Hello, I have seen some posts and questions regarding people trying to get into engineering at the master level without an engineering degree. So I want to read some opinions and what people think. I graduated with a BS of Information Systems, have had pretty good jobs but I want to switch up a little bit and want to get into doing a MS in Systems Engineering; my employer can pay for it full so I definitely want to take advantage of that. What are your opinions on:
- Can a person without a engineering background get into studying a MS in SysEng? math intensive? many complex concepts? -- I guess what scares me is that I will be presented with complex math that I have no experience with or that I will have no knowledge of due to my non-engineering degree
Any additional comments or recommendations?
@picolin4444
Several people have done it at my company, some had non-technical degrees. It appears most programs require at least two Calc classes and/or an Engineering Quantitative methods course.
You could also look at getting a Systems Engineering Certification through INCOSE. It is based on passing an exam (no Calc) and a combination of UG degree and experience. If you do not have a heavy STEM degree then more experience is required.
^what he said.
Some fairly typical classes include reliability and some math modeling classes. You’ll want to be fluent with some basic integration and be comfortable with statistics - particularly distributions like Poisson & exponential.
Just my opinion, as I do not have an MS in n SE, having only taken a couple classes part time during my first job. That stuff made a LOT more sense once I’d worked a couple years.
Yeah I have knowledge and previous experience with integration and statistics. It seems though I might be needed some work or “real world” experience for this program.