COURSE REQUIREMENTS

To satisfy the requirements for a master’s degree, students must complete a total of 30 credits as described below, with an overall average of 3.0. In addition, a 3.0 average is required in the core courses described in GROUP1 and GROUP2 below. Students who have satisfactorily completed equivalent courses, as determined by the MSTN advisor, may be allowed to replace required core courses in Group1 and 2 courses with other courses, starting with the remaining Group 2 course. For example, a student who has previously taken a course equivalent to EL 5373 will be required to take all the remaining four courses in Group 2. If a student has previously taken two or more equivalent courses from Group 1 and 2, these additional courses can be replaced by advanced courses. Permission of the MSTN advisor is required for all course substitutions.

GROUP 1 :   (3 credits)

REQUIRED CORE COURSE :

EL5363    Principles of Communication Networks

Students who have satisfactorily taken a course equivalent to EL 5363, e.g., EE 136, or otherwise as determined by the MSTN advisor, can replace this course by a course from Group 2, as explained above.

GROUP 2 :   (12 credits)

ADDITIONAL CORE COURSES :

Students are required to take 4 out of 5 courses listed below

EL5373    Internet Architecture and Protocols or CS6843    Network Protocols I
EL6373    Local and Metropolitan Area Networks or EL6383    High Speed Networks
CS6133    Computer Architecture I or CS6233    Operating Systems I
CS6273    Performance Evaluation of Computer Systems or EL7353    Communication Networks I (the latter requires EL5363 and EL6303 as prerequisites)
CS6823    Network Management & Security

In certain rare circumstances, and with approval of the program’s director, other computer science and electrical engineering courses may be used to fulfill the core requirement. Students may not take both CS6843 and EL5373.

GROUP 3 :   (3 credits)

PROJECT REQUIREMENT :

All students in the Telecommunication Networks Program are required to take a project course, either CS6873 Project in Telecommunication Networks or EL9953 Advanced Project I, depending on whether the project advisor is from the CS or ECE departments, respectively. Students must obtain a project adviser and have a project plan approved before registering. The project should be completed in one semester. After obtaining the program director’s approval, students may substitute the required 3-credit project with a 6-credit MS thesis. The extra 3 credit for the thesis will be counted towards the program elective in GROUP 4.

GROUP 4 :   (12 credits)

PROGRAM ELECTIVE COURSES :

Students are required to take four courses (not already counted towards the core requirement) from the following partial list of courses. Other courses are possible with the approval of the program director.

EL5013    Wireless Personal Communication Systems
EL5023    Wireless Information Systems Lab I
EL5143    Multimedia Laboratory
EL6013    Principles of Digital Communication
EL6023    Wireless Communications
EL6033    Modern Wireless Communication Techniques & Systems
EL6063    Information Theory
EL6303    Probability
EL6313    Engineering Applications of Stochastic Processes
EL6383    High-Speed Networks
EL6393    Advanced Network Security
EL7353    Communications Networks I
EL7363    Communications Networks II
EL7373    High-Performance Routers and Switches
CS6033 / CS6043    Design & Analysis Algorithms I/II
CS6133 / CS6143    Computer Architecture I/II
CS6233 / CS6243    Operating Systems I/II
CS6063    Software Engineering I
CS6083    Principles of Database Systems
CS9053    Introduction to Java Programming

MG graduate courses : Relevant graduate course in the management department can be taken with the approval of the MS Telecommunication Networks advisor. No more than two MG courses can be counted towards the MSTN degree.