Course Catalog

On this page you will find information about what courses are being offered by which universities along with some cursory directions for registering for these courses via the offering university's Web site. This page will be updated regularly, so check back often to see what courses are available.

Courses for Winter and Spring 2010

Course Title: Transportation Systems and the Environment
Offered: Spring Semester 2010

City University of New York
The College of Staten Island
Environmental Science Program

Instructors: Jonathan Peters (email: jpeters@mail.csi.cuny.edu)
Michael Kress (email: kress@postbox.csi.cuny.edu)

Course Description: Students will be expected to understand how transportation systems affect pollution, land use, global warming and energy consumption; and how to measure modal congestion and transportation services, including managing transportation incentives such as congestion pricing and subsidies.

Admissions Website: http://www.csi.cuny.edu/admissions/grad/forms.html

Steps to Register

Log onto website
Scroll down to "Visiting/ Non-Degree Graduate Student"
Click on "Visiting/ Non-Degree Graduate Student"
Complete application form and send to following address:

            College of Staten Island/CUNY
            Office of Recruitment and Admissions
            2800 Victory Boulevard, Building (2A), Room 103
            Staten Island, NY 10314

Course Title: Transport Geography
Offered: Spring Semester 2010

Hofstra University
Department of Global Studies and Geography

Instructor: Jean-Paul Rodrigue (email: Jean-paul.rodrigue@hofstra.edu)

Course Description: This course provides a brief history of and describes the emergence of transportation systems as an essential economic factor of production. It includes personal transport and commercial systems; supply and demand functions; and covers the relationships of highway, rail, maritime, air, inter-modal systems, ports, and harbors.

Admissions website: http://www.hofstra.edu/Academics/grad/grad_apply.html

Steps to Register

Long onto website
Click on "Apply Online"
Click on "First Time User Log-On"
Create Log-In ID and Password
Click on "Graduate Distance Learning"
Input information and click on "Fill Application"

Course Title: Transportation and Distribution (SCM 810)
Offered: Spring Semester 2010

Pennsylvania State University
Department of Supply Chain Management and Information Systems

Instructor: Supply Chain Management Faculty

Course Description: This course focuses on the economic conditions, managerial strategies, governmental policies, and other phenomena which affect the demand for and supply of transport and distribution services-the delivery portion of the supply chain.

Admissions website: http://www.gradsch.psu.edu/portal/

Steps to Register

Log onto website
Click on "Apply Now" box
Click on second bullet: "I am a first-time applicant for non-degree admission" and click proceed at bottom of page
"Friends of Penn State (FPS)" window opens
Click on "Create and Account" at top and follow further registration directions

Course Title: Critical Infrastructure Protection in Theory, Policy, and Practice (PUBP 710)
Offered: Spring Semester 2010

George Mason University

Instructor: Christine Pommerening (email: cpommere@gmu.edu)

Course Description: Modern societies with their interdependent social, technical, and political systems are subject to a variety of risks, traditionally viewed as a function of threats, vulnerabilities, and consequences. To deal with these risks, pubic and private actors usually design policies along a continuum of planning, preparedness, response, and recovery. Recent discussions have also suggested concepts such as resilience as a strategic policy objective for homeland security and critical infrastructure protection.

This course will introduce critical infrastructure protection as a policy field, examine its institutional framework, and consider its foundations in organizational theory. References will include works by Aaron Wildavsky, Charles Perrow, Louise Comfort, and others.

Admissions website: http://admissions.gmu.edu/ApplyNow/

Steps to Register

Log onto website
Click on "Click here to apply online"
Scroll down page and click on "First time user account creation"
Create a log-in ID and PIN
Follow further registration directions

Course Title: Transport Planning and Policy (PUBP 718)
Offered: Spring Semester 2010

George Mason University
Instructor: John McClain (email: jmcclai@gmu.edu)

Course Description: This course is designed to introduce the student to transportation planning and policy, including trends, issues, and tools. Topics include: concepts and issues; regional planning; transportation management; information technology and ITS; public transportation issues; land use and transportation; critical infrastructure protection; GIS; and travel demand modeling.

Admissions website: http://admissions.gmu.edu/ApplyNow/

Steps to Register

Log onto website
Click on "Click here to apply online"
Scroll down page and click on "First time user account creation"
Create a log-in ID and PIN
Follow further registration directions

Course Title: Public Transportation
Offered: Spring Semester 2010

North Dakota State University

Instructor: Jill Hough (email: Jill.hough@ndsu.edu)

Course Description: This public transportation course will include concepts and models used in the transit industry for both rural and urban settings. Policy issues, government's role in transit, transit planning, demand forecasting, performance evaluation, and systems costing will be discussed. Students will have the opportunity to work on projects directly related to a transit system. Several industry experts will provide lectures throughout the course. The course objectives are to provide the student with an understanding and knowledge of the history, institutions, terminology, and the issues particular to public transportation policy, planning and management, and an introduction to employment opportunities in the transit industry for those students with career interests in the area.

