System Engineering Program Criteria Development Overview Systems engineering programs (without modifiers) are currently accredited under the EAC General Criteria. Co-lead societies recently agreed it is time to develop SE program criteria.

System Engineering Program Criteria Development Background January, 2006 – SAE International Sponsors Conference Calls on SE Engineering Accreditation SAE President employed by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company March 21st, 2006 – ABET Facilitated Workshop on Systems Engineering Accreditation May 16, 2008 – Final Report on Recommendations of SE Accreditation Current Co-operating Society Structure using General Engineering Criteria General criteria are applicable to SE programs “without modifiers” Other program criteria may be applicable to SE programs “with modifiers,” e.g., manufacturing systems engineering Initial co-lead societies were ASME, IEEE, IISE, INCOSE, ISA, SAE international. CSAB was later approved to join.

System Engineering Program Criteria Development Elements of System Engineering Profession

System Engineering Program Criteria Development Citations for SE Elements

System Engineering Program Criteria Development Action Plan October, 2016 - IISE and INCOSE EAD delegates discuss developing program criteria for SE March, 2017 - IISE Board of Trustees endorses moving forward on developing SE program criteria Hans Demmel (IISE)and Ariela Sofer (INCOSE/IISE) asked to form task force – first task is preparation of strawman program criteria October, 2017 – ASME, CSAB, IEEE, ISA, and SAE Delegates apprised of criteria development Participating representatives identified from co-lead societies. March, 2018 – ABET Engineering Area Delegation briefed Co-lead representatives provided suggested criteria May, 2018 – Criteria workshop proposed for IISE Annual Meeting July, 2018 – INCOSE criteria workshop at annual International Symposium in Washington D.C. Early August, 2018 – Conference call focused on adequacy of proposed SE program criteria All co-lead society representatives November, 2018 - Proposed SE criteria sent to EAC Chair