| Master of Arts in Transportation and Logistics Management | |
The University System offers a graduate degree in Transportation and Logistics Management for (1) serving military transportation logisticians, transportation personnel, or related specialists (2) government or corporate civilians involved in the transportation industry on a local, regional, national, or global scale, and (3) individuals interested in joining the transportation industry that might lack professional expertise in the field. Portions of this program have been developed in partnership with USMMA GMATS.
Degree Program Objectives
In addition to the institutional and degree level learning outcomes objectives, the Master of Arts in Transportation and Logistics Management also seeks the following specific learning outcomes of its graduates. Graduates in this degree program will be able to do the following:- Apply economic principles to evaluate the performance of a transportation system.
- Analyze the history, pattern, and impact of laws and regulation on the various modes of transportation in the United States.
- Evaluate the importance of transportation at the organizational and national levels.
- Examine global transportation issues, to include systems, documentation, providers, and challenges in international transportation.
- Contrast and compare buyer/seller relationships, third-party relationships, negotiations, bidding, contracts and the challenges of relationship management in transportation.
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Degree Program Requirements
| Core Courses (15 semester hours) | | | | | - RC525 / TLMT525 - Research Methods in Transportation and Logistics Management
- DM560 / TLMT500 - History of Transportation
- DM563 / TLMT601 - Transportation Economics
- DM564 / TLMT603 - Strategic Inter-modal Transportation
- DM567 / TLMT611 - Global Logistics Management
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| Major Courses (select 15 semester hours) | | | | | General Concentration (Select 15 semester hours) - CR545 / SCMT545 - Airport Security Design
- CR547 / SCMT547 - Perimeter Security
- DM575 / TLMT502 - Comparative Transportation Systems
- DM568 / TLMT605 - Cargo Security Management
- DM645 / TLMT608 - Port Security
- DM561 / TLMT501 - Transportation Policy and Planning
- DM545 / TLMT600 - National Transportation Management
- DM565 / TLMT607 - Port and Terminal Operations
Concentration in Maritime Engineering Management (15 hours)
In order to enroll in this concentration, students must attend two two-week programs at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy’s Global and Maritime Transportation School (GMATS) and successfully pass each GMATS course with a 70% or better on the final examination. These two programs will be listed as graduate transfer credit to successfully meet this portion of the Major Course requirements.
Concentration Objectives
Upon successful completion of this program the student will be able to do the following:
- Evaluate Ship design proposals.
- Examine shipboard engineering operations to ensure compliance with health, safety and environmental regulations.
- Analyze the management of fleet and shipboard engineering operations.
- Develop an analytical framework using a variety of approaches to apply leadership and management theory and practice to address the challenges of maritime engineering in the 21st century.
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Concentration Requirements - DM536 / INFO531 - Management Information Systems
- DM522 / MGMT500 - Quality Management in Contemporary Organizations or DM580 / MGMT605 - Leadership
- DM544 / MGMT603 - Organizational Development
- DM585 - Maritime Engineering Management I: GMATS Shipyard Process Management [Not Available at AMU]
View Schedule - DM586 - Maritime Engineering Management II: GMATS Senior Vessel Management [Not Available at AMU]
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| Graduate Electives (select 6 semester hours) | | | | | From courses not taken to fulfill core or major requirements. | | | | |
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| End of Program Requirement - Select either Comprehensive Exam OR Capstone | | | | | - EM704 / TLMT698 - Comprehensive Examination - [0 semester hours) - Taken once all other requirements have been met.
- EM709 / TLMT699 - Master’s Capstone Seminar in Transportation and Logistics Management [3 semester hours] - The Capstone Seminar will satisfy an Elective requirement
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Total hours: 36 semester hours |
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