Telecommunications Management Major

Advisor: Audrey Curtis

Wireless, IP and traditional communications technologies are the foundation for electronic commerce and global operations in every industry. This unique major provides both technical and management skills for tomorrow's telecommunications leaders.

Students in Telecommunications management major take a number of general management courses in addition to the courses required for an M.S. in Telecommunications Management degree.

Prerequisites for this major include a semester of undergraduate introductory calculus (TM 500 or equivalent) and a semester of microeconomics (Mgt 503 or equivalent.) Students who lack an introductory telecommunications background may be required to take TM 550 Introduction to Telecommunications Concepts.

Core Courses  

MGT 600 Managerial Accounting
MGT 607 Managerial Economics
MGT 609 Introduction to Project Management
MGT 620 Statistical Models
MGT 623 Financial Management
MGT 641 Marketing Management
MGT 671 Technology and Innovation Management
MGT 680 Organizational Behavior and Theory
MGT 690 Designing Complex Organizations
MGT 725 Strategic Management

Breadth Courses

MGT 618 Engineering Economics and Management Policy
*MGT 710 Risk Management: Methods and Applications **
TM 675 Risk Analysis and Economics of Security
TM 770 Economics of Networks: Pricing, Auctions and Trading
*MGT 657 Operations Management **
Elective **

Telecommunications Management Major Courses

TM 601 Principles of Applied Telecommunications Technology
TM 605 Probability for Telecommunications Managers
TM 610 Business Information Networks
TM 612 Regulation and Policy in the Telecommunications Industry
+TM 670 Decision Analysis for Corporate Network Systems

* Select one of these two courses.
** Two of these courses may be replaced with a Master’s Thesis
+This course may be replaced with a TM elective