The George Washington University’s online master of science degree in electrical engineering is designed to prepare graduates for some of the most in-demand careers in electrical engineering. The program includes the option of focusing on communications and networks;
this area of study gives students the opportunity to prepare for the myriad challenges that engineers in the telecommunications sector will be responsible for solving, such as optimizing the next generation of mobile networks and designing efficient cloud computing architectures.
In addition to the core electrical engineering curriculum, the telecommunications courses include include: Telecommunications engineers will also be key to addressing increasing complexity from trends like the Internet-of-Things, which describes the growing number of internet-connected devices. In addition to smart home technology, IoT is expanding to entire cities. In this context, networks must be able to support city-wide sensors and surveillance equipment as well as the analytics applications that rely on the data collected by IoT hardware.
