New CCN Requirements: April 1999

On Thursday April 15, 1999, the WPI Faculty approved several changes to CS courses in the networking area, and to the requirements for the Computer and Communications Networks (CCN) specialization. The CCN specialization is available to students in the CS and ECE master's degree programs.

The principal changes to the CCN requirements are:

  1. Changes to the lists of courses to remove courses that are no longer offered, and include some new courses.
  2. Changes to the internship requirement. Instead of requiring an industrial internship, there is now a project requirement that can be satisfied by an industrial internship, a thesis in the area of networking, or, for students with adequate industrial experience, additional course work.

These changes will take effect in the 1999-2000 academic year. Please get in touch with Prof. David Finkel (dfinkel@cs.wpi.edu) if you have questions about how these changes will affect students already in the program.

CCN Degree Requirements
Computer Science: 33 credits
Electrical and Computer Engineering: 33 credits for non-thesis; 30 credits for thesis.
Required Courses
(4 courses, 12 credits):
  • Analysis of Probabilistic Signals and Systems or Analysis of Computations and Systems (EE 502 or CS 504)
  • Introduction to Local and Wide-Area Networks (CS 513 / EE 506)
And two of the following courses:
  • Telecommunications Transmission Technologies (EE 535)
  • High Performance Networks (CS 530 / EE 530)
  • Advanced Computer and Communications Networks (EE 537/ CS 577)
  • Modeling and Performance Evaluation of Networks and Computer Systems (CS 533 / EE 581)
Elective Courses
(at least three from list):
  • Digital Communications: Modulation and Coding (EE 532)
  • Advances in Digital Communication (EE 533)
  • Multiple Processor and Distributed Systems (EE 575/ CS 515)
  • Advanced Operating System Theory (CS 535)
  • Design of Software Systems (CS 509)
  • Wireless Information Networks (EE 538)
  • Cryptography and Data Security (CS 578 / EE 578)
  • Advanced Cryptography EE 579R
  • Telecommunications Policy (EE 508)
  • Mobile Data Networking (EE 539S / CS 525W)
  • Any of the courses EE 535, EE 530/CS 530, EE 537/CS 577, and CS 533/EE581 not taken to satisfy the required courses above.
CCN Project
The student must complete one of the following:
  1. CCN Internship (EE 595 / CS 595) 6 credits
    This project requirement may be waived with documentation of relevant industrial experience. The waiver must be approved by the Graduate Program Committee of the student's department in consultation with the CCN Director.

    If this requirement is waived, the student must take two additional courses from the list of elective courses above, or two additional courses approved by the department's Graduate Program Committee.
  2. Master's thesis in the area of computer and communications networks (9 credits)
Free Electives
To bring total to 33 credits, or 30 credits for students in the ECE Department completing a master's thesis. Courses may be chosen from relevant graduate-level courses in computer science, electrical and computer engineering, mathematics, or management. Some students in the computer science degree program will need to use these electives to satisfy the area requirements for the CS master's degree program.
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