Master of Engineering in Transportation Engineering

The Master of Engineering in Transportation Engineering is a coursework-only, professionally-oriented degree program that permit a concentration in preparation for engineering practice. With a Master of Engineering in Transportation Engineering degree, a student will be a qualified transportation planner, traffic engineer, and traffic safety engineer. Additionally, the student will be trained to understand and evaluate the socioeconomic impacts of transportation and infrastructure engineering projects. Up to 12 credit hours of 400-level undergraduate coursework may be included in the program with prior adviser approval. No thesis or comprehensive examination is required for completion of the degree.

Curriculum

Required Courses (9-10)
Select a minimum of three courses from the following with adviser consent:9-10
Statistical Analysis of Engineering Data3
Demand Models for Urban Transportation3
Urban Transportation Planning4
Public Transportation Systems3
Transportation Systems Management3
Transportation Systems Evaluation3
Systems Analysis in Civil Engineering3
Statistical Models and Methods3
Elective Courses (20-21)
Select 20-21 credit hours from the following: 120-21
Facility Design of Transportation Systems3
Railroad Engineering and Design3
Introduction to Transportation Engineering and Design3
Probability Concepts in Civil Engineering Design3
Advanced Bridge Engineering3
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems3
Pavement Evaluation and Management3
Traffic Operations and Flow Theory3
Advanced Traffic Engineering3
Transportation Economics, Development and Policy3
Transportation Asset Management3
Economic Decision Analysis in Civil Engineering3
Intelligent Transportation Systems3
Algorithms in Transportation3
Special Problems0-3
Mathematical Modeling3
Stochastic Processes3
Mathematical Statistics3
Regression3
Monte Carlo Methods3
Data Preparation and Analysis3
Bayesian Computational Statistics3

Minimum degree credits required: 30

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If more than three courses from the required courses list are taken, those additional courses can be applied as electives