, manpower, personnel, training, and human factors engineering) to optimize total system performance within the constraints of cost, schedule, and risk. The HSI Certificate Program consists of four courses delivered online asynchronously over a one-year period.  Each course will challenge students to examine how best to integrate human considerations into all phases of the lifecycle of a complex system. Students will be able to participate in the lifecycle acquisition process as HSI practitioners.  They will be able to evaluate system acquisition programs for HSI compliance.  Students will also be able to conduct tradeoff analyses by assessing the contributions of manpower, personnel, training, human factors engineering, environment, safety, survivability, habitability, and health hazards with respect to cost, schedule, risk, and performance.

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Program Announcements

Read the September 2009 HSI Newsletter here.

Watch our new "Edumercial" here.

Program Schedule

The program starts each Summer Quarter.  The courses listed below are taken in sequence, one per quarter.  The application deadline is 1June, 2009.

For information about the specific start dates for the listed quarters, please refer to the NPS Academic Calendar.

Curriculum

Eligibility and Prerequisites

The following are eligible for this program:

• US Military Officers
• US Government Civilians (GS)
• Enlisted Personnel
• DoD Contractors
• International Students**

**International Students: Ensure that you read and understand the additional Eligibility requirements and Application process found here.

Prerequisites:

• Baccalaureate Degree
• GPA of 2.2 or better
• Two or more pre-calculus courses with B or better average
• Completion of DAU ACQ 101 and ACQ 201A
• Waivers may be considered

Program Delivery Methods and Requirements

The following distributed learning delivery methods may be used for this program. If there are questions about these methods, please check the program announcements for details and/or contact the HSI Program Director .

Online

NPS Online classes are taken without any classroom attendance necessary. After registration and enrollment, you will be sent instructions on how to access the course material via Blackboard. Online courses offer you the flexibility of logging on at any time, in any location, to access course material. Courses are faculty led and allow interaction between instructor and other students.

The requirements for an online class can be found here.

Application Process

U.S. applicants who meet the prerequisite and eligibility requirements listed above are required to have a completed application package submitted to the Admissions Department. For information about the contents of this package, please refer to the Admissions Packet Completion page.

International applicants interested in this program will need to refer to the International Student Application & Eligibility Process for OCL Programs webpage for the application process and additional eligibility requirements.

Tuition

Please refer to the CED3 Tuition Information page regarding tuition, and book costs associated with this program.

Contact Information

For additional information specific to the program, please email the Program Director at HSICertProg@nps.edu.

For general questions about OCL supported programs, please email the OCL Student Coordinator at CED3StudCoord@nps.edu.