Why Professional Certificate in Principles of Systems Engineering?
Overview
Upskill rapidly with a Professional Certificate specifically designed for Defence and related industry personnel. Delivered fully online, this Professional Certificate can be taken as a stand-alone course, as a building block as part of the Adelaide University Defence Professional Certificates or may also be used as credit for the Master of Systems Engineering.
The Professional Certificate in System Engineering aims to enable executives and engineers in technology intensive organisations to manage the integration of advanced technologies into marketable systems, products, services and processes that add value to the enterprise. It recognises the complexity of many contemporary systems and the magnitude, speed and frequency of technological change in recent times and the imperative to leverage these changes for sustainable competitive advantage.
The Professional Certificate also recognises the needs of complex, high value, long duration projects originating from Government or large private sector organisations, both Australian and International.
Key features
Flexible study options: Choose between content‑only (7 weeks) or content with assessment (17 weeks)- Covers systems engineering from user needs through design, synthesis, and sustainment.
- Pathway to further study: Completion can be credited toward the Master of Systems Engineering.
What you'll learn
By completing the Professional Certificate in Principles of Systems Engineering, you will be able to:
- Critically evaluate methods and standards constituting current best practice in systems engineering and their role in adding value to defence and commercial objectives.
- Work in teams on a complex systems engineering project, applying collaborative approaches to achieve successful outcomes.
- Critically analyse relationships between engineering disciplines and with other fields (commercial, procurement, legal, finance, marketing, HR) required for systems engineering success.
- Critically evaluate the role of systems engineering across the total system lifecycle, applying holistic systems thinking to engineering design and practice.
- Appraise the value of model‑based systems engineering (MBSE) in contemporary projects.
- Critically investigate the impact of COTS (Commercial off‑the‑Shelf) and MOTS (Military off‑the‑Shelf) elements on systems engineering design and practice.
- Recognise the need for systems engineering in complex, high‑value projects.
- Apply core concepts of systems thinking to understand complexity and interdependencies.
- Understand the user need and translate needs into technical requirements.
- Perform functional analysis and allocation, ensuring requirements are appropriately distributed across system components.
- Generate ideas and develop technical solutions to meet user and system requirements.
- Conduct systems synthesis, integrating components into coherent system designs.
- Develop a conceptual design for a complex system, applying systems engineering principles throughout.
What courses you'll study
Complete 6 units comprising:
- 6 units for all Core courses
Complete 6 units for ALL of the following:
| Course name | Course code | Units | |
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Course name
Principles of Systems Engineering
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Course code
ENGP5004
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Units
6
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Your study experience and support
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Your campus
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