Master of Network and Communications Management Program
The Network and Communications Management (MNCM)* program requires successful completion of 45 semester-credit hours. The program includes a concentration that serves students’ professional and personal interests – and provides flexibility in customizing their program. In addition, a technical foundations course, required for those without a network and communications background, gives students fundamental skills needed to succeed in the program. Total program length varies based on the number of courses taken per eight-week session.
Courses are distributed as follows:
| Program Core Courses all five required |
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| FI504 | Accounting and Finance: Managerial Use and Analysis |
| GM533 | Applied Managerial Statistics |
| HR587 | Managing Organizational Change |
| PM586 | Project Management Systems |
| TM583 | Strategic Management of Technology |
| Technology Core Courses all six required |
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| IS589 | Networking Concepts and Applications |
| TM584 | Telecommunications Law and Regulation |
| TM586 | Network Strategy and Design |
| TM587 | Network Operations and Management |
| TM589 | Wireless Communication Systems |
| TM600 | Telecommunications Capstone |
Concentrations
To best serve their professional goals and needs, MNCM students can pursue four-course concentrations. Course requirements for specific specialty (concentration) areas are outlined below.
Students successfully completing coursework required for a concentration may request, in writing, that the concentration be designated on the academic transcript.
Requirements for earning a concentration may be satisfied through a maximum of three semester-credit hours of transfer credit, course waivers or course exemptions. A course may be applied to one concentration only.
Students not wishing to pursue a specific concentration can choose any four courses from those listed in the concentration areas below.
| Wireless all four required |
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| TM561 | Wireless Technologies |
| TM562 | Wireless Devices and Applications |
| TM563 | Wireless Networks |
| TM564 | Management of Wireless Systems |
| Security any four required |
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| SE571 | Principles of Information Security and Privacy |
| SE572 | Network Security |
| SE573 | E-Business Security |
| SE574 | Database Security |
| SE575 | Information Security Law and Ethics |
| SE576 | Risk Mitigation and Contingency Planning |
| SE577 | Cryptography and Security Mechanisms |
| SE578 | Practices for Administration of Physical and Operations Security |
| SE579 | Security in Systems Architecture and Applications |
| SE591 | Disaster Recovery/Forensics and Security |
| Network Applications any four required |
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| SE572 | Network Security |
| SE591 | Disaster Recovery/Forensics and Security |
| TM562 | Wireless Devices and Applications |
| TM563 | Wireless Networks |
| TM590 | IP Telephony/VoIP |
| Project Management any four required |
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| GM588 | Managing Quality |
| PM584 | Managing Software Development Projects |
| PM585 | Integrated Planning and Scheduling |
| PM587 | Advanced Program Management |
| PM588 | Integrated Project Performance Analysis |
| PM589 | Project Cost and Risk Management |
| PM598 | Contract and Procurement Management |
| Electronic Commerce any four required |
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| EC542 | Electronic Commerce Technology Management |
| IS577 | Internet-Oriented Programming |
| IS582 | Database Concepts |
| IS586 | Client/Server Applications |
| SE572 | Network Security |
| SE573 | E-Business Security |
| TM590 | IP Telephony/VoIP |
| Technology Applications any four required |
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| IS535 | Managerial Applications of Information Technology |
| IS581 | Systems Analysis, Planning and Control |
| IS582 | Database Concepts |
| IS583 | Database Applications for Electronic Commerce |
| IS585 | Decision Support and Expert Systems |
| IS586 | Client/Server Applications |
| TM588 | Groupware and the Internet |
| TM590 | IP Telephony/VoIP |
For additional information see the Keller academic catalog.
* availability varies by location
