Transportation Engineering Specialization
Transportation engineering focuses on the design of facilities that enable the mobility of travelers. These include designing highways, traffic signals and pavements. Transportation engineers consider factors such as pedestrian and traffic safety, evacuations, pavement management and intelligent transportation systems.
Courses
Students are required to complete 10 courses, which is 30-31 hours of advanced study. At least 15 hours must be at the 500-level. At least seven courses must be chosen from the following list:
- (3) CE 435 Pavement Design
- (3) CE 460 Municipal Infrastructure Design
- (3) CE 473 Travel Demand Forecasting
- (3) CE 474 Computer Simulation in Traffic Engineering
- (3) CE 475 Transportation Planning
- (3) CE 476 Traffic Studies
- (3) CE 574 Transportation Security
- (3) CE 575 Advanced Geometric Design of Highways
- (3) CE 578 Intelligent Transportation Systems
- (3) CE 579 Transportation Safety Systems
- (3) CE 596 Sustainable Engineering
Upon advance approval of the committee, CE 591 or 599 may be taken in place of one or two of the above courses. Students will need to complete a course study proposal prior to enrolling in either of these classes. In addition, up to three special course offerings, generally listed as CE 492 or 592, may be taken with the advance approval of the committee. ENG 491 is required for all students unless conditional exemption is granted; see the Writing Proficiency Requirement for further details. ENG 491, if taken, can be counted as part of the 30-31 hours of advanced study. CE 593 is required for the non-thesis option. For lists of pre-approved courses, see the Department of Civil Engineering.
