Telecommunications (TELE)

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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, circuit twisted paid 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. Services as the capstone seminar in the Telecommunications minor.

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 Individualized Studies Thesis (1-6:0:0). Prerequisite: Degree candidacy in the M.A. in Telecommunications, completion of 24 credits of graduate course work, approval of a thesis proposal by the faculty advisor and telecommunications director.. Taught on an independent study basis. Individualized section form required. Original research endeavor related to the studentŐs concentration in telecommunications. Academic research involves posing a question or hypothesis and using appropriate methodology to prove or disprove the proposed hypothesis. Research must result in a document meeting university standards.