Graduate Certificate Program in Transportation Studies

 

Graduate Certificate in Transportation Studies, A Joint Offering of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and The School of Engineering

 

Background

 

The Rutgers University Board of Governors has identified transportation education and research as an important component of the strategic plan, A New Vision of Excellence. While the university has performed transportation-focused research, teaching and public service for thirty years, efforts have coalesced significantly during the past decade. In 1991, the National Transit Institute (NTI) was started at Rutgers as a congressional mandate under the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991. In 1998, the Board of Governors established the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center, combining NTI with a newly formed Transportation Policy Institute to create a focal point for transportation research and outreach at the university. The School of Engineering, through the Department of Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering, has created the Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT), a U.S. Department of Transportation research center, focusing on technology-based solutions. There are other transportation-focused organizations, such as the Intelligent Transportation Systems Laboratory and the Transportation Local Technical Assistance Program, that have also emerged over the past decade.

 

The Program

 

The Graduate Certificate in Transportation Studies is a cross-disciplinary graduate program administered by the School of Engineering and the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. The certificate will be open to matriculated graduate students in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and in the two graduate programs (Urban Planning and Policy Development, and Public Policy) of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. In general, students will be enrolled at the master's level and receive the transportation studies certificate signifying completion of the program at graduation. Under some circumstances, doctoral students may be admitted to the certificate program.

The Structure of the Graduate Certificate

 

The certificate will be offered with two concentration options, emphasizing different aspects of the transportation area.
Technology and Design -This concentration focuses on analysis and design issues, and is directed at students interested in transportation and traffic engineering and in facility design. Policy and Planning -The concentration focuses on the policy and planning process and is directed at students with these interests.
The course options are presented below.

 

Admission

 

Graduate students interested in pursuing the certificate in transportation studies apply to the co-director of the program from their respective unit. In general, students in good academic standing pursuing a degree will be admitted to the certificate program. Students must exhibit proficiency in basic statistical skills and quantitative methods as demonstrated by successful completion of appropriate undergraduate or graduate courses.

 

School of Engineering students please contact:
Professor Kaan Ozbay
Co-Director, Graduate Certificate in Transportation Studies
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering School of Engineering
623 Bowser Road
Busch Campus
732-932-9753
email: kaan@rci.rutgers.edu

Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy students please contact:
Professor Richard K. Brail
Co-Director, Graduate Certificate in Transportation Studies
Department of Urban Planning and Policy Development
Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
33 Livingston Avenue, Suite 302
College Avenue Campus
732-932-3822, x731
email: rbrail@rci.rutgers.edu

 

Click here to download application form in PDF format Please mail or deliver your completed application to one of the Co-Directors.

Certificate requirements

 

Both concentrations in the certificate program, Technology and Design and Policy and Planning, require that the student take five courses in transportation or transportation-related topics from the list below. Since the certificate program is a joint effort of the School of Engineering and the Bloustein School, it is expected that students in the program will take courses in both academic units. Bloustein School students are required to take at least one School of Engineering course, while Engineering students must take at least one course in the Bloustein School. The courses taken for certificate credit will count toward the degree program in which the student is enrolled.