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Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution

Area of Concentration - Telecommunications Technology

DESCRIPTION:

The Telecommunications Technology Area of Concentration provides a solid foundation in telecommunicatinos technology with specialized courses in telecommunications management, regulation, network testing, digital transmission and switching, and telecommunciation network design to prepare students for jobs in the telecommunication industry.  Tese courses also satisfy degree requirements for students majoring in Engineering Technology with an option in Telecommunications and Telecommunications Media Studies in the College of Liberal Arts.

REQUIRED COURSES:

There needs to be minimum of 6 hours at 400-level and 36 hours of 300-400 level coursework in residence at Texas A&M university.

A. Select 21-24 hours from among the following courses for the area of concentration. If there will be more than 24 hours in the area of concentration please include the justification. Two approved writing courses will be required for the University studies degree. The courses may be in the area of concentration or the minors. Please indicate writing courses in the area of concentration, if any, with a W following the course number (TAMU 400 W). If courses required for the area of concentration include a course or courses from outside the department of area of concentration, please include the letter of support from the department(s) offering the course(s). Courses listed as part of the University Core Curriculum do not need a letter of support.

1. The following 22 hours of course work are required*

Course Prefix & Number	Course Title	Credit Hours
ENTC 215	Introduction to Telecommunications	4
ENTC 315	Local- and Metropolitan-Area Networks	4
ENTC 325	Telecommunication Service Analysis	3
ENTC 345	Telecommunication Testing Techniques	4
ENTC 415	Digital Transmission and Switching	4
ENTC 465	Private Network Design	3

* If areas of concentration requires students to select courses from a list of pre-selected combinations, please duplicate this table; eg. two course from column A, two courses from column B

2. Pre-requisite courses not included in the University Core Curriculum or listed above:

Course Prefix & Number	Course Title	Credit Hours
STAT 303	Fundamentals of Chemistry I	3
	To be selected from following computer	3-4
	programming courses:
CPSC 110	Programming I
CPSC 203	Introduction to Computing
CPSC 206	Structured Programming in C
INFO 250	Business Programming Logic and Design

B. Student will select two minors (30-36 hours). One must be from outside the college offering the area of concentration

C. Free electives (17-26 hours). if there will be fewer than 17 hours of free electives please include a justification in the preceeding 2-3 page statement.

D. Specify courses in the university core curriculum ^{1, 2, 3} that will be required for this area of concentration (43 hours). Please maintain as much flexibility as possible.

	Course Prefix & Number	Course Title	Credit Hours
Communication
English 104	ENGL 104	Composition and Rhetoric	3
Mathematics	MATH 141&142	Business Mathematics	6
Natural Sciences	PHYS 201&202	College Physics	8
Humanities	ENGR/PHIL 482W	Ethics in Engineering	3
Visual & performing Arts
Social & Behavioral Sciences
History
Political Science	POLS 206 & 207	American and National Government; State and Local Government	6
Internation & Cultural Diversity
Kinesiology	KINE 198 & 199	Health and Fitness Activity; Required Physical Activity	2

NOTES:

¹To be selected from the University Core Curriculum

²There is a graduation requirement which includes 6 hours of International and cultural diversity courses. Refer to the international and Cultural Diversity table for a list of acceptable courses. A course satisfying the University course category, a college/department requirement, or as a free elective may be used to satisfy this requirement.

³ Completion of High school in two units of the same foreign language or one year of college work is required for graduation.

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