Program Overview

The Robert H. Buckman College of Engineering Online Education Program

The Robert H. Buckman College of Engineering Online Education Program offers various online degrees and certificates, including doctoral programs, master's programs, graduate certifications, and professional credentials.

Doctoral Programs

• Doctor of Engineering

Master Programs

• Aeronautics & Astronautics
• Autonomy
• Biomedical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Dual Degree MSE+MBA
• Electrical & Computer Engineering
• Engineering Education
• Industrial Engineering
• Interdisciplinary Engineering
• Internet of Things
• Mechanical Engineering
• Microelectronics and Semiconductors
• Nuclear Engineering
• Robotics
• Software Engineering
• Systems Engineering

Graduate Certifications

• Applied Heat Transfer
• Digital Signal Processing
• Hypersonics
• International Development
• Microelectronics and Semiconductors
• Noise Control
• Regulatory Affairs and Regulatory Science for Medical Devices
• Systems
• Teaching and Learning in Engineering

Professional Certifications

• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
• Lean Principles
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Refresher
• Agile Project Management
• Project Management Essentials
• PMP Exam Preparation

Professional Courses

• Semiconductor Fabrication 101
• Additive Manufacturing
• Design for Security
• Data Science
• Building Water Essentials
• Model-Based Systems Engineering
• Product Safety: An Introduction for Effective Engineering Design
• Small Modular and Advanced Reactor (SMR/AR) Technology
• Systems Engineering Processes and Professional Competencies

Quantum Computing I: Fundamentals

Course Description

This fundamentals course is part 1 of the series of quantum computing courses and covers aspects from fundamentals to present-day hardware platforms to quantum software and programming. This course provides the essential foundations required to understand computing models built from the principles of quantum mechanics.

Course Details

• Credit Hours: 1
• Learning Objective:
  • Postulates of quantum mechanics
  • Gate-based quantum computing
  • Quantum errors and error correction
  • Adiabatic quantum computing
  • Quantum applications and NISQ-era
• Description: This fundamentals course is part 1 of the series of quantum computing courses and covers aspects from fundamentals to present-day hardware platforms to quantum software and programming.
• Topics Covered: FO & MN
• Prerequisites: Undergraduate linear algebra, differential equations, physics, and chemistry
• Homework: Approximately 1 homework assignment/week
• Exams: Two exams
• Textbooks:
  • Required: None
  • Recommended references:
    1. Nielsen, M., & Chuang, I. (2010). Quantum Computation and Quantum Information: 10th Anniversary Edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
    2. Learning Quantum Computation Using Qiskit

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Program Admission

Degree Program Applicants

• Aeronautics & Astronautics
• Autonomy
• Biomedical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Doctor of Engineering
• Dual Degree MSE+MBA
• Electrical & Computer Engineering
• Engineering Education
• Industrial Engineering
• Interdisciplinary Engineering
• Internet of Things
• Mechanical Engineering
• Microelectronics & Semiconductors
• Nuclear Engineering
• Robotics
• Software Engineering
• Systems Engineering

Graduate Certificate & Non-Degree Admissions Information

• Non-Degree (Course Only)
• Applied Heat Transfer
• Digital Signal Processing
• Noise Control
• Teaching and Learning in Engineering
• Systems
• Regulatory Affairs and Regulatory Science for Medical Devices
• Graduate Certificate in Microelectronics and Semiconductors