Course List

Core Courses (9 credit hours)

• CSC/ECE 570 - Computer Networks
• CSC/ECE 579 - Computer Performance Modeling
• Select one of the following Business courses

MBA 590 - Management Foundations (Fall)

MBA 554 - Project Management (Summer, Fall, Spring)

MBA 590 or CSC/ECE 591 - Service Management (Spring)

Technical Concentrations (12 credits hours)

(a) Network Design

• CSC 501 - Operating System Principles
• ECE 521 - Computer Design and Technology
• CSC/ECE 573 - Internet Protocols*
• CSC/ECE 576 - Connection-Oriented Networks*
• ECE 714 - Random Processes
• CSC/ECE 778 - Optical Networks
• CSC/ECE 776 - Performance Evaluation of Computer Networks
• CSC/ECE 777 - Telecommunications Network Design
• CSC/ECE 779 - Advanced Computer Performance Modeling
• ECE/CSC 575 - Introduction to Wireless Networking
• CSC/ECE 773 - Advanced Topics in Internet Protocols
• ECE/CSC 775 - Advanced Topics in Wireless Networking

* Required for students electing the Network Design technical concentration.

(b) Network Hardware

• CSC/ECE 506 - Architecture of Parallel Computers
• ECE 520 - Digital ASIC Design**
• ECE 521 - Computer Design and Technology**
• CSC/ECE 573 - Internet Protocols
• CSC/ECE 576 - Connection-Oriented Networks**
• ECE 546 - VLSI System Design
• ECE/CSC 575 - Wireless Networks
• ECE 523 - Photonics and Optical Communications
• ECE 733 - Digital Electronics
• ECE 761 - Design Automation for VLSI

**Required for students electing the Network Hardware technical concentration. (Note: only one of ECE 520, 521 is required.)

(c) Network Software

• CSC 501 - Operating System Principles***
• CSC/ECE 573 - Internet Protocols***
• CSC/ECE 576 - Connection-Oriented Networks
• CSC/ECE 510 - Software Engineering
• CSC 557 - Multimedia Computing and Networks
• CSC 574 - Information Systems Security
• CSC 513 - E-commerce Technology (Fall/Spring)
• CSC/BUS 516 - E-commerce and IT Practicum (Spring)
• CSC 774 - Network Security
• CSC 714 - Real-Time Computer Systems
• CSC 715 - Concurrent Software Systems
• CSC 716 - Design of Secure and Reliable Systems
• CSC 750 - Service-Oriented Computing

***Required for students electing the Network Software technical concentration.

Business Courses

Select up to three courses from the list below (the course taken for the required business core course cannot be double counted)

• ACC 580 - Survey of Accounting (Fall)
• MBA 504 - Technology, Competition and the Law (Spring)
• MBA 520 - Managerial Finance (Spring)
• MBA 554 - Project Management (Summer, Fall, Spring)
• MBA 543 - Planning and Control Systems (Fall, Spring)
• MBA 576 - Technology Evaluation and Commercialization Concepts (Fall)
• MBA 577 - High Technology Entrepreneurship (Spring)
• MBA 590 - Business Process Analysis and Design (Fall)
• MBA 590 - Business Relationship Management (Fall)
• MBA 590 - Consulting (Spring, Summer)
• MBA 590 - Decision Support Systems (Fall)
• MBA 590 - Supply Chain Logistics (Fall, Spring)
• MBA 590 - Supply Chain Relationships (Fall, Spring)
• MBA 590 or CSC/ECE 591 - Service Management
• MBA 590 - Process Analysis and Design
• MBA 590 or CSC/ECE 591 - Service Innovation Lab (Spring)