Note: The following provides a suggested course description, objectives, and an outline. These may be modified pending discussion with the Faculty Chairs, proposing faculty, and other curriculum reviewers.

Representative Course Description:

Introduction to system design of hardware and software systems. Specific topics include design concept, design characterization, design elements, reviews, verification and validation, threads and incremental design, unknowns, performance, management of design, design metrics, and teams. The class will center on the development of real-world examples.

Representative Course Objectives:

To provide students with an introduction to design of systems utilizing the principles of systems engineering and systems analysis techniques as a basis for design and engineering decisions.

Representative Course Topical Areas:

• Review of the product-based development approach
• Developing the concept
• Characterizing the design
• Accommodating development and post-development operations
• Acquiring design elements
• Conducting design reviews
• Verifying and validating design
• Documenting design
• Determining design completion
• Developing threads and incremental design
• Dealing with unknowns
• Controlling system performance
• Making design choices
• Working within design teams
• Managing design
• Designing with short development cycle times
• Maintaining metrics and heuristics
• Understanding the costs and benefits of design
  Prerequisites:
• Graduate student status

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