This Ontario College Advanced Diploma program prepares students for entry into the lucrative wireless/mobility industry. Students have the opportunity to develop essential skills and knowledge, beginning with electronics fundamentals and leading up to the current state-of-the-art wireless and related telecommunications technologies.

Students explore very large scale integration (VLSI) components, materials, specifications, and standards associated with mobile and fixed communications devices. Students are also exposed to wireless backhaul, wireless access systems, wireless platforms for communication systems integration, and the technologies to facilitate mobile multi-player gaming and computing.

Graduates of this program bring an additional level of both technical competence and project management to any position. With the additional time spent on faculty-supervised research projects, students expand their sense of the fiscal and logistical considerations that can turn proof-of-concept technologies into viable commercial products that can be marketed to both the private and public sectors.

Qualified students have the opportunity to participate in a cooperative employment placement in the expanding wireless industry. While employed, students gain invaluable experience and insight into the wireless/mobility industry while earning a reasonable salary.

SUCCESS FACTORS

This program is well-suited for students who:

• Like analyzing and solving problems.
• Enjoy working in a dynamically-driven environment.
• Enjoy a hands-on approach to learning the information and communications technology (ICT) industry.