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The article of record as published may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2013.01.103 With the ever-increasing complexity of systems, it is important to properly educate the upcoming systems engineering workforce. The Graduate Reference Curriculum for Systems Engineering (GRCSE) provides guidelines for graduate program degrees in systems engineering. GRCSE establishes a baseline set of entrance expectations, objectives, outcomes and content for any graduate degree in systems engineering. GRCSE recognizes that each university needs to meet the needs of their constituents, and for this purpose, GRCSE only defines 50% of the program content, and leaves the other 50% to be defined by individual universities to satisfy the needs of their stakeholders. The purpose of this paper is to introduce GRCSE's outcomes, and how those outcomes can be attained through the program content. GRCSE

The Graduate Reference Curriculum on Systems Engineering (GRCSE™) version 0.51 provides recommendations for the development of graduate level systems engineering curricula. These guidelines address student entrance expectations, a core body of knowledge (CorBoK) and an accompanying set of outcomes that the student is expected to master by graduation, and a sample set of objectives that the student should achieve three to five years after graduation. GRCSE also includes guidelines for implementing the GRCSE recommendations and assessing developed curriculum. This paper is focused on the process that has been used to date to develop the CorBoK recommendations presented in GRCSE. Refereed/Peer-reviewed