Areas of specialization and suggested electives

You may choose among 10 specialization areas:
• Computer and software systems
• Communications and networking systems
• Signal processing systems
• Control systems
• Process systems
• Transportation systems
• Manufacturing systems
• Operations research
• Robotics
• Cybersecurity

You may choose from these approved courses within each specialization. You may, with approval from your academic advisor and the MSSE graduate director, substitute courses having adequate systems content. Not all electives may be offered in the semester desired. You have the responsibility to satisfy any prerequisites required. The list was last revised in August 2010.

Alternatively, with the approval of your academic advisor and the MSSE graduate director, you may create your own area of specialization (e.g., Bio-Engineering Systems, Transportation Systems, Supply Chain Management). You must obtain their approvals before you register for any of the courses in the customized specialization.

To obtrain current information about the courses listed below, visit the course catalog of the University of Maryland Graduate School.

Department abbreviation key
BMGT Business and Management (Robert H. Smith School of Business)
CMSC Computer Science
ENEE Electrical and Computer Engineering
ENCH Chemical Engineering
ENME Mechanical Engineering
ENRE Reliability Engineering

Communication and Networking Systems
ENEE 426 Communication Networks
ENEE 620 Random Processes in Communication & Control
ENEE 621 Estimation and Detection
ENEE 623 Digital Communications
ENEE 625 Multi-user Communication
ENEE 626 Error Correcting Codes
ENEE 627 Information Theory
ENEE 720 Wireless Communication Theory
ENEE 723 Wireless Communication Networks
ENEE 725 Advanced Networking

Computer and Software Systems
CMSC 421 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
CMSC 435 Software Engineering
ENEE 644 Computer-Aided Design of Digital Systems
ENEE 646 Digital Computer Design
ENEE 647 Design of Distributed Computer Systems

Control Systems
ENAE 602 Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics & Control
ENAE 635 Helicopter Stability & Control
ENAE 641 Linear System Dynamics
ENAE 642 Atmospheric Flight Control
ENAE 741 Interplanetary Navigation & Guidance
ENAE 742 Robust Multivariable Control
ENAE 743 Applied Non-linear Control of Aerospace Vehicles
ENAE 788K Control of Stochastic Systems
ENAE 788Y Advanced Control for Robotics
ENCH 735 Chemical Process Dynamics & Control
ENCH 736 Model Based Process Control
ENCH 858 Advanced Topics in Process Control
ENEE 620 Random Processes in Communication & Control
ENEE 660 System Theory
ENEE 661 Non-Linear Systems
ENEE 664 Optimal Control
ENEE 762 Stochastic Control
ENEE 765 Adaptive Control
ENME 605 Advanced System Control: Linear Systems

Manufacturing Systems
ENME 600: Engineering Design Methods
ENME 608: Engineering Decision Making ENME 610: Engineering Optimization
ENME 625: Multidisciplinary Optimization
ENME 770: Life Cycle Cost Analysis
ENME 808B: Emerging Manufacturing Processe

Operations Research
BMGT 830 Linear Programming
BMGT 831 Extension of Linear Programming & Network Analysis
BMGT 833 Integer Programming
BMGT 834 Probabilistic Models
BMGT 835
CMSC 764/ Simulation of Discrete-Event Systems AMSC607 Advanced Numerical Optimization
ENAE 681 Engineering Optimization
ENCE 627 Decision Analysis for Engineering
ENCE 724 Nonlinear Programming in Project Management
ENCE 725 Probabilistic Optimization in Project Management
ENCH 737 Chemical Process Optimization
ENEE 664 Optimal Control
ENEE 762 Stochastic Control
ENME 608 Engineering Decision Making
ENME 610 Engineering Optimization I
ENME 625 Engineering Optimization I

Process Systems
ENCH 737 Chemical Process Optimization
ENCH 648G Statistics & Designing Experiments
ENRE 602 Reliability Analysis
ENRE 670 Risk Assessment for Engineers

Robotics
CMSC 722 AI Planning
CMSC 733 Computer Vision
CMSC 828L Robot Motion Planning
ENAE 693 Introduction to Space Robotics
ENAE 788X Planetary Surface Robotics
ENEE 769X Principles and Methods in Robotics
ENME 808V A Mathematical Introduction to Robotics
ENME 808T Control of Networked Robotic Systems
ENME 808O Micro/Nano Robotics

Signal Processing Systems
ENEE 620 Random Processes in Communication & Control
ENEE 630 Advanced Digital Signal Processing
ENEE 631 Digital Image Processing
ENEE 632 Speech and Audio Processing
ENEE 633 Statistical Pattern Recognition
ENEE 634 Space-Time Signal Processing
ENEE 731 Image Understanding

Questions? Contact the MSSE Graduate Director:
Stephen J. Sutton, PE, ESEP
Director, Systems Engineering Program
Institute for Systems Research
2175 A.V. Williams Building
College Park, MD 20742
301-405-4419
ssutton@umd.edu