Admissions website: https://apply.embark.com/grad/ndsu/15/

Steps to Register

Log onto website
Click on "Create and Account"
Complete Registration Information

Course Title: Transportation Planning and Modeling
Offered: Winter Quarter 2010 (starting January 2010)

University of California, Santa Barbara

Instructor: Kostas Goulias (email: kostasgoulias@gmail.com)

Course Description: Students will acquire basic knowledge on the history and recent developments in transportation planning problems and quantitative methods and review issues, problems, solutions, policies, plans, and technologies along with transportation systems simulation and policy analysis using activity-based approaches, the four-step model, and other techniques along with a review of survey design, data collection, data analysis, and applications in planning, design and operations.

Admissions website: https://www.graddiv.ucsb.edu/eapp/startapp.cfm

Steps to Register

Click on listed Admissions website
Select Major from "drop down box"
Select academic semester of course for "Admit Quarter"
Select "EAP Reciprocity or Non-Degree Objective" option
Input additional information to create and application account and log-in
After receiving an "Applicant Reference ID number" click "Begin my Application"
Complete "Degree Program and Offerings" pages
Complete remaining application questions and requirements

Course Title: Travel Behavior Analysis
Offered: Spring Quarter 2010 (starting March 2010)

University of California, Santa Barbara

Instructor: Kostas Goulias (email: kostasgoulias@gmail.com)

Course Description: Students will explore activity-based and trip-based approaches to travel demand forecasting, review cross-sectional and longitudinal travel surveys and statistical inference; become familiar with single-level and multi-level linear and non-linear regression models, discrete dependent variables, contingency tables, limited dependent variables, latent variables, and their application to substantive questions in travel behavior using single equation and multi-equation approaches.

Admissions website: https://www.graddiv.ucsb.edu/eapp/startapp.cfm

Steps to Register

Click on listed Admissions website
Select Major from "drop down box"
Select academic semester of course for "Admit Quarter"
Select "EAP Reciprocity or Non-Degree Objective" option
Input additional information to create and application account and log-in
After receiving an "Applicant Reference ID number" click "Begin my Application"
Complete "Degree Program and Offerings" pages
Complete remaining application questions and requirements

Courses for Summer 2010

Course Title: Strategic Procurement (SCM 820)
Offered: Fall Semester 2010

Pennsylvania State University
Department of Supply Chain Management and Information Systems

Instructor: Supply Chain Management Faculty

Course Description: The course provides a special emphasis on the development and management of strategic sourcing relationships and promotes an understanding of the strategic role of supply management in effective supply/demand/value chain operations. By utilizing problem-based learning and emphasis on the case method, the student learns by establishing a practical "hands on" experience through an actual negotiations simulation exercise. The goal is to learn through the application of course materials to relevant supply management case problems and scenarios. Collaboration in case preparation is required. Online discussions, "what if scenarios", and use of contemporary problems enhance the learning experience.

Admissions website: http://www.gradsch.psu.edu/portal/

Steps to Register

Log onto website
Click on "Apply Now" box
Click on second bullet: "I am a first-time applicant for non-degree admission" and click proceed at bottom of page
"Friends of Penn State (FPS)" window opens
Click on "Create and Account" at top and follow further registration directions

Course Title: Special Topics - Advanced Infrastructure Management (CEIG 667)

Offered: Summer 2010 (Special Intensive Session June 14-25, 2010)

University of Delaware

Instructor: Sue McNeil (email: smcneil@udel.edu) and others

Course Description: This course provide in-depth knowledge and skills in advanced topics related to infrastructure management. Topics include data management, level of service, sensors and instrumentation, economics and finance, deterioration modeling, risk analysis and reliability, optimization, and research methods. presents a unified approach to the management of civil infrastructure systems. Each topic will taught as a module during an intensive two-week long "boot camp". Prerequisites: Graduate level course in infrastructure management or civil infrastructure systems or pavement management or bridge management, basic undergraduate course in engineering economics and statistics.

Admissions website: https://www.engr.udel.edu/forms/outreach/course-app.html

Steps to Register

Contact Kathy Werrell (werrell@udel.edu; 302-831-4863) for detailed admissions procedures.

