Telecommunications Engineering Degrees

Drexel University

• Drexel University offers a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications. The degree program is designed to last approximately two to three years and requires 45 to 48 credit hours for completion. Of these, 30 must be taken in the electrical engineering and telecommunications field. Required courses include: Physical Foundations of Telecommunications, Performance Analysis of Computer Networks, Fundamentals of Image Processing, and Wireless Systems and Fundamentals of Communication Engineering. Students also take elective courses in fiber optics, microwave networks and digital signal processing, and are encouraged to take Telecommunications Policy in the Information Age as part of the degree program.

  Drexel University

  Electrical and Computer Engineering Department

  3141 Chestnut St.

  Philadelphia, PA 19104

  215-895-2241

  drexel.edu

Rochester Institute of Technology

• The Rochester Institute of Technology offers an online Master of Science in Telecommunications Engineering Technology. The degree program is set up on a quarter-credit system and requires students to complete a total of 48 quarter credits. Of these, 24 quarter credits consist of core courses such as Operating Systems for Telecommunications, Telecommunications Concepts, Telecommunications Concepts, Telecommunications Network Protocols, Principles of Telecommunications Networks, and Telecommunications Policy and Regulation. Students also complete technical electives in fields such as network engineering, fiber optic telecommunications, transmission systems and wireless systems.

  Rochester Institute of Technology

  58 Lomb Memorial Drive

  Rochester, NY 14623

  585-475-2229

  rti.edu

University of Texas at Dallas

• The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) offers a Bachelor of Science in Telecommunications Engineering (B.S.T.E) degree. The degree program requires 125 credit hours for completion. A total of 42 credit hours consist of general education requirements; students take another 71 credit hours in courses specific to the B.S.T.E. degree and another 12 in electives. Core courses include Telecommunication Networks, Introduction to Wireless Communication, Introduction to Digital Signal Processing, Signals and Systems and Computer Algorithms, and Data Structures.

  University of Texas at Dallas

  The Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science

  800 W. Campbell Road

  Mail Station EC32

  Richardson, TX 75080-3021

  972 883-2270

  utdallas.edu