The Master of Science, MS, Telecommunication Networks degree program is designed to help students enhance their skills and credentials, deepen their telecommunications knowledge base, and/or extend their professional expertise to business management or marketing. It is designed for both current telecom and networking professionals and those interested in entering the field. With an industry-driven lens, the program develops next-generation engineers capable of building, testing, and debugging telecommunication networks. It is one of only a very few master's programs nationwide to take a truly multidisciplinary approach to telecommunications and networking, and combines resources from graduate programs in engineering, computer science, and business. The program may be pursued on a full- or part-time basis.<br>An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems.<br>An ability to explain and apply engineering design principles, as appropriate to the program's educational objectives.<br>An ability to produce solutions that meet specified end-user needs with consideration of economic factors, and, where relevant, factors related to public policy, safety, and the environment.<br>An ability to design and analyze communications networks (at all levels from optical to IP) to ensure the core infrastructure provides high performance and high availability<br>An ability to design, and manage complex physical and virtual network environments using a range of network protocols<br>An ability to troubleshoot complex IP/switched networks using a set of monitoring and testing tools<br>An ability to work in a team environment to design and configure a large network