系统程序的重点是了解复杂的大型系统并开发用于其设计和操作的工具。这样的系统包括建筑要素（基础设施运输，结构），社会系统（社会网络，人口企业）和自然系统（土地，水，空气）。要了解此类系统的工作原理，需要了解控制它们的本构定律，例如交通流，流体力学，结构力学和智能网络。它还需要了解用于建模，控制和优化此类系统的理论范式（例如，计算和控制，最优化，行为经济学，传感器网络，统计数据和信号处理的理论）。
The focus of the Systems Engineering Program (Systems) is understanding complex large-scale systems and developing tools for their design and operation. Such systems encompass built elements in the broad sense (infrastructures transportation, structures, etc.), societal systems (social networks, populations enterprises), and natural systems (land water, air). These systems are at the core of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the 21st Century.<br><br>The understanding of how such systems work requires knowledge about the constitutive laws that govern them, such as traffic flow, fluid mechanics, structural mechanics, and smart networks. It also requires an understanding of the theoretical paradigms that are used to model, control and optimize such systems. These include the theories of computation, control theory, optimization, behavioral economics, sensor networks, statistics, and signal processing.<br><br>In response to these challenges, the Systems Program provides courses that cover both field knowledge and technical/theoretical tools. This is reflected in the curriculum. We offer masters and doctoral degree programs providing the key skills, e.g., technological, mathematical, or social scientific, as well as the knowledge for a broad range of engineering domains. Our graduates lead the next generation of research, start-ups, industrial corporations, and public-sector organizations.