Program Overview

  • Duration

    4 Year (Self-Paced) Program

    Can be done in 6 months

  • Total Courses

    24

  • Total Credit Hours

    144 Hours

The Telecommunication Systems Technology program at Southeastern Michigan University focuses on the backbone of modern communication. Students explore the world of telecommunications, covering areas such as network protocols, wireless communication, and broadband technologies. With a strong emphasis on hands-on experience and cutting-edge industry practices, students gain the skills to design, implement, and manage robust communication systems that connect people across the globe.

Technical Foundation And Programming Proficiency:

The College of Computer Science is designed to establish a strong technical foundation and proficiency in programming. Students start by building a solid understanding of computer science fundamentals and gain hands-on experience in coding and software development. This technical base prepares students for a successful career in the ever-evolving world of technology.


Industry Connections And Tech Community Involvement:

Beyond the classroom, our Computer Sciences program places a significant emphasis on fostering industry connections and involvement in the tech community. Students have opportunities to participate in hackathons, tech conferences, and internships with leading tech companies. These experiences not only enhance their technical skills but also provide valuable insights into the tech industry.


Global Tech Innovation And Collaborations:

The College of Computer Science at Southeastern Michigan University is committed to fostering global tech innovation and promoting collaborative ventures. Our curriculum incorporates international perspectives in technology and encourages students to work on projects with global reach. Additionally, we offer study abroad programs and collaborate with tech professionals from around the world, enabling students to gain a global perspective on computer sciences.

The course explores philosophic and artistic heritage of humanity expressed through a historical perspective on visual arts, music, and literature. Topics include myth, literature, art, music, television, cinema, and the theater. Also discussed are provocative issues in the humanities - religion, morality, happiness, death, freedom, and controversies in the arts.


Social and Cultural Geography considers why geography matters to the analysis and understanding social relations, cultural identity and social inequality. Course examines how social life is structured at a variety of scales with respect to ethnicity, industries, services, urban patterns, and resources of world as a whole.


English Composition provides you with rhetorical foundations that prepare them for academic and professional writing. You will learn the strategies and processes that successful writers employ as you work to accomplish specific purposes. You will develop skills in writing unified, coherent, well-developed essays using correct grammar and effective sentence structure.


College Algebra provides an overview of the fundamental concepts of algebra: an understanding of the general concepts of relation and function; and the ability to solve practical problems using algebra.


World Religions course offers the broadest coverage of world religions as they exist today; helping you understand the ideology behind the many religions that strive today. While it is impossible to cover all religions, it does cover those of the vast majority of people.


Evenly balanced between theory and applications, this course shows you how to establish an ethical theory and how to apply it to a range of specific moral issues. This course examines ethical problems in such areas as mercy killing, personal relations, business, sexuality, medicine, and the environment.


This course introduces the origins and historical development of art. Emphasis is placed on the relationship of design principles to various art forms including but not limited to sculpture, painting, and architecture. Upon completion, you should be able to identify and analyze a variety of artistic styles, periods, and media.


This course provides the mathematical foundation for an introductory calculus course. In addition to a brief review of basic algebra, the course covers equations and inequalities; functions, models, and graphs; polynomial and rational functions; exponential and logarithmic functions; trigonometric functions; and trigonometric identities and equations.


This course is an introductory study of the human body, including the basic structure and function of the major organ systems (nervous, endocrine, circulatory, reproductive, etc.) and the effects of diet, exercise, stress and environmental change on human health.


World History course present the big picture, to facilitate comparison and assessment of change, and to highlight major developments in world's history. This course emphasizes the global interactions of major civilizations so that you can compare and assess changes in the patterns of interaction and the impact of global forces.

This course explains the fundamentals of analyzing, designing and building an E-Commerce website. The course is taught from the viewpoint of a web developer working with a small business client and covers such topics as proposals, contracts, site design, marketing, financial and billing, order processing, shipping and much more.


This course is a thorough introduction to the concepts underlying networking technology, from physical carrier media to protocol. It includes historical material to show the logic behind the development of a given mechanism, and also includes comprehensive discussions of increasingly important material, such as B-ISDN and ATM.


Introduction to Computing is designed to give you a better understanding of computing in order to give you a stronger foundation for later courses. The course is in two parts: (a) the underlying structure of a computer, and (b) operating systems and databases


This course covers topics such as networking basics, network security, setting up TCP/IP and connecting to the Internet, and much more. It will greatly assist the Network administrators in knowing all the information that they need.


This solid foundation in the basics of C++ programming will allow you to create efficient, elegant code ready for any production environment. This course will motivate you by demonstrating why you need to learn the concepts and skills presented.


This course contains topics related to computer systems, architecture, Number Systems, Data Formats, The Little Man Computer, The Cpu And Memory, Computer Peripherals, Modern Computer Systems and Regular Languages And Regular Expressions.


The goal of this course is to provide you with the foundations of information technologies and their use in knowledge-based organizations. It will also prepare you to understand and manage key technologies and the way they enable business initiatives that were inconceivable a few years ago.


The course lays emphasis on using the Internet as an educational tool including the use of web browsers, search engines and directories, email basics, acceptable use policies, equity, law and ethics, and evaluation and citation of Internet resources.

This course presents easy-to-understand, insightful explanations of today's key trends and technologies of the worldwide telecommunications network; Industry Players and Trends, Broadband, VoIP, Wi-Fi and WiMax, 3G Mobile Networks, and Multimedia Networks.


This course consists of 11 core chapters that form a complete introduction to networking. This course will give you a thorough understanding of the worldwide telecommunications network.


Drafted, to introduce you to the fundamental concepts of electronic communications systems, data systems, and networks, this course provides extensive coverage of a wide range of data communications and networking issues while offering preliminary information on basic electronic communications and telecommunications systems.


This course blends traditional teaching approaches with the use of mathematics, together with the use of a hardware description language and a concrete processor as vehicles for "hands-on" modelling and experimenting with digital logic and processor design.


This course draws on hard-won experience to explain every facet of information security, from the basics to advanced cryptography and authentication; secure Web and email services; and emerging security standards.


Providing an exceptionally broad overview of the field of telecommunication and its various operating systems, this state-of-the-art course takes an industry perspective on the field, with full coverage of all the fundamental concepts necessary to understanding the overall operations of communication devices.

Cost of Attendance

Tuition Fee Breakdown Cost
BACHELORS DEGREE $31,680
Medical Insurance $0.00
Personal Expenses $0.00
Study Materials $0.00
Food Cost $0.00
Total Tuition Fee $31,680
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Eligibility Criteria

High School Diploma, GED or equiv. International Education

Credit Hours

144 Hours

Course Duration

4 Year (Self-Paced) Program

Courses Offered

24

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