Courses for Fall 2010

Course Title: Intelligent Transportation Systems

Offered: Fall Semester 2010

University of Massachusetts

Civil and Environmental Engineering Department

Instructor: John Collura (email: collura@ecs.umass.edu)

Course Description: Under development

Admissions Website: http://www.umass.edu/gradschool/prospective_students_non_degree_information.htm

Steps to Register

Click on "Non-Degree Application"
Complete application
Mail to graduate records office, listed on application with materials

Course Title: Transportation and Air Quality (CE 295)
Offered: Fall Semester 2010

University of Vermont

Department of Civil and Environemental Engineering

Instructor: Britt A. Holmen (email: baholmen@cems.uvm.edu)

Course Description:
This course quantifies the impact of transportation on air quality including mobile source regulatory framework; internal combustion engine emissions and testing methodologies, secondary pollutant formation; driver behavior and emissions; laboratory vs. real-world emissions; and alternative fuels. Students will gain critical understanding of the theory, structure, functioning, and application of the major air quality models currently used for mobile source emissions estimation. They will also understand individual model components for the major models currently in use and the sources of error and statistical methods used in model estimation and forecasting.

Admissions Website: http://learn.uvm.edu/?Page=register_now.html

Steps to Register

Log onto website
Click on "Registration Option"
Call UVM at (800) 639-3210 or Scroll down page and click on "New Students- Use this form"
After reading the info, click "Begin Pre-Registration Now"
Follow further registration directions and complete form

Course Title: Transportation Finance and Economics

Offered: Fall Semester 2010

City University of New York
The College of Staten Island
Environmental Science Program

Instructor: Jonathan Peters (email: jpeters@mail.csi.cuny.edu)

Course Description: The goal of this course is to provide students with a comprehensive introduction to the economic theory and practices of transportation systems. A particular focus will be placed on demand management and road pricing. In addition, we will review the current literature on transportation finance reform as well a public private partnerships and public benefit corporations. Current readings from transportation journals will bring state of the art practices to the course.

Admissions Website: http://www.csi.cuny.edu/admissions/grad/forms.html

Steps to Register

Log onto website
Scroll down to "Visiting/ Non-Degree Graduate Student"
Click on "Visiting/ Non-Degree Graduate Student"
Complete application form and send to following address:

            College of Staten Island/CUNY
            Office of Recruitment and Admissions
            2800 Victory Boulevard, Building (2A), Room 103
            Staten Island, NY 10314

Course Title: Conflict Management and Negotiation

Offered: Fall 2010

New York University

Wagner Graduate School of Public Service

Instructor: Allen J. Zerkin (email: allen.zerkin@nyu.edu)

Course Description: The public/non profit administrator, whether primarily concerned with management, policy or finance, is called upon to manage or becomes involved in a wide variety of conflicts. Conflict is ubiquitous-within and between organizations and agencies, between citizens and agencies. The increasing complexity and interrelatedness of the issues that the public sector is called upon to address, and the increasing sophistication and engagement of groups representing both public and private interests, compounds the challenge. In this environment, it is essential for public and non-profit administrators to know how to manage conflict effectively.

Through readings, discussions, and simulations students will develop an understanding of conflict dynamics and the art and science of negotiation and will be introduced to the role that can be played by conflict resolution techniques such as mediation. The course will emphasize the theoretical as well as the practical, the reflective as well as the applied.

Admission Website: https://app.applyyourself.com/?id=nyu-sps

Steps to Register

Log onto website
Click on "Create and Account"
Complete Account Profile
Scroll down and click "Create Account"
Write down PIN and click "login"
Agree to application terms and click continue
Follow application requirements

Course Title: Supply Chain Management (SCM 800)

Offered: Fall Semester 2010

Pennsylvania State University
Department of Supply Chain Management and Information Systems

Instructor: Supply Chain Management Faculty

Course Description: This course provides an introduction to the strategic framework, issues, methods for integrating supply and demand management within and across companies. Provides and enhanced understanding of key concepts in supply chain management. Supply chain management is defined as "the integration of key business processes from the end user through the original suppliers that provides products, services, and information that add value for customers."

Admissions website: http://www.gradsch.psu.edu/portal/

Steps to Register

Log onto website
Click on "Apply Now" box
Click on second bullet: "I am a first-time applicant for non-degree admission" and click proceed at bottom of page
"Friends of Penn State (FPS)" window opens
Click on "Create and Account" at top and follow further registration directions

Course Title: Supply Chain Project Management (SCM 840)

Offered: Fall Semester 2010

Pennsylvania State University
Department of Supply Chain Management and Information Systems

Instructor: Supply Chain Management Faculty

Course Description: This course explores the examples, concepts and tools of managing supply chain projects, including project activity that requires a commitment of resources and people to an often strategically important undertaking that is not repetitive and short term. Special emphasis is given to its related projects in supply chains. A human relation based course that identifies the significant challenges of managing individuals on project teams.

