TMGT 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 travel including rail, highway, air, pipeline and water transportation; comparative analysis of domestic and international systems; 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 the design and engineering of streets and highways, railroads and transit guideways, land transportation terminals, and air and water transportation facilities. Design considerations include system components, such as human factors, environmental constraints, and operational factors; Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and other emerging technologies.

TMGT 815: Computer Applications in Transportation (3)

This course is an introduction to basic computer software for planning and analysis of transportation operations. Both general purpose and specialized software in such areas as traffic engineering, highway operations, transit operations and transportation planning will be considered. Examples of software to be covered include CORSIM, TRANSYT-7F, INTEGRATION, SYNCHRO, HCS, QRS II, etc.

TMGT 820: Transportation Management & Policy (3)

This course presents elements of the transportation environment; formulation and determinants of national, regional and urban/rural transportation policy; roles of regulation and community attitudes; and other impacts on transportation policy.

TMGT 823: Economics of Transportation (3)

This course presents economic characteristics of selected transportation technologies; capital and operational costs of highway and public transportation modes; financing mechanisms and revenue sources for various modes; economic evaluation of alternative systems; cost effectiveness; micro-economic theoretical tools, investment appraisal, and pricing techniques.

TMGT 825: Marine Transport Systems (3)

This course presents types of ocean transportation and port facilities, role of port authorities in international transportation; domestic waterway operations; international water carriage; and elements and 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 to planning for public transportation services; long range versus short range planning; the program development process for transportation systems management (TSM) strategies and the comprehensive planning process; and alternative approaches to planning and citizen participation.

TMGT 840: Quantitative Analysis of Transportation (3)

This course is an introduction to analytic tools for operational and managerial decision making in transportation, including linear programming, dynamic programming, network analysis, queuing analysis and simulation.

TMGT 845: Transportation Systems Analysis (3)

This course presents the system approach and its application to transportation engineering and planning; the transportation industry as a productive system; the use of Transportation System Management (TSM) strategies; and systems analysis techniques including optimization, evaluation and systems modeling.

TMGT 850: Travel Demand Forecasting & Analysis (3)

This course presents travel demand forecasting theories and applications. It presents traditional four-step travel demand forecasting models: trip generation, trip distribution, modal split, and traffic assignment, as well as activity-based travel demand forecasting methods. Computer models to be covered include QRS II, EMME2, TransCad, and TRANSIM.
 

TMGT 855: Dynamics of Highway Systems Management (3)

This course presents a review of components of highway systems management, including design options, traffic control devices, pavement and lighting analysis and introduction of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) capabilities; examination of highway system organizations and roles within the transportation community, freeway surveillance, and incident management.

TMGT 860: Transportation Special Lectures (3)

This course invites transportation engineers, planners, and managers from both public and private organizations to give special lectures on various transportation topics.

TMGT 862: Highway Traffic Operations (3)

This course presents factors related to freeway operations and traffic signal operations: macroscopic and microscopic traffic stream characteristics, capacity analysis techniques, shockwave theory, freeway traffic management systems, freeway traffic simulations, and evaluation and optimization of traffic signal timings. Software to be covered in this course include HCS, INTEGRATION, CORSIM, and TRANSYT-7F.

TMGT 865: Traffic Signals and Signal Control (3)

This course will presents the basic elements of traffic signals and signal timings including controllers, cycle length, phase structure, offset, change interval, all-red-interval, and split-phase; signal warrants that are included in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD); traffic signal timing optimization and evaluation software such as TRANSYT-7F, PASSER, TEAPAC, SYNCHRO, CORSIM, etc.; real-time traffic signal control systems such as SCOOT, SCATS and RT-TRACS; and relations of traffic signal operations with other elements of ITS applications.

TMGT 870: Freight and Logistics Management (3)

This course presents U.S. and international movement of goods, including railroads, trucking, air carriers and ocean transport; coordination between the modes; principles of logistics management.

TMGT 875: Ports and Waterway (3)

This course presents problems and issues related to ports and waterway transportation.

TMGT 880: ITS Technologies and Applications (3)

This course introduces the basic concepts and applications of the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) technologies. Selected technologies in each category of ITS User Services that are defined in The National Architecture for ITS are introduced. Methodologies for evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of ITS systems will be introduced with an emphasis on the advanced simulation models. The selected deployment examples of ITS systems will be examined to identify the policy, institutional and technological barriers that effect the ITS development and deployment.

TMGT 890: Transportation Seminar (3)

This course provides an opportunity for students and the instructor to discuss recent developments and issues in transportation, i.e., policies, energy and environmental issues, notably implementation of the Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA); urban air quality and the economic impact of various strategies, and applications of advanced technologies in transportation including the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS).

TMGT 892: Problems in Transportation (3)

This course is an individual study of special problems, current and emerging issues in transportation conducted under supervision of a faculty member. Student must complete core curriculum prior to enrolling in this course. Approval of graduate advisor is required.

TMGT 895: Internship (3)

Students enrolled in this course are required to submit a written report of the internship or project experience, detailing the specific tasks performed, contributions and the organizational setting is required.

TMGT 899 Thesis (3)

Students enrolled in this course are required to submit a written research thesis. Thesis must be the product of independent research and must exhibit substantive depth, logical organization, and clarity of presentation. A faculty committee will evaluate the student’s progress, and the thesis. A thesis option student needs to enroll three times in this course in order to get the required 9 semester credit hours.

TMGT 842: Transportation Project Implementation (3)

Project implementation is a key outcome of the transportation planning and management process. Environmental impact statement, and citizen involvement are critical elements leading to implementation. Students enrolled in this course will learn the federal requirements and environmental process relating to transportation projects, project management strategies and software and learn how to incorporate citizen input into the design and implementation process.

TMGT 846: Transportation Infrastructure Management (3)

This course presents an integrated approach to the management of infrastructure systems. Analysis methods are developed recognizing the multidimensional nature of performance of facilities, resource constraints and technological innovations and institutional factors. Emphasis on an integrated approach to the design, construction, operations, maintenance and rehabilitation of facilities is through an understanding of the performance of facilities, approaches to management and available tools and developing technologies.

TMGT 882: Geographical Information Systems for Transportation (3)

This course will include three parts. The first part will introduce the basic concepts of GIS system, including the definition of GIS, the data structures that support spatial and attribute data, coordinate system, map projections and so on. In the second part, the basic skills of ArcGIS software package will be taught through lectures and laboratory work. The third part will introduce some feature GIS applications in transportation, such as GPS data analysis for deriving travel time information, transit bus stops and routes design, hurricane evacuation route design and monitoring, identifying hot spots of accidents, etc.

TMGT 885: Quantitative Assessment of Transportation Environmental Impact (3)

This course will include five parts. The first part will discuss the overall effects of transportation and related activities on the environment and present the indicators of these impacts. The second part will introduce the environmental laws and regulations in transportation and their roles in the project development process. The third part will focus on the air quality impacts of transportation. The fourth part of this course will focus on the transportation noise issues. In the last part of this course, the solutions or the traffic management strategies for mitigating the environmental impacts of transportation will be introduced.