| Article ID: | iaor19891170 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 19 |
| Issue: | 6 |
| Start Page Number: | 78 |
| End Page Number: | 82 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 1989 |
| Journal: | Interfaces |
| Authors: | Arbogast Gordon W. |
| Keywords: | military & defence |
The US Military Academy has recently extended its curriculum offerings to include a major in systems engineering. Graduates in systems engineering or operations research (OR) receive an education that prepares them extremely well for a full army career. West Point cadets have responded so enthusiastically to the new program that a new department of systems engineering has now been formed.