Systems engineering is an interdisciplinary approach to designing, realizing, and managing complex systems. In this course, you will be introduced to principles of systems engineering and its importance to the development of complex systems. You will learn to identify and define systems, manage their complexity, and describe their life cycle. The course uses real-world engineering examples to address how the systems engineering approach can address challenges.
The Need for Systems Engineering
The Need for Systems Engineering
This course is part of Introduction to Systems Engineering Specialization
Instructor: William Van Atten
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What you'll learn
Define systems engineering and the systems engineering approach
Describe a system and identify the phases of a system’s development life cycle
Assess the application of systems engineering throughout the life cycle of a system
Skills you'll gain
- Verification And Validation
- Systems Analysis
- Systems Engineering
- Requirements Elicitation
- Test Planning
- Acceptance Testing
- Systems Architecture
- Systems Design
- Requirements Analysis
- Aerospace Basic Quality System Standards
- Risk Management Framework
- Systems Development
- System Requirements
- Development Testing
- Model Based Systems Engineering
- Test Engineering
- Systems Thinking
- Failure Analysis
- System Testing
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Taught in English
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This course is part of the Introduction to Systems Engineering Specialization
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This course is part of the following degree program(s) offered by University of Colorado Boulder. If you are admitted and enroll, your completed coursework may count toward your degree learning and your progress can transfer with you.¹
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Reviewed on May 14, 2024
one of the best courses i have taken to date. thank you for sharing important use cases of Systems engineering
AR
Reviewed on Apr 6, 2025
Being an Aerospace Engineer, I could totally relate to the contents of the course which were amicably covered and taught by the Instructor!!!!
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Reviewed on Mar 5, 2026
The professor has many years of experience in the field and brings many real world examples that make learning SE process intuitive and interesting. Great course!
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