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History of PhD Degrees Awarded Prior to July 2008, the SE graduate program enrolled students in the ECE department or the former MFG department.
Course and Program Development SE revised the program and course requirements for the MS and MEng programs in SE. The new requirements are as follows:
The following course was adopted and approved to be cross-listed in SE:
• MS degree: 3 core courses in SE; 2 courses from one of the concentration areas in SE; at least two advanced technical courses; thesis or project.
• SE 701 Optimal and Robust Control (originally developed as ME 701): This course is aimed at an introduction (with rigorous treatment) to the fundamentals of optimal and robust control. It will be divided roughly into two parts. The first will cover aspects of robust control including model reduction, H_2 and H_ infinity control, and feedback control of uncertain systems. The second will delve into optimal control including topics such as the linear quadratic regulator, the calculus of variations, the maximum principle, and the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation. Meets with ENG ME701 and ENG SE 701; students may not take both for credit.
• MEng degree: 2 core courses in SE; 2 courses from one of the concentration areas in SE; at least two advanced technical courses.
Boston University College of Engineering | Division of Systems Engineering