Transportation Systems Management (MS)

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Transportation is a dynamic field with many aspects. The Master of Science in Transportation Management prepares students from any sufficiently analytical undergraduate background for advanced positions in the private, public or non-profit sector as well as for advanced graduate study. Students complete the program core, subject to options indicated there, plus a specialization for a total of 32-36 units.

The program core provides students with a broad, interdisciplinary basis for understanding transportation systems and needs. A required specialization of the student’s choosing provides depth in a focused aspect of transportation systems relating to a particular set of methods or problem domain. Students learn:

the design, provision, operation, and effectiveness of transportation services in the larger context of economic and social systems;
how organizations can best adapt to changes affecting the transportation environment in which services are demanded and provided, including the relationships between transportation, technology, information services, and regulatory requirements; and
to characterize, analyze and address complex transportation problems at the system level by relying on both theory and applied analytical methods.

For Admission Requirements, refer to .

Program Core (21-24 Units)

The core consists of six courses for a total of 21-23 units. Students should complete all core courses, subject to the options indicated below.

SAE 515 Sustainable Infrastructure Systems Units: 4
or
SAE 541 Systems Engineering Theory and Practice Units: 3
or
SAE 549 Systems Architecting Units: 3
CE 501 Construction Practices Units: 4
or
ISE 500 Statistics for Engineering Managers Units: 4
SSCI 581 Concepts for Spatial Thinking Units: 4
Any three of the following four courses:
CE 582 Transportation System Security and Emergency Management Units: 4
CE 584 Intelligent Transportation Systems Units: 4
CE 585 Traffic Engineering and Control Units: 4
CE 589 Port Engineering: Planning and Operational Analysis Units: 4

Specialization in Transportation Infrastructure Systems (11-12 Units)

This specialization consists of three courses for a total of 11-12 units, and is for students with an undergraduate background in science or engineering.

CE 471 Principles of Transportation Engineering Units: 4
CE 583 Design of Transportation Facilities Units: 4
CE 586 Modeling Transportation Network Supply and Demand Units: 4
or
CE 588 Railroad Engineering Units: 3

Specialization in Geographic Information Systems (12 Units)

This specialization consists of three courses for a total of 12 units. and and may be taken in any order after , but should be taken after .

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Specialization in Data Science (12 Units)

This specialization consists of three courses for a total of 12 units. and may be completed in any order, but both should be completed before .

Specialization in Systems Architecting (12 Units)

This specialization consists of four courses for a total of 12 units, and is for students with an undergraduate background in science or engineering. A single course may not be used to satisfy both a core requirement and a specialization requirement.

Specialization in Transportation Planning (12 Units)

This specialization consists of two required courses, and , and one elective course for a total of 12 units.