Professional Certificate in System Engineering
COURSE INFORMATION
DATES AVAILABLE
Content Course: 3 March - 18 April 2025
Assessment Course: 25 April - 16 June 2025
Content Course: 28 July – 19 September 2025
Assessment Course: 3 October – 14 November 2025
CONTACT HOURS
The Content course runs over 7 weeks with a weekly 1-hour online tutorial session. The Assessment course runs for a further 8-10 weeks with a 1-hour online tutorial session.
MODE
Online
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Basic knowledge of Systems Engineering processes.
FEES
$2,000.00 fee per student for the short course (content)
$1,312.50 fee per student for the assessment short course.
Fees displayed exclude GST.
These courses are not government supported and must be paid in full prior to beginning the course.
Payment should be completed at least two weeks prior the beginning of the course to secure enrolment.
LOCATION
Online
Course overview
Upskill rapidly with a Professional Certificate specifically designed for Defence and related industry personnel. Delivered fully online, this Professional Certificate can be taken as a stand-alone course, as a building block as part of the UniSA Defence Professional Certificates or may also be used as credit for the Master of Systems Engineering.
The Professional Certificate in System Engineering aims to enable executives and engineers in technology intensive organisations to manage the integration of advanced technologies into marketable systems, products, services and processes that add value to the enterprise. It recognises the complexity of many contemporary systems and the magnitude, speed and frequency of technological change in recent times and the imperative to leverage these changes for sustainable competitive advantage.
The Professional Certificate also recognises the needs of complex, high value, long duration projects originating from Government or large private sector organisations, both Australian and International.
Course content
- The need for System Engineering.
- Core concepts of Systems Thinking.
- Understanding the User Need.
- Translating Needs into Technical Requirements.
- Functional Analysis and Allocation.
- Idea Generation and the development of technical solutions.
- Systems Synthesis.
- Developing a Conceptual Design for a complex system
- Basic concepts of Systems Architectures.
- Decisions and Trade Studies.
- Introduction to Model-Based Systems Engineering.
- The SE Management Plan.
- The Competencies of Systems Engineers.
Course Structure
This Professional Certificate has two short courses within it. This allows the flexibility to undertake the Professional Certificate in two ways.
- Content onlywhich includes directed study over a 7-week You will receive a Certificate of Completion for the audit only course.
- Content and Assessment which includes directed study over a period of approximately 17 weeks (including mid-semester break and Swot Vac periods) course assessments. You will receive a Professional Certificate on completion.
Successful completion of both the Content and Assessment courses within the professional certificate can be used as credit into the Master of Systems Engineering against the equivalent course.
Course Schedules
- The course follows the normal University semester and runs in parallel with students enrolled in postgraduate study.
- The primary mode of delivery is directed study, whereby students access course materials online, and receive online support. There are no face-to-face classes.
- Optional online tutorial sessions (on Zoom) are held weekly to supplement the directed study. Students unable to attend these online tutorials can access recordings of the sessions.
- Three assessments are used for the Course + Assessment option. The three assessments are written assignments spread evenly across the period of study.
Entry Requirements
- Basic knowledge of Systems Engineering processes: prospective students are expected to have a general knowledge of engineering or related disciplines equivalent to a Bachelors degree, along with some professional experience.
How to apply
Please fill out the application form and email it to STEM-TeachingLearning@unisa.edu.au
