At the end of the course, students are expected to have basic knowledge and skills needed for the design and control of road elements as well as railroad infrastructure. Additionally, students must impart the underlying principles of highway and railroad transportation, as well as to be familiar with transportation system terminology, flow analysis, driver, vehicle and road characteristics, and aspects of road geometrics, road construction, drainage, pavements, and maintenance.

Due to the problems concerning congested urban areas, maximizing efficiency with which highways are planned, analyzed, and maintained are of such importance to civil engineers taking areas of highway and traffic engineering. Highways are vitally important towards economic development. Many businesses and industries from different sectors heavily rely on road networks in order to maintain and stimulate the nation's economic output. Alongside with its influence on economic sustainability, improved highway and traffic systems have provided means to address the transport needs of every individual.

There are four (4) different modes of transportation, which are as follows:

1. Roadways/Highways - These are the means of transportation via land, by which door-to-door services are made possible.

2. Railways - Are considered more effective than highways for longer distance travel. Railway systems use trains that run on steel tracks (also known as railroads) laid on the ground.

3. Airways - Airway is one of the fastest transportation systems. Air transportation provides comfort and saves time, but is more costly than any other modes.

4. Waterways - Water transportation is the slowest among the four modes. It uses bodies of water such as oceans,rivers, canals and such for the transport of boats and ships.

Here are the Course Learning Objectives (CLOs) containing different topics relevant to the methods and principles of highway and railroad engineering system: