Here’s an announcement from the organization Saylor.org “Free Online Courses Built by Professors”:
Announcement: Space Systems Engineering Course Starts March 3rd
In collaboration with staff from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, we are thrilled to present a free, online, six-week course in Space Systems Engineering.
Register now, then find out more (or vice versa).
Course Features
- Lectures from NASA project manager Jeff Volosin, NASA mission systems engineer Mike Menzel, and Nobel Laureate Dr. John C. Mather
- Google+ Hangouts with NASA personnel; the first, with Jeff Volosin, will be held on Friday, March. 7
- Free certificate of completion
- Optional project — winners of the project competition get a chance to tour NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. as well as participation in a Google+ Hangout with the instructors of the course.
About the Project
SSE101 is the culmination of months of work and collaboration between staff at the Saylor Academy headquarters and staff at NASA Goddard. The course is a step outside of our usual bill of fare, which tends to offer asynchronous courses located within a larger academic or professional development content (hey, vive la différence). We are excited to meet existing students and many new ones and to help a fantastic space agency connect with curious people around the world.
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Here’s how it works: each week, starting on Monday, March 3rd, we’ll send you an email with the week’s assignments and discussion prompts. You’ll work through the course on your own, but at the same time as everyone else who signs up — and you’ll be able to interact with your fellow learners, Saylor.org staff, as well as NASA scientists and engineers in our Forums and even in a few live Google Hangouts. During the Hangouts, our friends at NASA will answer your questions about the course content, specific missions they’re working on, and perhaps even the mysteries of space.
Who should take this course? The simple answer is anyone and everyone. Even if you have no prior engineering knowledge, you will benefit from course topics including teamwork and project life cycles. And did we mention that all of the concepts are tied into real NASA missions and projects?
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