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ONLINE TECHNOLOGY AND IT DEGREES IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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Study for a career in telecommunications

In our expanding global marketplace, consumers reward companies that move swiftly to solve their problems. Telecommunications professionals make their companies more efficient by understanding the needs of their customers and leveraging technology to meet those needs more effectively than the competition.

Telecommunications majors study two distinct areas of technology and business. First, telecommunications students learn to understand the hardware and software that keep information flowing freely. Many telecommunications programs expose their students to courses in software programming and hardware engineering.

Second, telecommunications majors learn how to use that technology to get that information across. Students learn how to replace inefficient cross-country business trips with effective multi-media conferences. They discover how a simple tool like a bar code scanner can shave days off the time it takes to ship a customer order from one coast to the other.

Telecommunication students combine these specific skills with general courses designed to stimulate their business acumen and their critical thinking. Armed with a degree in telecommunications, an experienced manager can earn a salary of $85,000 or more at a major company, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Regardless of their field of expertise, professionals can reinvigorate their careers by pursuing part-time telecommunications degrees.

Online Telecommunications Degree Programs

While telecommunications technology used to consist of only telephone, television, video, and fax, today the industry has blossomed to include cell phones, DVDs, digital cable, and the Internet. Well-trained telecom technology experts are needed to keep up with the industry's innovations.

Online Degrees Offer Career Training for the Digital Age

One of the newer telecommunications technologies, the Internet, offers students the convenient option of earning online degrees from their own homes on their own schedules. Telecom degrees are available at the associate and bachelor's levels. Typical coursework includes marketing, computer and information systems, customer relations, and project management. Once you earn your degree, you will have the skills to work in many areas of the field, including installation and maintenance, administration, sales, and customer service. With a bachelor's degree in telecommunications engineering, you can find entry-level work as an electronic or electrical engineer.

Telecommunications Technology Salaries

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the telecommunications industry is very profitable, with average salaries much higher than other industries'. The BLS reports that average weekly earnings in telecommunications in 2006 were $963. The most job growth is expected in telecommunications technology sales, where median hourly wages for 2006 were $23.13.

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University of Maryland University College

MSIT in Telecommunications Management
Designed to provide the technical knowledge and management skills needed to plan, acquire, operate, and evaluate telecommunications systems. The program emphasizes critical management concepts, such as the structure and environment of the telecommunications industry, strategic planning, financial management, and organizational assessment.

University of Maryland University College is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.

Learn more about programs at University of Maryland University College.

NACTEL - National Coalition for Telecommunications Education & Learning
An online training and education resource for the telecommunications industry, NACTEL (National Coalition for Telecommunications Education & Learning) represents the first partnership of major telecom organizations working together to advance training and education in the industry. NACTEL offers the following instructor-led programs entirely online:

Associate of Science in Applied Information Technology, Telecommunications Degree
Introduction to Telecommunications Certificate
Essentials of Telecommunications Certificate

Curriculum developed by the industry: Verizon, Qwest, SBC, IBEW, CWA and Citizens. Courses are taught by nationally accredited Pace University's School of Computer Science & Information Systems.

Oklahoma State University
Oklahoma State University offers the following program in Telecommunications:

M.S. in Telecommunications Management (MSTM)
MSTM is a 35 credit hour degree program consisting of 18 credit hours of required core courses, 12 credit hours of electives, a 2 credit hour hands-on telecom lab. class and a 3 credit hour Practicum/Internship.

The program is delivered via live, interactive video broadcasts or videotape and CD-ROM as well as the Internet through streaming video technology. Oklahoma State University is accredited by the North Central Association (NCA) of Colleges and Schools.

Texas Tech University - Master of Arts in Technical Communication
Texas Tech University offers an online version of the master's degree in technical communication and provides professional development for people working in technical communication. It also provides the qualifications for entering the career for people in other career fields. The specific goals of graduate study are: Knowledge of history, theory, research, genres, and practice of technical communication; Knowledge of principles and techniques in the field; and Development of effectiveness in technical communication. Texas Tech University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

University of Denver
The University of Denver through its adult learning program, University College, offers online master's degrees and certificates in Telecommunications:

Master of Telecommunications

Accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

University of Maryland University College

MSIT in Telecommunications Management

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