CURRICULUM SUMMARY1. Foundations (Core Courses) ...................................................................................... 15 SCHTMGT 810 (3) TMGT 812 (3)TMGT 815 (3) TMGT 823 (3)TMGT 830 (3)2. Concentration and Electives................................................................................... 15-21 SCHA. PlanningTMGT 820 (3) TMGT 840 (3) TMGT 845 (3)TMGT 850 (3) TMGT 855 (3) TMGT 862 (3)TMGT 865 (3) TMGT 880 (3) TMGT 890 (3)B. Policy and AdministrationTMGT 820 (3) TMGT 825 (3) TMGT 840 (3)TMGT 845 (3) TMGT 865 (3) TMGT 870 (3)TMGT 880 (3) TMGT 890 (3) TMGT 892 (3)C. SYSTEM ANALYSISTMGT 840 (3) TMGT 845 (3) TMGT 850 (3)TMGT 855 (3) TMGT 862 (3) TMGT 865 (3)TMGT 880 (3) TMGT 890 (3) TMGT 892 (3)3. Integrative Component ............................................................................................... 3-9 SCHTMGT 895 (3) TMGT 899 (9)COURSE DESCRIPTIONSMaster of Science in Transportation Planning & Manag<strong>em</strong>entTMGT 810 Fundamentals of Transportation (3) This course presents an introduction to the organizational, economic,social, and environmental aspects of transportation; historical development and characteristics of various modes of travelincluding rail, highway, air, pipeline and water transportation; comparative analysis of domestic and international syst<strong>em</strong>s;and administration of public transportation by providers, carriers and government.TMGT 812 Principles of Transportation Design & Engineering (3) This course presents criteria and parameters for thedesign and engineering of streets and highways, railroads and transit guideways, land transportation terminals, and air andwater transportation facilities. Design considerations include syst<strong>em</strong> components, such as human factors, environmentalconstraints, and operational factors; Intelligent Transportation Syst<strong>em</strong>s (ITS) and other <strong>em</strong>erging technologies.TMGT 815 Computer Applications in Transportation (3) This course is an introduction to basic computer software forplanning and analysis of transportation operations. Both general purpose and specialized software in such areas as trafficengineering, highway operations, transit operations and transportation planning will be considered. Examples of softwareto be covered include CORSIM, TRANSYT-7F, INTEGRATION, SYNCHRO, HCS, QRS II, etc.TMGT 820 Transportation Manag<strong>em</strong>ent & Policy (3) This course presents el<strong>em</strong>ents of the transportation environment;formulation and determinants of national, regional and urban/rural transportation policy; roles of regulation and communityattitudes; and other impacts on transportation policy.64
TMGT 823 Economics of Transportation (3) This course presents economic characteristics of selected transportationtechnologies; capital and operational costs of highway and public transportation modes; financing mechanisms and revenuesources for various modes; economic evaluation of alternative syst<strong>em</strong>s; cost effectiveness; micro-economic theoreticaltools, investment appraisal, and pricing techniques.TMGT 825 Marine Transport Syst<strong>em</strong>s (3) This course presents types of ocean transportation and port facilities, role ofport authorities in international transportation; domestic waterway operations; international water carriage; and el<strong>em</strong>entsand factors involved in international trade and their impact on transportation and marketing.TMGT 830 Urban Transportation Planning (3) This course presents perspectives on the context and approaches toplanning for public transportation services; long range versus short range planning; the program development process fortransportation syst<strong>em</strong>s manag<strong>em</strong>ent (TSM) strategies and the comprehensive planning process; and alternative approachesto planning and citizen participation.TMGT 840 Quantitative Analysis of Transportation (3) This course is an introduction to analytic tools for operationaland managerial decision making in transportation, including linear programming, dynamic programming, network analysis,queuing analysis and simulation.TMGT 845 Transportation Syst<strong>em</strong>s Analysis (3) This course presents the syst<strong>em</strong> approach and its application to transportationengineering and planning; the transportation industry as a productive syst<strong>em</strong>; the use of Transportation Syst<strong>em</strong>Manag<strong>em</strong>ent (TSM) strategies; and syst<strong>em</strong>s analysis techniques including optimization, evaluation and syst<strong>em</strong>s modeling.TMGT 850 Travel D<strong>em</strong>and Forecasting & Analysis (3) This course presents travel d<strong>em</strong>and forecasting theories andapplications. It presents traditional four-step travel d<strong>em</strong>and forecasting models: trip generation, trip distribution, modalsplit, and traffic assignment, as well as activity-based travel d<strong>em</strong>and forecasting methods. Computer models to be coveredinclude QRS II, EMME2, TransCad, and TRANSIM.TMGT 855 Dynamics of Highway Syst<strong>em</strong>s Manag<strong>em</strong>ent (3) This course presents a review of components of highwaysyst<strong>em</strong>s manag<strong>em</strong>ent, including design options, traffic control devices, pav<strong>em</strong>ent and lighting analysis and introduction ofIntelligent Transportation Syst<strong>em</strong>s (ITS) capabilities; examination of highway syst<strong>em</strong> organizations and roles within thetransportation community, freeway surveillance, and incident manag<strong>em</strong>ent.TMGT 862 Highway Traffic Operations (3) This course presents factors related to freeway operations and traffic signaloperations: macroscopic and microscopic traffic stream characteristics, capacity analysis techniques, shock wave theory,freeway traffic manag<strong>em</strong>ent syst<strong>em</strong>s, freeway traffic simulations, and evaluation and optimization of traffic signal timings.Software to be covered in this course includes HCS, INTEGRATION, CORSIM, and TRANSYT-7F.TMGT 865 Traffic Signals and Signal Control (3) This course will presents the basic el<strong>em</strong>ents of traffic signals and signaltimings including controllers, cycle length, phase structure, offset, change interval, all-red-interval, and split-phase; signalwarrants that are included in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD); traffic signal timing optimizationand evaluation software such as TRANSYT-7F, PASSER, TEAPAC, SYNCHRO, CORSIM, etc.; real-time traffic signalcontrol syst<strong>em</strong>s such as SCOOT, SCATS and RT-TRACS; and relations of traffic signal operations with other el<strong>em</strong>ents ofITS applications.TMGT 870 Freight and Logistics Manag<strong>em</strong>ent (3)This course presents U.S. and international mov<strong>em</strong>ent of goods, including railroads, trucking, air carriers and ocean transport;coordination between the modes; principles of logistics manag<strong>em</strong>ent.TMGT 880 ITS Technologies and Applications (3) This course introduces the basic concepts and applications of theIntelligent Transportation Syst<strong>em</strong>s (ITS) technologies. Selected technologies in each category of ITS User Services that aredefined in The National Architecture for ITS are introduced. Methodologies for evaluating the effectiveness and efficiencyof ITS syst<strong>em</strong>s will be introduced with an <strong>em</strong>phasis on the advanced simulation models. The selected deployment examplesof ITS syst<strong>em</strong>s will be examined to identify the policy, institutional and technological barriers that effect the ITS developmentand deployment.65