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13 courses with the subject ECET, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.

ECET 501Fundamentals of Communications Engineering3.0

Fundamentals of Communications Engineering. This course introduces basic modulation, deletion and coding techniques in modern telecommunications systems, including PAM and FSK, spread-spectrum and OFDM, ML receiver, ISI and equalization, compression code and coded modulation. May be repeated once for credit.

Subject
ECET
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit.
Edition
2026
Source
catalog.drexel.edu
ECET 511Physical Foundations of Telecommunications Networks3.0

Physical Foundations of Telecommunications Networks. Introduction to wired and wireless telecommunication systems. Review of wave propagation. Review of wireline transmission media. Modeling wireline and wireless point-to-point communication links. N-port linear networks and network analysis/parameters. Review of passive RF components, semiconductor devices. Optical communication devices: optical switches, couplers, isolators, sources, modulators, detectors, amplifiers. Overview of active circuits.

Subject
ECET
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
catalog.drexel.edu
ECET 512Wireless Systems3.0

Fundamentals of modern wireless systems. Fundamentals of radio propagation and link performance. Cellular concept: interference, base stations and cell sites, handoffs, system capacity. Fading environments: multipath propagation, delay spread, Doppler Spread, statistically fading channel models. Multiple-access schemes: FDMA, TDMA, CDMA, SDMA. Emerging methodologies: phases/adaptive antenna array, multi-array (MIMO) communication systems.

Subject
ECET
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
catalog.drexel.edu
ECET 513Wireless Networks3.0

Introduction to Wireless Networks, Evolution: 1G, 2G, 3G, Next-G. Wireless Networks Operation: Mobility and Resource Management, Security. Wireless WANs: GSM, CDMA, IS-95, and IMT-2000, Mobil Data Networks, Wireless LANs: 802.11, HIPERLAN, Ad Hoc Networks, Mobil IP. Next Generation Wireless Systems.

Subject
ECET
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
catalog.drexel.edu
ECET 602Information Theory and Coding3.0

This course introduces fundamental information theory and source and channel coding technology. Major topics include: entropy and mutual information, source coding theorem, Huffman code, rate-distortion function and vector quantization, channel capacity, channel coding theorem, linear block code, cyclic code, convolution code, Turbo code, LDPC code, trellis coded modulation, space-time code. May be repeated once for credit.

Subject
ECET
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit.
Edition
2026
Source
catalog.drexel.edu
ECET 603Optical Communications and Networks3.0

This course introduces fiber-optic based transmission and networking technology. Major topics include: Loss and dispersion characters of fiber, shot noise, modulation, line code, direct receiver, coherent receiver, link budget, optical layer, SONET, WDM, photonic packet switch, Hybrid systems (CATV).

Subject
ECET
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Repeatable
Can be repeated 1 times for 3 credits Prerequisites: ECET 501 [Min Grade: C] and ECET 511 [Min Grade: C]
Edition
2026
Source
catalog.drexel.edu
ECET 604Internet Laboratory3.0

This course aims to prepare the next generation of Internet engineers for the challenges of understanding, maintaining, and participating in an ever-evolving Internet through hands-on experiments on real networking equipment. The long term objective of the internet Laboratory course is to graduate students who can maintain, update, improve, and even redesign the Internet.

Subject
ECET
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
catalog.drexel.edu
ECET 697Research in Telecommunications1.0-12.0

Research credits in telecommunications. May be repeated for credit.

Subject
ECET
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
12
Credit unit
Credit
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated for credit.
Edition
2026
Source
catalog.drexel.edu
ECET 699Supervised Study in Telecommunications3.0

Supervised Study in Telecommunications Engineering. May be repeated for credit.

Subject
ECET
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated for credit.
Edition
2026
Source
catalog.drexel.edu
ECET 890Advanced Special Topics in Telecommunications1.0-9.0

Covers advanced special topics of interest to students and faculty.

Subject
ECET
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
9
Credit unit
Credit
Type
course
Repeatable
Can be repeated multiple times for credit
Edition
2026
Source
catalog.drexel.edu
ECET 898Master's Thesis in Telecommunications1.0-12.0

Master's thesis in telecommunications. May be repeated for credit.

Subject
ECET
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
12
Credit unit
Credit
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated for credit.
Edition
2026
Source
catalog.drexel.edu
ECET 997Dissertation Research in Telecommunications1.0-12.0

Graded Ph.D. dissertation in telecommunications engineering.

Subject
ECET
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
12
Credit unit
Credit
Type
course
Repeatable
Can be repeated multiple times for credit
Edition
2026
Source
catalog.drexel.edu
ECET 998Ph.D. Dissertation in Telecommunications1.0-12.0

Ph.D. Dissertation in Telecommunications. May be repeated for credit.

Subject
ECET
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
12
Credit unit
Credit
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated for credit.
Edition
2026
Source
catalog.drexel.edu

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