An undergraduate degree program for communication systems engineering

Author

Giladi, Ran

Author_Institution

Fac. of Eng. Sci., Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

Volume

42

Issue

4

fYear

1999

fDate

11/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

295

Lastpage

304

Abstract

The increasing demand for skilled engineers in the fields of data communications and telecommunications industries called for the introduction of a new and unique undergraduate degree program for communication systems engineering. The methodology for determining the needs of this program, the formulation of its curriculum, a description of the communication systems engineer, and the student reaction to the program is presented in this paper. The program opened in the fall semester of 1996 with 60 students (about 1:10 admission ratio) and now has an enrolment of more than 200 students (with the same admission ratio)

Keywords

engineering education; teaching; telecommunication engineering education; communication systems engineering; curriculum; data communications; student reaction; telecommunications; undergraduate degree program; Communication industry; Computer networks; Data communication; Data engineering; Design engineering; Engineering management; Qualifications; Reliability engineering; Systems engineering and theory; Telecommunication computing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Education, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9359

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/13.804535

Filename

804535