RIT Offers Basic Telecommunications Course for Non-Techies

What’s the difference between a LAN, a MAN and a WAN? Can an ATM be used only for cash transactions?

Find out at Rochester Institute of Technology’s basic telecommunications training online course, starting Feb. 25. Telecommunications Basics, a six-week online course, provides a fundamental, technical overview of the telecom industry and all its concepts and terminology.

The course is targeted toward professionals with limited technical knowledge of telecommunications, such as vendors, suppliers, partners or employees of a telecom company in a non-technical role.

The program costs $750, which includes texts and software.

Corporate Education and Training is a business unit of the RIT Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies (CIMS), a world-class organization with a mission to increase the competitiveness of businesses through applied technology and training. Established in 1992, CIMS provides technology and workforce development solutions that strengthen industrial clients’ ability to compete in the global marketplace. CIMS’ business units also include the National Center for Remanufacturing and Resource Recovery, the Printing Applications Laboratory, and the Center for Excellence in Lean Enterprise. CIMS represents a dynamic collaboration of in-house technical experts, as well as academic, industry and government resources.