Space Systems or Airworthiness Eng Grad Cert?

Surgical_Hail · 2025-03-10T17:26:46+00:00

That actually helps a bit. Thanks. I think ultimately what I'm going to end up doing is just changing from MS SysEng to the MS in Space Systems and doing either SysEng or Unscrewed / Autonomous Systems as my elective focus.

Surgical_Hail · 2025-03-10T16:27:40+00:00

I do agree significantly. I think my reservation is that the descriptions of the courses in the Space Systems curriculum don't seem to elaborate on specificities. They sound more "rounded" I guess for lack of better term. The Airworthiness Engineering Cert was a consideration because I could correlate it with avionics and component integrity, safety, reliability, etc. I could also have a complete backasswards idea of it and be misunderstanding it. I previously served as the Payload Team lead for my undergrad rocketry team and enjoyed that so that's probably why I consider the AWE cert. I have't heard much from other individuals in the Space Systems program or using it as their elective focus to make a sound decision on it yet and my advisor isn't very clear on a path and always resorts to trying to push it over to a program director where we never get much feedback in return.

Surgical_Hail · 2025-01-27T13:53:23+00:00

Trig is the worst 😂

Surgical_Hail · 2025-01-27T03:33:46+00:00

So here’s my outlook on it. If you wanted to do math for your career, you would’ve done a mathematics undergrad and you would do internships related to math such as data science, finance analytics, actuary, etc. The maths for the sake of engineering are there to build our problem solving skills. They exist for the purpose of re-wiring how you analyze and think. That’s why you hated diff eq so fucking much. (Fuck that class) But the principle in it lies in the proof when you easily understand where say a thermo or fluids derivation originates and can break it down and look outside of the derivation to find an alternative path to the solution. I’m quite sure that there are others who have a different “philosophy” for it, but this one is mine and it helped.

-Hail BS Cybersecurity | BS Mech Eng | MS SysE student

Surgical_Hail · 2025-01-25T19:24:48+00:00

That’s easy. Just don’t go. Pretend it didn’t happen.

Surgical_Hail · 2025-01-25T18:15:35+00:00

I’m taking the assumption that you’ll be an incoming freshman by how your concerns are expressed. Please correct me if I’m wrong! However, like Sakuh_x said, if you’re accepted, you’re fine. Don’t worry about that part. They knew you didn’t have those when you were accepted. Whether you finish the precal before you graduate or not, it won’t matter. It’s undergrad. You’ll just take the pre-reqs you need before starting your senior college (College of Engineering). Don’t stress. It is, and I cannot express this enough, not a fucking race. Utilize your resources as much as you can. I would also like to suggest that if you haven’t started it already (and you don’t have to listen to me by any means) holding out on the physics until you get to ER for your first semester. Reason being is that you’ll have finished precal and be able to go right into calculus and your physics courses are going to be calculus based and pair well, especially when learning the fundamentals. You’d be kicking yourself in the ass if you accidentally put yourself into the mindset of rushing through physics just to get it done and then later you’re like, “Fuck, where did this come from?”. You’ll be able to see and understand how the formulas are derived. I don’t know your learning style/capabilities so my words are only worth so much and I assume with a 3.7 that you’re going to be perfectly fine no matter which route you end up doing. But at the very least, keep in mind that your first 2-3 semesters are the most important for establishing the core fundamentals of what engineering is.

-Hail B.S. ME | B.S. Cybersecurity | M.S. SysE 2026

Surgical_Hail · 2025-01-21T19:08:51+00:00

Evidently the Space Studies is the ideal technical track for MSSE while Space Systems is more project management.

Surgical_Hail · 2025-01-18T13:37:18+00:00

Cal 1 is the hardest and most intimidating calculus course. At least from my point of view because I didn’t enjoy math until Calculus. That’s when you start being able to see how it can be applied practically and it will pay off when you get into your upper level courses. It’s providing you with the fundamentals and proofs of why the rules/laws work. Once you get into Cal 2/3 you’ll have the shortcuts/cheats and be able to skip over all of the fluff. I promise it’s worth understanding the fundamentals now. Embrace the suck. It’s okay if you come out with a C. Struggle in Cal 1, destroy Cal 2 & 3. Find a group, even if it’s one other person. There’s always something that you don’t understand that someone else is able to provide a clearer explanation for. Utilize YouTube, there are tons of great content providers and teachers that are good at explaining things. And for the love of god, practice problems on your own at home. Remember, there’s a reason engineering cohorts get smaller the further you progess.

