ISR的基础广泛，跨学科的系统工程理学硕士课程（ENSE）的学生将通过以下方式在学术和专业上从中受益：暴露于范围广泛的系统工程原理和软件工具中，以支持系统的可视化建模，需求工程，系统级建模，优化和权衡分析以及人为因素工程。熟悉与复杂工程系统相关的财务和管理问题。对一个特定的应用领域有深入的了解。熟悉系统工程专业领域的领导机会。ENSE课程经过大量行业投入设计，代表了马里兰大学首个涉及A. James Clark工程学院的多学院研究生学位课程。
Students in the broadly-based, cross-disciplinary Master of Science in Systems Engineering (ENSE) program at ISR benefit both academically and professionally by: Being exposed to a wide range of systems engineering principles and software tools tailored toward support for visual modeling of systems, requirements engineering, system-level modeling, optimization and trade-off analysis, and human factors engineering. Becoming familiar with the financial and management issues associated with complex engineering systems. Acquiring a deep understanding of one particular application area. Becoming familiar for opportunities for leadership within the systems engineering profession. Designed with substantial industry input, the ENSE curriculum represents the University of Maryland's first multi-college graduate degree program involving the A. James Clark School of Engineering.<br><br>In addition to the technical management of systems projects, the ENSE program covers a wide range of topics, from systems definition, requirements and specifications, to systems design, implementation, and operation. Students specialize in one technical area, selected from computer and software systems, communication and networking systems, signal processing systems, control systems, manufacturing systems, operations research, transportation systems, and robotics. The ENSE program draws upon the extensive engineering, computer science and management experience of the of University of Maryland faculty. The program makes optimum use of the university's advanced facilities, including extensive libraries of numerical, symbolic, and visualization software, engineering workstations, and wireless communication networks.