Changes to the BS/SE Curriculum

Attention entering BS/SE students:

Effective Fall 06 we will change the order of the SYST 201/202/203/301 sequence.If you have taken these courses these changes will not affect you and you may skip to the last item on this page under Other Changes

What we have done, in a nutshell, is to change the order in which the courses are taken, and tighten the prerequisite structure. We have cycled SYST 301 to be the first course in the sequence (in semester 3) and moved SYST 201 and 202 back by one semester to semesters 4 and 5 respectively. The advantage of this change is that students will get a real taste of systems engineering earlier on in their studies, and will be better prepared for the SYST 201/202 sequence. Furthermore it would make the fourth semester more manageable. The Matlab course SYST 203 will be offered in conjunction with SYST 201 rather than 202, in semester 4.

In order to accomodate these changes we had to renumber the courses (as well as SYST 302) to reflect their recommended semester and level. The changes are as follows:

New Courses			Old Courses
Number	Semester	Title	Number	Semester	Title
SYST 210	3 (Fall)	Systems Design	SYST 301	5 (Fall)	Systems Design
SYST 220	4 (Spring)	Dynamic Systems I	SYST 201	3 (Fall)	Discrete Dynamic Systems
SYST 221	4 (Spring)	Systems Modeling Laboratory	SYST 203	4 (Spring)	Systems Modeling Laboratory
SYST 320	5 (Fall)	Dynamic Systems II	SYST 202	4 (Spring)	Continuous Dynamic Systems Modeling
SYST 330	6 (Spring)	Systems Methods	SYST 302	6 (Spring)	Systems Methods

New Courses			Old Courses
Number	Prereq	Coreq	Number	Prereq	Coreq
SYST 210	SYST 101		SYST 301	Junior status	SYST 101
SYST 220	MATH 114 PHYS 160,161	MATH 203, 214 PHYS 260	SYST 201	MATH 114
SYST 221		SYST 220	SYST 203		SYST 202
SYST 320	SYST 220	MATH 203, 214 PHYS 260, 261	SYST 202	SYST 202	MATH 203, 214 PHYS 260
SYST 330	MATH 213	CS 112 STAT 344 SYST 220,221	SYST 302	MATH 213	CS 112 STAT 344 SYST 202

Note:

• Although SYST 220 will be a Spring course beginning Spring 07, it will be also be offered (on a one time basis) in Fall 06. The Fall 06 class will assume the old prereqs of SYST 201. Thereafter the standard prereqs/coreqs of SYST 220 will be enforced.
• Although SYST 320 will be a Fall course beginning 07, Fall 07 it will be also be offered (on a one time basis) in Spring 07. The Spring 07 class will assume the old prereqs of SYST 202. Thereafter the standard prereqs/coreqs of SYST 320 will be enforced.