Admissions website: http://www.gradsch.psu.edu/portal/

Steps to Register

Log onto website
Click on "Apply Now" box
Click on second bullet: "I am a first-time applicant for non-degree admission" and click proceed at bottom of page
"Friends of Penn State (FPS)" window opens
Click on "Create and Account" at top and follow further registration directions

Course Title: Transportation System Security and Safety

Offered: Fall Semester 2010

George Mason University

Department of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering

Instructor: Michael Bronzini (email: mbronzin@.gmu.edu)

Course Description: This course covers current issues in transportation security, including the roles of federal, state and local organizations; highway systems; transit systems; rail systems; passenger security; freight security; human factors; and planning for security.

Admissions website: http://admissions.gmu.edu/ApplyNow/

Steps to Register

Log onto website
Click on "Click here to apply online"
Scroll down page and click on "First time user account creation"
Create a log-in ID and PIN
Follow further registration directions

Course Title: Transportation Systems
Offered: Fall Semester 2010

George Mason University
Instructor: Jonathan Gifford (email: jgifford@gmu.edu)

Course Description: The course aims to provide an environment for students to learn essentials facts, and to develop models and frameworks for understanding the planning, development and deployment of transportation systems. An essential characteristic of transportation systems is their socio-economic nature, their being comprised of technical and social components. A combination of lectures, case studies, and role playing will be used.

The course will be successful if the student has developed a worldview on transportation and an appreciation of the merits and demerits of various points of view on transportation issues. The course seeks to inculcate an integrated understanding of transportation issues. While many of the lectures will focus on specific transportation modes, there are a number of opportunities to see relationships between modes, in their structure and function, and the learning that occurs as one mode adopts the successful and unsuccessful attributes of others.

Admissions website: http://admissions.gmu.edu/ApplyNow/

Steps to Register

Log onto website
Click on "Click here to apply online"
Scroll down page and click on "First time user account creation"
Create a log-in ID and PIN
Follow further registration directions

Course Title: Management of Civil Infrastructure and Systems

Offered: Fall Semester 2010

University of Delaware

Instructor: Sue McNeil (email: mcneil@ce.udel.edu)

Course Description: This course presents a unified approach to the management of civil infrastructure systems. Topics of discussion include analytical methods, development of data collection technologies, life cycle cost, prioritization, and optimization. Software tools for infrastructure management decision making are introduced and critical infrastructure protection are addressed. Types of infrastructure considered in the course include pavements (roads and airports), bridges, drainage and sewer systems, water supply systems, and power supply systems.

Admissions website: https://chico.nss.udel.edu/gradappPS/

Steps to Register

Log on website
Click on "Start Here" first time applicant
Complete applicant information and select Civil Engineering Major (MCE)
Fill in remaining application requirements

Course Title: Transportation and Land Use

Offered: Fall Semester 2010

University of South Florida

Instructor: Steve Polzin (email: polzin@cutr.usf.edu)

Course Description: This course provides a study of urban development and the relationships between transportation and land use. Topics include the economic theory of urban form, travel behavior and trip generation, growth management, urban design, and land use forecasting.

Admissions website: https://www.registrar.usf.edu/applications/alternative_calendar/

Steps to Register

Log onto website (can also apply at any USF campus)
Input social security number for student ID and select academic term
Click on "Apply-Click Here"
Scroll down page and click box to agree to terms and conditions of application process
Click on: "New User? Create log-in ID and Password"
Follow further registration instructions

Course Title: ITS in Transportation

Offered: Fall Semester 2010

University of Utah

Instructor: Peter Martin (email: peter@trafficlab.utah.edu)

Course Description: Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) are the collective application of the following information and control technologies for surface transportation: operating surface transportation systems more effectively, moving goods more efficiently by connecting modes of transport, intelligently satisfying the demand for mobility and access, and promoting modal shift by encouraging car pools, van pools, and the use of public transportation. This course will equip students to acquire a basic understanding of the field of ITS and build a critical view of the state-of -the-art.

Admissions website: https://www.acs.utah.edu/prod/bin/student/admission-application?targetPage=AdmApplicationInformationPage&cmd=init

Steps to Register

Log onto website
Input student information and press continue
Click "Continue" again
Select Semester and input year
Input "Citzenship Information" and click continue
Select "Non-Matriculated"
Follow further registration instructions

The Transportation Leadership Graduate Certificate Program

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