Transportation, M.S.

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Objective

The Master of Science in Transportation degree program provides an interdisciplinary curriculum in transportation that prepares students to assume professional positions in transportation engineering, planning, management, and analysis. Students can concentrate their studies on traffic operations engineering, transportation planning, transportation management, or freight transportation and logistics. With the approval of the transportation faculty, students may use appropriate courses in other disciplines to supplement the requirements of their program of study.

General Requirements

Candidates must select a thesis or non-thesis option.

All candidates for the degree who select the thesis option must complete thirty-six (36) credit hours (including TRSP 799 - Thesis Seminar in Transportation ) and submit an acceptable thesis.

Candidates selecting the non-thesis option must complete forty-two (42) credit hours and pass a written comprehensive examination. All students must complete the core requirements as indicated below.

Program of Study

Core Program

(Required of all students)

TRSP 601 - Introduction to Transportation Systems 3 Credits
TRSP 602 - Economics of Transportation 3 Credits
TRSP 603 - Quantitative Methods in Transportation 3 Credits
TRSP 620 - Transportation Systems Evaluation 3 Credits
TRSP 788 - Supervised Research 3 Credits
or
TRSP 789 - Supervised Research 3 credits.
TRSP 799 - Thesis Seminar in Transportation 3 Credits (Thesis option only)

Concentration Requirements

(Thesis Students must select 12 credit hours and non-thesis students must select 15 credit hours)

*Repeatable for only 6 credits toward degree

TRSP 513 - Transportation Internship 3 Credits
TRSP 514 - Advanced Transportation Internship 3 Credits
TRSP 604 - Operations Research Applications in Transportation 3 Credits
TRSP 605 - Transportation and Land Use Planning 3 Credits
TRSP 606 - Urban Public Transportation Systems 3 Credits
TRSP 607 - Freight Transportation Systems and Logistics 3 Credits
TRSP 608 - Advanced Logistics and Supply Chain Management 3 Credits
TRSP 609 - Transportation in Developing Countries 3 Credits
TRSP 610 - Management of Transportation Systems 3 Credits
TRSP 611 - Labor Relations in Transportation 3 Credits
TRSP 612 - Special Problems in Transportation 3 Credits *
TRSP 613 - Air Quality Planning and Noise Analysis 3 Credits
TRSP 614 - Air and Sea Port Management 3 credits.
TRSP 615 - Traffic and Highway Systems Design & Analysis 3 Credits
TRSP 616 - Microcomputer Applications in Transportation 3 Credits
TRSP 617 - Intelligent Transportation Systems 3 Credits
TRSP 618 - Advanced Urban Transportation Planning 3 Credits
TRSP 623 - Urban Infrastructure Planning and Management 3 Credits
TRSP 790 - Independent Study in Transportation 3-Jan Credits
TRSP 795 - Transportation Project I 2 Credits
TRSP 796 - Transportation Project II 2 Credits
TRSP 997 - Dissertation Guidance 3 Credits
TRSP 998 - Dissertation Seminar 3 credits.

Electives

(Thesis Students must select six credit hours and non-thesis students must select 12 credit hours)

Electives may be selected from all other Transportation and Urban Infrastructure Studies courses (see Course Descriptions ), plus courses from other departments such as City and Regional Planning, Civil Engineering, and the Earl G. Graves School of Business and Management. The Department encourages students to take courses from other departments that complement the degree program. However, for any course taken outside of the Department, it is necessary to gain approval from the student’s advisor to use a course for credit toward the degree.