The Master of Telecommunications and Software Engineering
(30 Credit hours)

The Master of Telecommunications and Software Engineering (M.T.S.E.) is a course-only degree program that prepares students for professional practice in telecommunication and information technologies. The program jointly offered by the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and Computer Science (CS) departments can be completed in sixteen months of full time study.

Program Requirements

The M.T.S.E. is a professional Masters degree requiring minimum of 30 credit hours of advisor approved coursework. The M.T.S.E. Program of studies must include

• a minimum of 15 credit hours of ECE course work
• a minimum of 12 credit hours of CS course work
• Four required courses
• one elective course from each of the three categories given below

Required Courses

CS 586 Software Systems Architecture (3 credits)
CS 587 Programming Project Management (3 credits)
ECE 513 Communication Engineering Fundamentals (3 credits)
ECE 541 Performance Evaluation of Computers and Communication Networks (3 credits)

Elective Categories

A. Software Engineering

CS 521 Object-Oriented Modeling and Design (3 credits)
CS 537 Software Metrics (3 credits)
CS 589 Software Testing and Quality Assurance (3 credits)

B. Telecommunication Systems

CS 544 Computer Networks II: Network Services (3 credits)
CS 555 Analytic Models and Simulation of Computer Systems (3 credits)
ECE 545 Computer and Communication Networks (3 credits)

C. Telecommunications

ECE 504 Communication Systems Design (3 credits)
ECE 514 Digital Communication principles (3 credits)
ECE 519 Coding for Reliable Communications (3 credits)
The remaining 9 credit hours of course work may be taken from courses listed above, or other courses approved by the M.T.S.E. advisor. Students without background in communications or software engineering should consider including any of the following in their program of studies.
CS 487 Software engineering I (3 credits)
CS 450 Operating Systems I s(3 credits)
ECE 403 Communication Systems I (3 credits)
ECE 407 Computer Communications Systems (3 credits)

Other Courses that students in this program typically choose from include
ECE 437 Digital Signal Processing I (3 credits)
ECE 511 Analysis of Random Signals (3 credits)
CS 542 Computer Networks I: Fundamentals (3 credits)
CS 588 Advanced Software Engineering Development (3 credits)

With advisor approval the M.T.S.E. program of studies can include up to four credit hours of (700 - level) short courses.