Course syllabus Methods for Defence and Security Systems Development
Swedish name: Metod för utveckling av system för försvar och säkerhet
Course code:
2UF028
Education cycle:
Second cycle
Scope:
15.0 credits
Progression:
A1N
Grading scale:
Three-grade scale
Main field of study:
Systems Science for Defence and Security
Department:
Department of Systems Science for Defence and Security
Subject:
Systems Science for Defence and Security
Language of instruction:
The teaching is conducted in English.
Entry requirements
Recommended entry requirements for the course: Degree of Bachelor of Science in Military Studies or a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with a minimum of 180 credits, or equivalent, and proficiency in English equivalent to English B/English 6.
Course content and structure
The course builds on and applies theory and methods from previous courses in the masters programme on defence and security systems development. Its purpose is to offer a more in-depth look at the subject's methods for capability development supported by concept development and systems design in the defence and security sector. The course also contributes to the development of the student’s understanding of the perspectives of customer organisations, suppliers and specialist disciplines.
The course covers methods and operations research models on different system levels supporting the development of capabilities for defence and security, including modeling, simulation and war gaming techniques to support decision-making in war or crisis management scenarios. It also covers an introduction to central methods for studying design processes, and critical perspectives on the defence and security sector's current best practice processes and methods for development and design, like for example Concept development and experimentation, Systems Engineering och Systems of Systems Engineering.
The lectures, self-study activities and seminars of the course follow a capabiliy's life cycle. These learning activities generate knowledge in methods and models for the development of systems for defence and security. It is then successively applied in a student development project.
Seminars
Lectures
Independent Study
Project Work
The course covers methods and operations research models on different system levels supporting the development of capabilities for defence and security, including modeling, simulation and war gaming techniques to support decision-making in war or crisis management scenarios. It also covers an introduction to central methods for studying design processes, and critical perspectives on the defence and security sector's current best practice processes and methods for development and design, like for example Concept development and experimentation, Systems Engineering och Systems of Systems Engineering.
The lectures, self-study activities and seminars of the course follow a capabiliy's life cycle. These learning activities generate knowledge in methods and models for the development of systems for defence and security. It is then successively applied in a student development project.
Type of Instruction
Seminars
Lectures
Independent Study
Project Work
Objectives
After completed course the participant should be able to:
Competence and skills:
Judgement and approach:
Competence and skills:
- apply methods and models for supporting the development of capabilities for defence and security,
- apply modeling, simulation and war gaming techniques to support decision-making,
- apply central methods for studying design processes.
Judgement and approach:
- compare and evaluate the implications of the course's different approaches to the development of defense and security capabilities.
Examination formats
written assignment
Scope: 7.5
Grading Scale: Fail, Pass, Pass with Distinction
The examination includes submitting an individual written assignment on a study of a design process.
practical method application
Scope: 7.5
Grading Scale: Fail, Pass
The examination includesthe submission of two reportscovering practical learning activities on applied methods, one individual submission and one covering work in group with other students.
The examiner may decide that supplementary work is required in order for a pass grade to be achieved. Examination papers submitted late will not be graded, unlessthere are special reasons, which have been approved by the examiner. Supplementary assignments are to be submitted no later than five working days after the notification of results and the supplementary assignment for the examination in question, unlessthere are special reasons, which have been approved by the examiner.
Grading takes place through a three-grading scale: Fail (F), Pass (P) and Pass with Distinction (PwD).
A Pass (P) on the course requires a Pass (P) on the reports from the practical methods application and a Pass (P) on the written assignment.
A Pass with Destinction (PwD) on the course requires a Pass (P) on the reports from the practical methods application and a Pass with Destinction (PwD) on the written assignment.
Grading criteria are reported at the latest at the start of the course.
The number of examinations is limited to one regular occasion and one re-examinatiion.
Scope: 7.5
Grading Scale: Fail, Pass, Pass with Distinction
The examination includes submitting an individual written assignment on a study of a design process.
practical method application
Scope: 7.5
Grading Scale: Fail, Pass
The examination includesthe submission of two reportscovering practical learning activities on applied methods, one individual submission and one covering work in group with other students.
The examiner may decide that supplementary work is required in order for a pass grade to be achieved. Examination papers submitted late will not be graded, unlessthere are special reasons, which have been approved by the examiner. Supplementary assignments are to be submitted no later than five working days after the notification of results and the supplementary assignment for the examination in question, unlessthere are special reasons, which have been approved by the examiner.
Grading
Grading takes place through a three-grading scale: Fail (F), Pass (P) and Pass with Distinction (PwD).
A Pass (P) on the course requires a Pass (P) on the reports from the practical methods application and a Pass (P) on the written assignment.
A Pass with Destinction (PwD) on the course requires a Pass (P) on the reports from the practical methods application and a Pass with Destinction (PwD) on the written assignment.
Grading criteria are reported at the latest at the start of the course.
Restrictions in Number of Examinations
The number of examinations is limited to one regular occasion and one re-examinatiion.
Transitional provisions
When the course is no longer given or when the course content has changed substantially, the participant has the right to be examined once per semester during a three-term period in accordance with this syllabus.
Other regulations
The course cannot be included in a degree with another course whose content fully or partially corresponds to the content of this course.
The course is given within the framework of comissioned education.
On the completion of the course, an evaluation will be conducted under the auspices of the course director, which will form the basis for any changes to the course.
This is an edited version of the syllabus, created to transfer the original to the education database Ladok education planning. For originals, refer to the archive.
The course is given within the framework of comissioned education.
On the completion of the course, an evaluation will be conducted under the auspices of the course director, which will form the basis for any changes to the course.
This is an edited version of the syllabus, created to transfer the original to the education database Ladok education planning. For originals, refer to the archive.