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of soft skills, particularly those needed to inte- the curriculum, instructional methods, and the
grate across a multi-disciplinary environment instructor competencies. This field will be continu-
that spans regions, organizations, and industries. ally enriched by extensive theoretical elements
from physics/engineering, sociology/anthropol-
For continuing relevance, systems engineering ogy and economics/political science. Educational
education and training will stay abreast of and training programs will also become more per-
the advancing processes, methods and tools vasive to support the broadening applications of
while providing grounding in the theoretical systems engineering, and the increased demands
foundations. This imposes requirements on on the number of systems engineers.

Lifelong Learning

Education and training is a lifetime endeavor in Early education will also develop skills necessary
which the systems engineers of the future will for working together in teams to create solutions
be actively engaged. This lifelong pursuit is nec- that satisfy stakeholder needs.
essary to build the initial foundations for systems
engineering, later to stay abreast of advances Later formal education will teach basic systems
in technology and practices and to share their engineering concepts fundamental to sound en-
experiential knowledge with others that follow. gineering, as a part of all engineering instruction,
Throughout this lifetime of education, systems such as: soliciting and understanding stakehold-
training will leverage technology through er’s needs, identifying and evaluating conceptual
knowledge representation, simulation, computa- alternatives before arriving at a solution, consid-
tion and visualization. ering full life cycle impacts, and understanding
and validating sources of data. Instruction will be
Systems thinking will be introduced early in practical, based on relevant real world experienc-
education to complement learning in sciences, es, to motivate students to acquire the requisite
technology, engineering, and mathematics. mathematical and scientific knowledge to support
analyses and decision-making.

LIFE-LONG
SYSTEMS
ENGINEERING
EDUCATION AND
TRAINING UNIVERSITY LATE CAREER

K-12 EARLY TO MID
CAREER

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