Standard SEA Curriculum - Systems Engineering Analysis
Details of the SEA Curriculum Approach
US Navy Unrestricted Line Officers learn how the Navy builds and fights large combat systems. SEA provides the best curriculum in the world for learning how to engineer, manage, and lead military transformation. Graduates will add value to the Navy at all levels of command through their mastery of core analytical skills and their understanding of combat systems.
MS SEA Degree Requirements:
- 36 hours of graduate level course, with at least 16 hours at the 4000 level
- Completion of Systems Engineering and Analysis course sequences
- Completion of a 12 hour equivalent team capstone project (or a thesis by exception).
Note: ESR and p-code requirements for Navy students generate additional requirements covered by the other courses in the matrix.
Curriculum Threads
There are six threads interwoven in the curriculum. Each graduate completes all threads:
SEA Standard Course Matrix
This curriculum reflects the cooperative best efforts of a wide range of stakeholders, each with the goal of providing line officers with a robust blend of technical and warfighting education. The first - or refresher - quarter is taught in blocks, so the preparation material can be logically sequenced in a short amount of time. This helps students master the material in the preparation thread
Standard SEA 24 month (8 quarter) Matrix: Two elective slots have been included in this matrix to address the recurring interest expressed by students in feedback sessions and to possibly allow inclusion of courses that provide cultural/regional awareness or provide other skills. Potential courses include:
| SO 3750 | Anthropology of Conflict (4-0) | F/Sp |
| DA 3211 | Unconventional Threat to Homeland Security (4-0) | W |
| NS 3000 | War in the Modern World (4-0) | F/W/Sp/Su |
| NS 3020 | Operational Level of War (4-0) | W/Su |
| NS 3021 | Military Transformation (4-0) | Su/W |
| NS 3025 | Intro to Civil-Military Relations (4-0) | W |
| SO3101 | War in the Information Age (4-0) | F/W |
| SO3250 | Anatomy of Intelligence (4-0) | Sp |
FOCUSED STUDIES
Taking a group of courses with more focus could constitute a certificate program or area of more detailed study such as:
Systems Engineering (SE) Track (*Students completing these two electives and possessing an ABET accredited undergraduate engineering degree are eligible for the MS SE degree) Click here to see SEA MSSE Degree Course Matrix.
*SE 4003 Software Systems Engineering
*SE 4151 Systems Integration and Development
ME 4751 Combat Survivability, Reliability and Systems Safety Engineering
Operations Analysis (OA) Track
| OA 2200 | Computational Methods I |
| OA 3200 | Computational Methods II |
| OS 3401 | Human Factors in Systems Design |
| OA4604 | Wargaming Applications |
| OS 4580 | Logistics Systems |
| ME 4702 | Engineering Risk Benefit Analysis |
Requirements Officer Curriculum Matrix: Officers who complete this iteration of the SEA program earn a Master of Science in Systems Engineering Analysis with extra emphasis on defense acquisition and also are awarded the 6501 P-code. Click here to see details.
Alternate Electives: An elective program of course options could easily be developed by other departments similar to the 4 course elective tracks in the 311 curriculum. Other options would certainly be entertained subject to approval by the Academic Associate/Coordinating Committee Chair.