Specialty engineering is a part of systems engineering that provides subject matter expertise in analysis disciplines necessary to deliver an effective, safe, and affordable system.  In this micro-course, we introduce fourteen specialty engineering areas and explore basic concepts for humans in the system, system cost, and system support.  

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this micro-course, students will be able to:

• Identify the importance of specialty engineering in influencing system design
• Define how systems engineers and specialty engineers interact through the program lifecycle
• Identify specialty engineering disciplines that address humans in the system
• Identify specialty engineering disciplines that address system lifecycle costs
• Identify specialty engineering disciplines that address system support
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This micro-course addresses the following INCOSE learning objective:

• Describe the activities and importance of specialty engineering
• Describe the relationship between specialty engineering and the technical processes 
• Define the relationship of logistics engineering to the technical processes, especially the maintenance process 
• Define the relationship of the human specialty engineering functions to the technical processes, especially the operations process 

This Micro-Course is apart of the Systems Awareness Digital Badge track.