Systems Engineering Management - Product Development Leadership Education for the 21st Century (SEM-PD21) Degree Program

Systems Engineering Management - Product Development Leadership Education for the 21st Century (SEM-PD21) Degree Program
Program Announcements
Program Schedule
Curriculum
Eligibility and Prerequisites
Program Delivery Methods and Requirements
Application Process
Tuition
Contact Information
Frequently Asked Questions

Systems Engineering Management- Product Development Leadership Education for the 21st Century (SEM-PD21) (Curriculum 721) The SEM-PD21 program is a groundbreaking interdisciplinary leadership program designed for senior engineering and technical professionals. By integrating engineering and management elements, the program strives to develop a new kind of leader with a holistic perspective and knowledge of the total life-cycle acquisition system. Students acquire the fundamental skills and strategic perspective required of effective change agents as well as an enhanced ability to recognize barriers to success early in a system's development cycle when corrective actions are least costly. The SEM-PD21 program is the educational foundation needed by technical leaders to drive systems engineering innovations and help achieve acquisition excellence. Students in the joint executive SEM-PD21 program will be exposed to the latest state of the art concepts, tools and best practices, both private and public, in systems engineering and management. They will learn from experienced faculty, who have worked in the defense industry and completed defense relevant research and/or consulting. One of the key value propositions of the program is collaboration not only jointly within defense and across the services, but also with defense industry partners. Imagine the possibilities when future leaders participate and collaborate in non-threatening educational environments, studying and analyzing how to improve the way defense does business! Additional information about the SEM-PD21 program can be found at http://www.nps.navy.mil/se/pd21/.

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Program Announcements

Program Schedule

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

Curriculum

NPS and the PD21 consortium believe that this joint engineering & management program offers the best unified curriculum available in systems engineering and end-to-end product development, leadership education. It ideally aligns with defense leadership vision for transformation and acquisition excellence. Students who successfully complete this program will receive:

• A Master of Science in SE Management, Systems Engineering or Product Development
• Certificate of Recognition from MIT
• DAU Equivalencies

Students have great flexibility in designing an elective structure from 5 current elective tracks, which, together with the 10 core courses, will earn the students additional certifications in:

• Systems Acquisition track for equivalency with DAU PMT352
• Information Systems & Operations
• Advanced Systems Engineering
• Software Engineering
• Space Systems

Graduation Week at NPS

Course Elective Tracks

Systems Acquisition Elective Track (DAU Certificate for PMT352)

• MN3364(2-0)- Business & Contract Administration
• MN3309 (4-1)- Acq of Embedded Sys S/W
• MN4366 (4-0)- Prog Mgmt Policy & Ctrl
• MN3155 (2-0)- Financial Mgmt for Acq Mgrs (ONLINE)
• MN4602 (2-0)- Test & Evaluation (ONLINE)

Information Systems & Operations Online Track (Certificate in ISO)

Space Systems Online Track (Certificate in Space Systems)

Software Engineering Track (NPS Certificate in S/W Engineering)

• SW3460 (3-1)- Software Methodology (ONLINE)
• SW4583 (3-1) Software Design
• SW4590 (3-1)- Software Architecture
• SW4591 (3-2)- Requirements Engineering

Advanced Systems Engineering Track (NPS Certificate in Systems Engineering & Integration)

• CC4900 (4-2)- Multi-Criteria Engineering (ONLINE)
• OS3401 (3-1)- Human Systems Engineering (ONLINE)
• SE3302 (3-2)- Systems Assessment (ONLINE)
• SE3303 (3-2)- Systems Suitability (ONLINE)

Human Systems Integration Tack (Certificate of HSI)

• TBD

Eligibility and Prerequisites

The following are eligible for this program:

• US Military Officers
• Defense contractors with a GS12 equivalency
• US Government Civilians with a grade GS12 or above
• International Students**

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

Prerequisites:

• Baccalaureate Degree (BA or BS)
• GPA of 2.6 or better
• At least five years experience directly related to systems development, engineering, acquisition, operations or support. (Requirement reduced to three years for applicants who hold a master's degree.)

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 PD21 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.

Elluminate Live!

Elluminate Live is a web based collaboration system that supports Video and Voice over IP, text chat, an interactive white board, application sharing, document sharing, and video sharing.

To learn more about using Elluminate Live! in your class, please review the Elluminate Support Information and Resources page.

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 OCL 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 PD21DegProg@nps.edu.

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