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Systems Engineering Practice

Colorado State University-Fort Collins

Post-Baccalaureate CertificateCIP: 14.2701

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Where this program is offered

  • Fort Collins, Colorado

    102 Administration Building, Fort Collins, Colorado, 80523-0100

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Skills & Competencies

Skills developed through this program

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Skills

Reading ComprehensionCritical ThinkingActive ListeningComplex Problem SolvingSpeakingWritingJudgment and Decision MakingMathematicsSystems AnalysisMonitoringScienceActive LearningSystems EvaluationProgrammingInstructingLearning StrategiesOperations Monitoring

Knowledge

Engineering and TechnologyMathematicsDesignEnglish LanguageComputers and ElectronicsMechanicalProduction and ProcessingPhysicsBuilding and ConstructionChemistryCustomer and Personal ServicePsychologyEducation and TrainingAdministration and Management

Abilities

Oral ExpressionWritten ComprehensionOral ComprehensionDeductive ReasoningInductive ReasoningWritten ExpressionInformation OrderingProblem SensitivityCategory FlexibilityNear VisionFluency of IdeasMathematical ReasoningOriginalitySpeech ClarityNumber FacilityVisualizationSpeech Recognition

Tasks

  • Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, b
  • Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
  • Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory work, assignments, and papers.
  • Conduct engineering site audits to collect structural, electrical, and related site information for
  • Create plans for solar energy system development, monitoring, and evaluation activities.
  • Design or coordinate design of photovoltaic (PV) or solar thermal systems, including system componen
  • Create or maintain wind farm layouts, schematics, or other visual documentation for wind farms.
  • Recommend process or infrastructure changes to improve wind turbine performance, reduce operational
  • Create models to optimize the layout of wind farm access roads, crane pads, crane paths, collection
  • Analyze meteorological data.
  • Design electrical interconnections.
  • Design wind turbine components.
  • Estimate energy production by analyzing wind data.
  • Provide scientific or technical guidance or expertise to scientists, engineers, technologists, techn
  • Supervise technologists or technicians engaged in nanotechnology research or production.
  • Conduct research related to a range of nanotechnology topics, such as packaging, heat transfer, fluo
  • Review or approve designs, calculations, or cost estimates.
  • Process or interpret signals or sensor data.
  • Debug robotics programs.
  • Analyze system performance or operational requirements.
  • Develop optical or imaging systems, such as optical imaging products, optical components, image proc
  • Develop or test photonic prototypes or models.
  • Create schematics and physical layouts of integrated microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) component
  • Investigate characteristics such as cost, performance, or process capability of potential microelect
  • Create or maintain formal engineering documents, such as schematics, bills of materials, components
  • Create mechanical design documents for parts, assemblies, or finished products.
  • Design advanced precision equipment for accurate or controlled applications.
  • Design engineering systems for the automation of industrial tasks.
  • Identify and recommend energy savings strategies to achieve more energy-efficient operation.
  • Conduct energy audits to evaluate energy use and to identify conservation and cost reduction measure
  • Monitor and analyze energy consumption.
  • Develop final construction plans that include aesthetic representations of the structure or details
  • Prepare scale drawings or architectural designs, using computer-aided design or other tools.
  • Prepare information regarding design, structure specifications, materials, color, equipment, estimat
  • Troubleshoot new or existing product problems involving designs, materials, or processes.
  • Investigate or resolve operational problems, such as material use variances or bottlenecks.
  • Identify opportunities or implement changes to improve manufacturing processes or products or to red
  • Study product characteristics or customer requirements to determine validation objectives and standa
  • Analyze validation test data to determine whether systems or processes have met validation criteria
  • Develop validation master plans, process flow diagrams, test cases, or standard operating procedures
  • Collect data through direct observation of work activities or witnessing the conduct of tests.
  • Conduct interviews or surveys of users or customers to collect information on topics, such as requir
  • Advocate for end users in collaboration with other professionals, including engineers, designers, ma
  • Assess systems to identify and quantify risk factors.
  • Estimate production costs, cost saving methods, and the effects of product design changes on expendi
  • Plan and establish sequence of operations to fabricate and assemble parts or products and to promote
  • Analyze statistical data and product specifications to determine standards and establish quality and
  • Develop data warehouse process models, including sourcing, loading, transformation, and extraction.
  • Verify the structure, accuracy, or quality of warehouse data.
  • Map data between source systems, data warehouses, and data marts.

