Auburn University First To Offer Wireless Degree

EyesWideOpen writes "Auburn University in Alabama will become the first school in the country to offer a four-year bachelor's degree in the study of wireless technology this fall. Since its inception three months ago an estimated 30 to 50 students have signed up for Auburn's wireless engineering program. 'All engineering students are expected to complete liberal arts and general engineering classes the first two years of school. They then can focus on wireless during their last two years of study by taking courses such as Wireless Design Lab, RF Devices and Circuits, and 3G and 4G Wireless.'"

Comments

Re:Electrical Engineering

[Chundra]

Well it's like a degree in EE but with no strings attached. *cough*

Wireless?

[Anonymous Coward]

Oh, great. That ranks up there with a degree in Communications.

Re:Why is this a separate degree?

[kemster]

First of all, it shouldn't take four years to learn most of how any kind of networking works.

Maybe you missed the fact that the students are at Auburn University...

Alabamer

[LordNimon]

"It's really neat that you can communicate just through the air," Trueblood said in an interview over his cell phone. "Without wires you aren't limited to one specific area. Wherever I go, people can call me. There are a lot of advantages to that."

With such insightful commentary from Auburn's engineering students, it's no wonder that Alabama is such a hotbed of intellectualism.