Telecommunications (TELE)

Related Catalog Entry: School of Information Technology and Engineering

Related Mason Websites: School of Telecommunications (http://www.gmu.edu/departments/telecomm/)

350 Telecommunications Systems (3:3:0). Prerequisite: 60 credits or permission of instructor. Study of the evolution and operation of telecommunications systems from wireline telegraphy to wireless voice, video, and data services. Topics include communication coding systems, analog and digital modulation schemes, twisted pair telephony, broad band coaxial cable, and high power direct to home digital satellite.

450 Telecommunications Senior Seminar (3:3:0). Prerequisite: 90 credit hours or permission of instructor. Students explore the complex interrelationships that affect modern telecommunications and how major mergers, acquisitions, regulatory decisions, congressional initiatives, or engineering breakthroughs can each profoundly affect the telecommunications industry at any given time. Serves as the capstone seminar in the telecommunications minor.

730 Telecommunications Management (3:3:0). Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Surveys the strategic and organizational issues in the field of telecommunications management. The focus is on strategic management and it is oriented toward the executive management level of telecommunications firms.

750 Coordinating Seminar (3:3:0). Prerequisite: Acceptance in the M.A. in Telecommunications program with at least 18 credits completed. Topics include specific telecommunications problems in management, law, engineering, education, and communication. Focuses on the ways a problem in one area can create or solve a problem in other areas.

799 Thesis (1-6:0:0). Prerequisites: Degree candidacy in the M.A. in Telecommunications, completion of 24 credits of graduate course work, and approval of a thesis proposal by the faculty advisor and telecommunications director. Individualized section form required. Original research related to the student's concentration in telecommunications. Research must result in a document meeting university standards. Graded S/NC.