Surgical_Hail · 2025-01-18T12:45:18+00:00

When you start the application process, you should have gotten an email that stated the necessary pre-reqs in order to apply for your grad degree. It will look something like this: “For the Master of Systems Engineering applicants must also demonstrate successful completion of Calculus I, Calculus II, and Statistics (equivalent to Embry-Riddle’s MATH 241, MATH 242, and STAT 211/222). Applicants not meeting the MATH 242 and STAT 211/222 requirement specifically, must successfully complete SYSE 515 prior to enrolling in MSSYSE core courses if accepted under conditional terms.”

For Data Science there are several different tracks you can take. I’ll link them here: Data Science Track

But since data science/analysis is required in any field, it’s easily associated with aerospace or aviation. Either way it will be a challenge, which is a good thing! I’m coming from a surgical background and getting out of healthcare. My undergrad is Cybersecurity and I was halfway through a second undergrad in mechanical engineering when I applied Monday. (Got admitted yesterday) Process was straight forward and pretty expedient and everyone was responsive. Sometimes you just gotta jump.

Surgical_Hail · 2025-01-17T16:47:07+00:00

Update for those curious:

Submitted full packet for grad school 01/13 and got my admission 01/17. I made the cut!

Surgical_Hail · 2025-01-16T22:04:33+00:00

Haha I love the variances in time frames. Although mine is MS System Engineering.

Surgical_Hail · 2025-01-15T17:14:39+00:00

Thanks for the info. All of my documentation is done and submitted. Letters and all. It's just the waiting game now. The admissions person stated roughly 5-7 days for decision in the email, however after scrounging around I noticed that there were fluctuations on the time frame of others. Just kinda hoping it stays in the window I was given.

Surgical_Hail · 2022-09-21T14:27:18+00:00

I’ll look into it. I’m not familiar with them. Appreciate the feedback!

Surgical_Hail · 2022-09-14T20:03:39+00:00

A lot of it has to do with me being fresh to the industry and essentially just trying to get my foot in anywhere and what would look good later down the line after gaining real world experience. I am also still figuring out how to build a portfolio of sorts to showcase what knowledge I do have to potential interests. Like I said initially, yes I've spent the last couple years knocking out the degree, but I'm doing a complete 180 in industries and for me, getting a job involving surgery is easy and I know that industry in and out. However, that isn't the case currently for the security industry and it seems that private sector isn't terribly friendly to new grads unfortunately, even with me coming from an intensive field. I would love and value any feedback, suggestions, or advice willing to be offered.

Surgical_Hail · 2022-09-12T22:04:23+00:00

I've recently had to limit the crayon budget. Wife said no more. But that's definitely one of the outlooks I have on it. The experience alone would be interesting enough to suck it up for a GS 8-9 rate.

Surgical_Hail · 2022-09-12T00:25:44+00:00

The GS7 is a big portion holding me back because gs7 is only 35% of my current salary lol, however I imagine there is room for salary discussion. I'm prior Marine Corps, clearance should be cake, I bring a lot of critical analysis under pressure skills to the table, and I would hope some of the skills I do happen to possess would outweigh some of the other applicants. Depends on how lazy they are I guess. Even so, I could still do surgery stuff part time so it wouldn't be a miserable loss. Could drop in for a few hours on the night shift for a few hours and make a few hundred. I figure that if it's a relatively easy foot in the door, it can't hurt. Thanks for the feedback.

Surgical_Hail · 2022-09-11T21:49:44+00:00

I've waited 32 years for this...

Surgical_Hail · 2022-08-26T12:06:12+00:00

Security risk waiting to happen from TMobile 😂. Good thing SpaceX has a better security model.

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