Telecommunications

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• Telecommunications, M.A.
  • Admissions Requirements
  • Advising
  • Degree Requirements
  • Required Core Courses
  • Area of Concentration
    • Management, Organization, and Policies
    • Educational Technology
    • Information Systems
    • International Telecommunications
    • Production Theory and Practice
    • Telecommunications Systems

Faculty

Addleson, Akwule, Baum, Behrmann, Drury, Jabbari, Kelley, Lont (Director), Ruth

Telecommunications, M.A.

The Master of Arts in Telecommunications is an interdisciplinary program that includes courses in engineering, law, management, education, and communication, recognizing that telecommunications is both a technological and a humanistic endeavor. The program is designed for telecommunications professionals, persons who wish to change careers into a telecommunications-related field, and others whose interests, talents, or curiosity bring them into contact with the world of telecommunications.

Admissions Requirements

Applicants for the program should meet the following minimum requirements:

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution
2. A GPA of 3.000 or better in the last 60 credits
3. Submission of the appropriate application form with three letters of recommendation from persons directly knowledgeable of the applicant's professional and academic competence (one from an academic source)
4. Submission of a 500-word essay addressing an important, substantive issue in telecommunications

Advising

With guidance from a faculty advisor, students are able to choose from a wide variety of courses available at the university to tailor coursework to their particular interests and needs. Choice of an area of concentration also depends on the student's undergraduate preparation. A student advising form, which outlines the student's degree plan and serves as a guide, should be completed and submitted by the student soon after admission to the program. For more information about the program, contact the Telecommunications Graduate Office at (703) 993-1314.

Degree Requirements

The program requires the completion of a minimum of 33 credits of approved graduate work (11 courses). This requirement is satisfied by completing required core courses, concentration core courses, and electives.

Required Core Courses

• COMM 555 Theories of Visual Communication
• ECE 540 Modern Telecommunications
• LAW 181 Telecommunications Law and Regulations
• LRNG 572 Taming the Electronic Frontier
• MGMT 791 Seminar in Current Management Problems: Telecommunications

Each student must complete four of the five courses above. In addition, each student must complete TELE 750 Coordinating Seminar.

Area of Concentration

Students may choose from six concentrations: management; organization and policies; educational technology; information systems; international telecommunications; production theory and practice; and telecommunications systems engineering.

The concentrations, concentration core courses, and recommended electives are as follows:

Management, Organization, and Policies
Core Course: MGMT 600 Organizational Behavior and Development

Recommended Electives: DESC 600, FNAN 650, LRNG 583, LRNG 601, LRNG 610, LRNG 612, LRNG 672, LRNG 681, LRNG 720, LRNG 731, LRNG 792, LRNG 868, MGMT 312, MGMT 721, MGMT 722, MGMT 750, MGMT 751, MGMT 791, MIS 600, MIS 720, MIS 740, MIS 792, MKTG 650, MKTG 775

Educational Technology
Core Courses: EDIT 611 Distance Learning via Networks and Telecommunications

Recommended Electives: EDCI 705, EDIT 530, EDIT 593, EDIT 720, EDIT 730, EDIT 750, EDIT 752

Information Systems
Core Courses: INFS 501 Discrete and Logical Structures for Information Systems, INFS 515 Computer Organization, INFS 590 Program Design and Data Structures

Recommended Electives: INFS 601, INFS 612, INFS 614, INFS 680, CS 555, SWSE 619, SWSE 632

International Telecommunications
Core Course: COMM 556 Global Communication

Recommended Electives: COMM 505, COMM 506, COMM 554, MKTG 775, INTL 500, INTL 610, INTL 611, INTL 612, INTL 614, INTL 701, INTL 710, INTL 711, INTL 713, INTL 716, INTL 718, INTL 750, INTL 754, INTL 757, MIS 792, PUAD 504, PUAD 701, PUAD 731, PUAD 732, PUAD 733, PUAD 739

Production Theory and Practice

Core Course: COMM 556 Global Communication

Recommended Electives: COMM 502, COMM 506, COMM 535, COMM 536, COMM 554, COMM 596, COMM 597, COMM 694, ENGL 503, ENGL 613, ENGL 616, ENGL 670, EDCI 705, VIT 616, VIT 620, VIT 696

Telecommunications Systems
Core Course: ECE 542 Computer Network Architectures and Protocols

Recommended Electives: ECE 513, ECE 528, ECE 535, ECE 630, ECE 631, ECE 632, ECE 633, ECE 636, ECE 639, ECE 642, ECE 643