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TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN- ASSOCIATE DEGREE

Program Code: 104512

The Telecommunications Engineering Technician is intended to provide students with the theory and hands-on educational experience necessary to receive a job in the Telecommunications field. Students will learn broadband network design, fiber optic splicing, fiber optic installation, fiber optic testing, safety, basic rigging and fall protection, principles of electricity, wireless technology, cell components, spectrum management, project data collection, and telecommunications project engineering and design principles. This program gives students our students an encompassing education of broadband networks we all rely on, from the towers to the internet servers and everything in between.

Delivery

Day

Explore Locations

This program is offered at:

Green Bay

Program Costs & Financial Aid

Tuition: $ 12,861, Books: $ 303, Supplies: $ 0 Total Approximate Costs $ 13,164

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This program is fully eligible for financial aid.

Estimates based on in-state residency. Please visit the following URL to learn more about tuition and fees for this program. https:// www. nwtc. edu / admissions-and-aid / paying-for-college / tuition-and-fees? ProgramCode = 104512

Program Outcomes

Learn utility system safety terminology, definitions, and practices. Define safety responsibility, rules and regulations

Develop the knowledge, skills, process, and understanding of basic surveying principles, instruments in the field, making computations, and generating computerized maps.

Demonstrate experience consistent with projects in industry. Students will learn how to field buried cable projects to aerial projects and also learn industry equipment that operates on these projects.

Apply different methods of data collection and data management for Telecommunications projects.

Carry out data transfer from field collection and creating a product using AutoCAD that a utility crew would use to place the communications facility.

Apply skills to splice, test, and troubleshoot a fiber optic network in real-world scenarios from the main distribution node to the end node. Discuss the differences between analog and data transmissions.

Ability to design and maintain industrial communications systems while applying underlying principles behind today ' s industrial communications systems.

Analyze telecommunications policy and regulations and their impacts on the telecommunication markets with an emphasis on policies in developing countries and emerging markets but combines other multidisciplinary aspects related to technology, economics, and law.

Carry out fiber optic network designs, project estimating, and project management to culminate the students knowledge of previous classes and fully understand how to deliver a successful fiber optic project from beginning to end.

Use IP addressing with VLSM; static routes. Layer 2 & amp; 3 switching, switch configuration, management and security. Perform basic routing and packet-forwarding concepts. Configure and manage VLANs, trunking, inter-VLAN routing, access control lists. Configure and troubleshoot dynamic routing protocols.

Curriculum

Students following the study plan below will complete the Telecommunications Engineering Technician associate degree in the number of semesters shown.

Semester Total 18

Semester Total 15

Summer Before Third Semester 10451109- Telecomm Internship 1

Semester Total 1

8 Week 2 10801196- Oral / Interpersonal Comm 3

Full Semester 10150200- Cisco Intro 3

Semester Total 15

Fourth Semester 8 Week 1 10809172- Intro to Diversity Studies 3 10150201- Cisco Intermediate 3

Semester Total 14

Total Credits 63

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