astronomy

Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program

Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program rather than just read about it. In short: The Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program (its acronym is ITP) was a part of the University of Colorado at Boulder and offered graduate degrees in telecommunications: a Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Science in Telecommunications and a Master of Engineering in Telecommunications. It was the oldest telecommunications program in the United States and was founded in 1971 by Frank S.

Key takeaways

Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program (its acronym is ITP) was a part of the University of Colorado at Boulder and offered graduate degrees in telecommunications: a Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Science in Telecommunications and a Master of Engineering in Telecommunications. It was the oldest telecommunications program in the United States and was founded in 1971 by Frank S. Barnes (Engineering) and George Codding (deceased, International Relations). Since its inception, ITP took an interdisciplinary approach to telecommunications, involving the study of engineering, law, politics, economics and business. Over the course of the past 35 years, ITP has graduated approximately 2,000 alumni who are in various positions around the world as CEOs, government officials, and management. In 2004, ITP founder Frank S. Barnes was awarded the prestigious Gordon Prize for having founded ITP due to its innovative character and the influence that it has had within academia and industry. As the first program of its kind in the United States, it broke ground for the many academic programs that followed. When Peterson's first started listing telecommunications programs in 1996, the director of ITP was asked to write the introduction on the topic for Peterson's publisher. There is no question that many other prominent university programs have been directly influenced by ITP. For further information, there is now a consortium of universities that teach the telecommunications discipline, known as ITERA.

The New ITP In 2019, ITP was incorporated into the Department of Computer Science. This merge resulted in ITP being separated into two individual degrees: 1) Network Engineering and 2) Technology, Cybersecurity and Policy (TCP). The hands-on, technical piece of ITP was branched to form a Professional Master's of Science in Network Engineering degree, and the cybersecurity focus of ITP was branched into a new degree (TCP). These new degrees build on the historical success of CU Boulder’s ITP, and are a well-recognized source of talented individuals for the communications industry, with employment success rates approaching 100%.

Prominent alumni Sharon K. Black, ITP's first graduate (class of 1971) international lawyer, adjunct professor and author of the book Telecommunications Law in the Internet Age (ISBN 1-55860-546-0) Claus F. Kroeger, Senior Vice President, Operations, Cox Communications Michelle A. McClure, lawyer and partner at the Washington D.C. communications law firm Irwin, Campbell & Tannenwald, P.C. Thomas E Moore, founder and former CEO of Wild Blue David Weiss, former Chairman, President and CEO of StorageTek (now part of Sun Microsystems) Hari V. Krishnan, CEO, PropertyGuru Group. ex-MD, APAC for LinkedIn (hired as first employee based in Asia).

External links Network Engineering Home Page Bernard M. Gordon Prize Home Page

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program

In research: Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Colorado school stubs, Telecommunication education, University of Colorado Boulder, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program in simple terms?

Why does Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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