Wireless Communication Graduate Certificate

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Wireless communication has experienced remarkable growth since cellular telephones were introduced. With FCC licensing of spectrum for Personal Communication Services (PCS)—and services such as wireless LANs, wireless Internet and wireless Personal Area Networks—the growth rate is expected to accelerate. To give electrical engineers the specific knowledge needed to work in this expanding market, NYU-Poly has structured a series of four graduate level courses that cover the knowledge needed for successful industry competition. The program comprises one required course and three recommended elective courses. This certificate can be finished completely online.

Required Course:

EL 6303 Probability Theory 3 Credits

Recommended Elective Courses (choose 3):

EL 5013 Wireless Personal Communication Systems 3 Credits
EL 5023 Wireless Information Systems Laboratory I 3 Credits
EL 5033 Wireless Information Systems Laboratory II 3 Credits
EL 6013 Principles of Digital Communications: Modulation and Coding 3 Credits
EL 6023 Wireless Communications: Channel Modeling and Receiver Design 3 Credits
EL 6033 Modern Wireless Communication Techniques and Systems 3 Credits
EL 6063 Information Theory 3 Credits
EL 6073 Error Control Coding 3 Credits
EL 6753 UHF Propagation for Wireless Systems 3 Credits
EL 7023 Space-Time Wireless Communications 3 Credits
EL 90X3 Selected Topics in Wireless Communication (X=1, 2, 9) 3 Credits

Certificate Coordinator:

Professor Frank Cassara, Tel: 631-755-4360,
E-mail: cassara@rama.poly.edu.