The Basics of Systems Engineering program is offering a free introductory course in the fundamentals of systems engineering. This course will be offered under the Department of Labor/Wired grant. The course is sponsored by the California Innovation Corridor. The course has been developed jointly by the Aerospace Corporation and the California Polytechnic University San Luis Obispo and will be given on the university campus in San Luis Obispo on September 9 and 10, 2008.

The course objectives are to:

• Improve awareness of systems engineering relevancy to
  business goals and industry norms
• Improve understanding of systems engineering practice,
  processes and objectives
• Increase awareness of SE roles and responsibilities
• Identify targets for more in-depth learning opportunities

The course is open to degreed engineers who are:

• Currently employed and who
• Have serious intentions of pursuing the program and who
• Have a need or desire to know systems engineering

Pre-registration is required. For more information contact: Joel Shrater at (310) 336-7755 or Michelle Bell at (310) 336-2832 or go on line to: http://www.csewi.org/programs.html#CIC.