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TLMT502 - Comparative Transportation Systems

Course Details

Course Code: TLMT502 Course ID: 2703 Credit Hours: 3 Level: Graduate

This course is designed to provide students with a solid knowledge of multi-modal transportation systems, the characteristics of individual transportation modes, international differences in transportation management, and transportation economics as they apply to multi-modal transportation management. Topics include comparative analysis of the various modes (motor carriers, railroads, water carriers, air carriers and pipelines), international differences in transportation management, economics of transportation systems, and the role of transportation systems in the modern organization.





Course Schedule

Registration Dates Course Dates Session Weeks
11/26/18 - 05/03/19 05/06/19 - 06/30/19 Spring 2019 Session I 8 Week session
12/31/18 - 05/31/19 06/03/19 - 07/28/19 Spring 2019 Session D 8 Week session
01/28/19 - 06/28/19 07/01/19 - 08/25/19 Summer 2019 Session B 8 Week session
02/25/19 - 08/02/19 08/05/19 - 09/29/19 Summer 2019 Session I 8 Week session
03/25/19 - 08/30/19 09/02/19 - 10/27/19 Summer 2019 Session D 8 Week session
04/29/19 - 10/04/19 10/07/19 - 12/01/19 Fall 2019 Session B 8 Week session

Current Syllabi

After successfully completing this course, students will fulfill the following Learning Objectives (LO):

  1. Assess the impact of public policy on the development of the nation’s transportation structure.
  2. Define the elements of an integrated, intermodal transportation policy.
  3. Appraise transportation system components
  4. Evaluate the development of the air transport system.
  5. Evaluate the development of the rail transport system.
  6. Evaluate the development of the surface transport system.
  7. Define, compare, and contrast special carriers, such as owner-­‐operator, drayage carriers, and consolidators.
  8. Identify the factors that contribute to intermodal growth.
Book Title: Public-Private Transportation Partnerships Around the World (Ebook available through the APUS Online Library)
Author: George T. Telliford
Publication Info: Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated
ISBN: 9781606925898
Book Title:Public-Private Transportation Partnerships Around the World (Ebook available through the APUS Online Library)
ISBN:9781606925898
Publication Info:Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated
Author:George T. Telliford
Unit Cost:$119.05

Previous Syllabi

Not current for future courses.