DEFM415 - Acquisition Test & Evaluation

Course Details

Course Code: DEFM415 Course ID: 3457 Credit Hours: 3 Level: Undergraduate

Emphasizes the basic test and evaluation (T&E) principles, policies, organizations, processes, and practices used by DOD. Course topics include the role of T&E in systems acquisition, T&E planning, experimental design, measurement of systems effectiveness and suitability, instrumentation, and data collection and management. Also covered are reliability, maintainability, and availability of systems; analysis and evaluation; software; modeling and simulation; and T&E of alternative acquisitions. Problem-solving situations engage students in the use of T&E concepts, principles, and theories.

Course Schedule

Registration Dates Course Dates Start Month Session Weeks
Registration10/28/2024 - 04/04/2025 Course Dates06/30/2025 - 07/31/2025 Start Month June SessionSpring 2025 Session B Weeks8 Week session

Current Syllabi

Information is provided in the syllabus when the course begins.

Information is provided in the syllabus when the course begins.

Previous Syllabi

Not current for future courses.