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2011-2012 University Catalog
Information Technology, BS/Telecommunications, Accelerated MS
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School: Volgenau School of Engineering
Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Students in the BS in Information Technology program may elect to enter the Accelerated MS in Telecommunications (MS in TCOM) program while they are undergraduate students. The accelerated program is designed for qualified undergraduate students in the information technology program who would like to proceed directly into the MS in TCOM program, completing the two degrees with 144 credits. |
Admission Requirements
Applicants must be Mason undergraduate students in the BS in Information Technology program. Students may apply for the accelerated program during the semester after which they will have completed 90 or more credits applicable toward the BS degree. Students must have an overall GPA of at least 3.25 to apply for the program. Students who have not yet finished 90 credits may be accepted provisionally subject to satisfactory completion of 90 credits. Criteria for admission into the accelerated program are identical to criteria for admission into the MS in TCOM program, except that students do not need to have completed an undergraduate degree prior to admission.
Accepted students must maintain a minimum 3.25 GPA in the undergraduate segment of the accelerated program and a 3.00 GPA in the graduate segment. That is, after students have been accepted into the accelerated program, they must maintain a 3.25 GPA until they have satisfied requirements for the undergraduate degree. Degree Requirements
Students must satisfy requirements for the undergraduate degree (120 credits) and the MS degree (30 credits), with 6 credits of overlap permitted. The MS in TCOM is on an accelerated track, with 6 credits taken as an undergraduate and 24 credits as a graduate student. The 6 undergraduate credits must be selected from those given in the listing that follows and will be substituted for BS degree concentration electives, subject to prior approval by an advisor. Telecommunications courses:
- TCOM 500 - Modern Telecommunications Credits: 3
- TCOM 501 - Data Communications and Local Area Networks Credits: 1.5 (prerequisite: acceptance into the Accelerated BSIT/ MS TCOM Program)
- TCOM 502 - Wide Area Networks and Internet Credits: 1.5 (prerequisites: TCOM 501, IT 341, or equivalent)
- TCOM 503 - Fiber Optic Communications Credits: 1.5 (prerequisite: TCOM 500 or equivalent)
- TCOM 504 - Asynchronous Transfer Mode Networks Credits: 1.5 (prerequisites: TCOM 501 and 502, IT 341, or equivalent)
- TCOM 505 - Networked Multicomputer Systems Credits: 1.5 (prerequisite: TCOM 501, IT 341, or equivalent)
- TCOM 509 - Internet Protocols Credits: 1.5 (prerequisites: TCOM 501 and 502, IT 341, or equivalent)
- TCOM 510 - Client-Server Architectures and Applications Credits: 1.5 (prerequisite: TCOM 505)
- TCOM 513 - Optical Communications Networks Credits: 1.5 (prerequisite: TCOM 503)
- TCOM 519 - Voice over IP Credits: 1.5 (prerequisites: TCOM 509, IT 341, or equivalent)
- TCOM 529 - Advanced Internet Protocols Credits: 1.5 (prerequisite: TCOM 509)
- TCOM 539 - Advanced Voice over IP Credits: 1.5 (prerequisite: TCOM 519)
- TCOM 551 - Digital Communication Systems Credits: 3 (prerequisite: TCOM 500 or equivalent)
- TCOM 607 - Satellite Communications Credits: 3 (prerequisite: TCOM 551, ECE 463, or equivalent)
Notes:
Students in the accelerated program who have passed IT 341 with a grade of B or higher will not be required to take TCOM 501 in the MS in TCOM core and may take an elective 1.5-credit course instead. Students must also take ECE 301 as one of their BS in information technology concentration electives. Degree Conferral
Students must apply to have the BS degree conferred the semester before they expect to complete the BS requirements. At the completion of the MS requirements, the MS degree will be awarded. |
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