ProgramCIP 14.1004

Telecommunications Engineering

A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development, and maintenance of telecommunications technology, networks, and systems. Includes instruction in telecommunications, computer networking, communications networks and systems, signals, circuits, fiber optics, and wireless systems and technology.

Definition from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (CIP 2020).

Also called Communications Systems Engineering.