Course Offerings

ORIE 104 – Freshman Orientation for Transportation Majors – One Credit Hour

This course is designed to prepare students for the rigors of earning an engineering degree.  It introduces students to the expectation and demands of higher education, to the legacy and traditions of Morgan State University, to college success strategies, and to the broad array of career opportunities in the fields of engineering.  Students enrolled in this class are required to attend selected University convocations, School of Engineering programs, and other prescribed activities.  They are also required to hold conferences with their faculty advisors.  Students transferring 24 or more credits to the University when admitted are exempt from this requirement.  (Fall, Spring)

TRSS 105 / 205 Seminar on Professional Practice – One Credit Hour Each

This is a seminar arrangement intended to continually arouse the interest of first-year students in transportation and maintain their interaction with the transportation faculty and transportation professionals as they take the majority of courses outside the department to satisfy the general education requirement. The seminar will involve presentations on professional ethics, current and future state of the transportation profession, and roles of the different transportation modal agencies by invited guests from the public and private sectors. 

TRSS 301 Introduction to Transportation Systems – Three Credit Hours

This is the introductory course for transportation systems. It will discuss the basic concepts and strategies in the study of systems, key issues pertaining to the different areas of transportation including planning, engineering, management, and logistics. The historical, physical, economic, social, and environmental aspects of transportation will be covered.

TRSS 307 Freight Transportation Systems and Logistics – Three Credit Hours

The course will provide basic concepts of supply chain management, including customer service, transportation, inventory, location theory, etc. The relationship between components of supply chain management is also examined. Prerequisite: Introduction to Transportation or permission of the instructor.

TRSS 318 Transportation Planning and Policy – Three Credit Hours

This course will cover the relationship between land use and transportation, landmark transportation planning-related policies, traditional four-step planning process and the respective mathematical models and algorithms, noise and air quality issues, and transportation systems capacity analysis. Prerequisite: Introduction to Transportation or permission of the instructor.

TRSS 319 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) – Three Credit Hours

This course will expose the student to the concept of spatial analysis using GIS tools. Topics covered will include GIS need assessment, mapping of spatial entities, linear referencing, development of a GIS-based decision support system, and applications in asset management and planning.

TRSS 399 Transportation Practicum – Three Credit Hours

This course will provide practical experience in the field of transportation by placement with a transportation agency or a faculty mentor.  The student will have the opportunity
To work on and complete a real project under the direct supervision of a transportation planner, engineer, manager, or faculty for a minimum period of three months.  Prerequisite:  Junior status.

TRSS 402 Economics of Transportation – Three Credit Hours

This course reinforces the microeconomic tools necessary for understanding, analyzing, and managing transportation firms and industries. The subjects covered will include costs, pricing behavior, inter-modal competition, and strategic decision making. Prerequisite: Principle of Economics II and the equivalent of College Algebra.

TRSS 406 Public Transportation Systems – Three Credit Hours

The role of the various types of public transportation systems including bus, rail, and other new modes will be examined. The technology, planning, operation, management, and policy aspects of public transportation will be covered. Prerequisite: Introduction to Transportation or permission of the instructor.

TRSS 408 Advanced Logistics and Supply Chain Management – Three Credit Hours

This course will offer in-depth analytical tools for supply chain management, including linear programming, manufacturing procedures, network analysis, inventory management, location theory, etc. The course will comprise computer applications, case studies and seminars. Prerequisite: Freight Transportation Systems and Logistics.

TRSS 410 Management of Transportation Systems – Three Credit Hours

This course will discuss managerial issues and problems in the transportation industries, including economic, marketing, operational, financial, labor relations, and institutional components.

TRSS 412 Transportation Infrastructure/Asset Management – Three Credit Hours

This course will be designed to discuss the use of geo-spatial analytical tools, inventory control and equipment replacement models to develop decision support systems for making informed decisions in maintaining and replacing transportation infrastructure and assets. Prerequisite: GIS.   

TRSS 414 Traffic Engineering – Three Credit Hours

This course will cover the basic concept of traffic flow theory, collection and analysis of traffic data, level of service concept, capacity analysis of interrupted and uninterrupted flows, traffic control devices, accident analysis and countermeasures, traffic impact studies, and pedestrian and parking facilities analysis. Prerequisite: MATH 241.

TRSS 415 Highway Engineering – Three Credit Hours

This course will be designed to provide the basic concept of highway systems performance analysis and design. Topics covered will include human factors; vehicle and roadway characteristics; engineering properties of highway materials; highway geometric, structural and drainage design; and capacity analysis of freeway, multilane and two-lane highways. Prerequisites: MATH 241.

TRSS 416 Microcomputer Applications in Transportation – Three Credit Hours

This course will discuss a collection of state-of-the-art software packages that are commonly used in the different transportation professional areas including the Highway Capacity Software (HCS), and software for traffic engineering, transportation planning and distribution logistics. Prerequisite: Introduction to Transportation.

TRSS 417 Intelligent Transportation Systems – Three Credit Hours

This course will be designed to expose the student to the role of new technology in transportation particularly in the areas of travel information, traffic and incident management, public transportation, freight transportation, and inventory control. The history and cross-cutting issues in intelligent transportation systems deployment in the U.S. will be examined. Prerequisite: Introduction to Transportation.

TRSS 418 Advanced Transportation Planning – Three Credit Hours

The course will reinforce the subjects covered in the Transportation Planning course with case studies and hands-on applications. Discussions will include the 3-C process, travel demand simulation, transportation plan development and project programming, noise and air quality analysis, and environmental justice. Prerequisite: Transportation Planning and Policy.

TRSS 420 Transportation Systems Evaluation – Three Credit Hours

This course will focus on analytical methods commonly used in transportation planning. Discussions will include transit, highway and traffic-intersection capacity analysis, the transportation planning process, benefit-cost analysis, and environmental impact assessment process. Prerequisite: Introduction to Transportation and junior standing.

TRSS  499  Senior Transportation Project – Three Credit Hours

This course will provide the student the opportunity to apply engineering, planning, and management tools in defining and solving a credible transportation problem, and presenting a final report to a panel of faculty members and invited transportation professionals.  Prerequisite: senior status.