Nov 22, 2024  
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog

Space Systems and Operations Graduate Certificate

Location(s): Salina Online



The Graduate Certificate in Space Systems and Operations will allow students to understand space systems design and dynamics, operations, materials, and manufacturing in space environments. The Graduate Certificate will allow students to understand space operations in contested and open environments, vulnerabilities and threats to space systems, the physics and chemistry of the space environment including materials, modeling and simulation, manufacturing (on Earth and in space), and orbital mechanics, communications and spacecraft to support space missions in the civil and commercial space sectors. Additionally, this degree fully stacks into Salina’s current Master of Science in Integrated Systems Design & Dynamics (ISDD).

Admission Requirements


A bachelor’s degree, official transcripts for all undergraduate coursework (minimum 3.0 GPA required), official transcripts for all graduate coursework (if applicable), and a curriculum vitae. While not required, two letters of recommendation and highlighted industry experience can be used to improve an individual’s application.  GRE is not required.

Graduation Requirements


The student (a) must have a bachelor’s degree or equivalent, (b) must not be on probation, (c) must have a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or higher, (d) must meet all the requirements of the Graduate School, the student’s academic program area, and the student’s supervisory committee, and (e) must be enrolled during the semester in which the degree requirements are completed.

Total Hours Required: 12