Program Description
From mobile phones to laptops to satellites, our two-year Electronics Engineering Technology: Telecommunications program lets you explore the convergence of voice, video and data in modern telecommunication networks. Investigate broadcast, landline, optical fibre, satellite and microwave transmission techniques, while building your engineering design and project management skills.
As the world of telecommunications technology develops to meet our growing communications needs, telecommunications technologists keep us in touch.
Your first year of training in the program covers the basics. In your second year, you’ll specialize in courses relating to systems and components required for the transmission of information. You’ll then go on to apply your knowledge and refine your project management skills on a major project.
Admission Requirements
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- High School Diploma or Adult High School Diploma or GED Diploma of High School Equivalency
- Geometry and Applications in Mathematics 112 and Functions and Relations 112
- One (1) additional science from the following:
- Biology 112 or 122
- Chemistry 112 or 122
- Physics 112 or 122 (Recommended)
Career Possibilities
As a graduate, you can find employment in the electronics industry in the areas of research, design, production, modification and sales. You could also start a career working for a telephone company, radio and television station, cable company, power distribution utility, microcomputer firm, university, health care facility or another electronics-related firm.
NOC Codes
2241 - Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technologists and Technicians
7246 - Telecommunications Installation and Repair Workers
Specific Considerations
Many universities give credit for courses completed in this program; however, assessment is normally completed on an individual basis.
Option is subject to a minimum enrolment.
Accreditations
Electronics Engineering Technology: Telecommunications is accredited as follows:
| Organization: | CCTT |
| Accreditation Period: | |
| Information: | The Canadian Council of Technicians and Technologists nationally accredits this program at the technologist level |
Articulations
Electronics Engineering Technology: Telecommunications has developed articulation arrangements with other institutions as follows:
| Institution: | Cape Breton University |
| Articulation Period: | 2009-2014 |
| Information: | Graduates receive up to three years full credit toward a Bachelor of Engineering Technology or a Bachelor of Technology degree depending on the engineering diploma they hold from NBCC and the engineering/technology option they wish to pursue at Cape Breton University (CBU). |
External Certifications
Electronics Engineering Technology: Telecommunications graduates may have an opportunity to aquire the following external certifications upon meeting the external agencies certification requirements and paying any required fees to the external agency:
| Institution: | NBSCETT |
| External Certification: | On-going |
| Information: | Certification by the New Brunswick Society of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists with two years of acceptable work experience |