Technology

Computer aided design CAD softwareDevelopment environment softwareAnalytical or scientific softwareData base user interface and query softwareObject or component oriented development softwareGraphics or photo imaging softwareData base management system softwareIndustrial control softwareComputer aided manufacturing CAM softwareDocument management softwareEnterprise resource planning ERP softwareWord processing softwareOperating system softwareDesktop publishing softwareExpert system softwareComputer based training softwareCalendar and scheduling softwareFile versioning softwareBusiness intelligence and data analysis softwareContent workflow softwareProgram testing softwareSpreadsheet softwareDesktop communications softwareCloud-based management softwareWeb page creation and editing softwareMetadata management softwareAccess softwareBackup or archival software

Tools

Carousel slide projectorsCompact digital camerasCompact disk CD playersComputer data input scannersComputer laser printersComputer numerical control CNC lathesComputer numerical control CNC millsComputer projectorsConference telephonesDesktop computersDigital calculatorsDigital video camerasDigital video disk DVD playersHandheld microphonesInteractive whiteboard controllersAbrasion testersAccelerated weathering machinesAdhesion testersApparent power metersAtomic absorption spectrometersAuger electron spectrometersBench ovensChronopotentiometersCompression testersCopy machinesCoulometersCreep testersCurrent versus voltage IV curve tracersData loggersDifferential scanning calorimeters

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Career Pathways

Occupations this program prepares you for

  • Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary25-1032.00
  • Solar Energy Systems Engineers17-2199.11
  • Wind Energy Engineers17-2199.10
  • Nanosystems Engineers17-2199.09
  • Robotics Engineers17-2199.08
  • Photonics Engineers17-2199.07
  • Microsystems Engineers17-2199.06
  • Mechatronics Engineers17-2199.05
  • Energy Engineers, Except Wind and Solar17-2199.03
  • Engineers, All Other17-2199.00
  • Manufacturing Engineers17-2112.03
  • Validation Engineers17-2112.02
  • Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists17-2112.01
  • Industrial Engineers17-2112.00
  • Data Warehousing Specialists15-1243.01
  • Database Architects15-1243.00
  • Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers11-9041.01
  • Architectural and Engineering Managers11-9041.00
What You'll Learn

Key competencies developed through this program

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Mastery: proficient (Level 3)(based on Post-Baccalaureate Certificate)

  • Graduate-level curricula in advanced engineering topics — design, continuously refine, and deliver autonomously across a sustained portfolio of courses at a doctoral-granting institution.
  • Doctoral student research programs — supervise end-to-end, from dissertation proposal through defense, within a university engineering department.
  • Original research investigations — lead independently, producing peer-reviewed publications and presentations that advance knowledge in a defined engineering subdiscipline.
  • Competitive federal and industry grant proposals — author and submit as principal investigator, securing multi-year external funding for laboratory operations and graduate support.
  • Complex, non-routine engineering problems — diagnose and resolve by applying deductive and inductive reasoning across intersecting domains including physics, mathematics, and systems analysis.
  • Undergraduate and graduate course learning outcomes — evaluate through systematic assessment data, revising instructional methods to demonstrably improve student achievement.
  • Interdisciplinary engineering systems — analyze and critically evaluate using computational modeling tools, integrating findings into both research and classroom instruction.
  • Emerging technologies and engineering standards — monitor continuously through literature review and professional engagement, translating advances directly into updated course content.
  • Collaborative research partnerships — establish and manage with industry or government laboratories, coordinating student involvement and ensuring regulatory compliance.
  • Engineering design and manufacturing software ecosystems — leverage at an expert level to support research workflows and authentic project-based learning experiences.

Some details on this page are auto-populated from public workforce data sources: O*NET (opens in new tab), BLS (opens in new tab), College Scorecard (opens in new tab), DOL Training Provider Results (opens in new tab), NSX (opens in new tab). Provided in partnership with LER.me Career Intelligence.

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