The overall educational goal of our educational program in Space Systems Engineering is to provide students with a foundational understanding of the systems engineering principles, methods, and tools required to transform fundamental technical, economic, and societal requirements into an integrated space system solution. In order to be successful as a space systems engineer a good working knowledge of satellite subsystems and general spacecraft technologies is required. One of the main tasks of systems engineers in practice is to conduct trades among alternative architectures and negotiate requirements with various stakeholders, including the customer, program management, and the various subsystem teams. The depth and advanced knowledge in at least one of the subsystem technologies (e.g. controls, structures, software and autonomy, payload engineering such as optics or radio frequency communications ) is paramount in order to establish acceptance, credibility, and fluency in the common technical vocabulary of space systems.