Transportation Courses
Transportation Engineering Courses
*Recommended courses are highlighted*
If you do not have a undergraduate degree in engineering, you will need to take these additional courses:
(These courses will not count towards your degree)
CEGE 3101 Computer Applications or equivalent
CEGE 3102 Uncertainty and Decision Analysis or Equivalent
MATH 2263 Multivariable Calculus or equivalent
MATH 2373 Linear Algebra or equivalent
Undergraduate Courses: (Will not count towards graduate degree)
CEGE 3201 Transportation Engineering
Advanced Undergraduate Courses/Graduate Courses:
CEGE 4253 Pavement Design, Engineering, and Management
CEGE 5180 Transportation Cyber-Physical Systems
CEGE 5211 Highway Design and Traffic Operations
CEGE 5212 Transportation Policy, Planning, and Deployment
CEGE 5213 Transit Planning and Management
CEGE 5214 Infrastructure Systems Engineering
CEGE 5219 Air Transportation Systems
Advanced Graduate Courses:
CEGE 8200 Seminar: Transportation (MS students can count 1 credit towards their degree/PhD students can count 2 credits towards their degree)
CEGE 8211 Theory of Traffic Flow
CEGE 8212 Advanced Travel Demand Modeling and Supply Analysis
CEGE 8213 Advanced Transportation Technologies Seminar
CEGE 8214 Transportation Economics
CEGE 8215 Transportation Data Analysis
CEGE 8216 Urban Traffic Operations
CEGE 8217 Transportation Network Analysis
CEGE 8218 Dynamic Transportation Network Analysis
Graduate Courses in Related Fields:
IE 5532 Stochastic Models
STAT 5021 Statistical Analysis
STAT 5302 Applied Linear Regression
CEGE 4253: Pavement Design, Engineering, and Deployment
Course Detail
Units: 3 units
Grading Basis: A-F or audit
Course Components: Lecture Required
Description
This course provides an overview of the civil air transportation system design and operations. After completing this course, you should be able to describe the operations of civil transport aircraft from the pilot and company, and air traffic control perspectives; conduct basic economic analysis on airline operations and demand; conduct capacity analysis for airspace and airports; and conduct basic optimization for air transportation operations. This course will prepare students for working with the civil aviation industry.
Prereqs: CEGE 3101, CEGE 3102, MATH 2263, PHYS 1301
CEGE 5211: Traffic Engineering
Course Detail
Units: 3 units
Grading Basis: A-F or audit
Course Components: Lecture Required
Enrollment Information
Enrollment Requirement: CEGE 3201, CEGE 3102 or equiv, Grad Student
Description
Principles of vehicle and driver performance as they apply to the safe and efficient operation of highways. Design and use of traffic control devices. Capacity and level of service. Trip generation and traffic impact analysis. Safety and traffic studies.
prereq: CEGE 3201, CEGE 3102 or equivalent, Grad Student
CEGE 5212: Transportation Policy, Planning, and Deployment
Course Detail
Units: 3 units
Grading Basis: A-F or audit
Course Components: Lecture Required
Enrollment Information
Enrollment Requirement: CEGE 3201 or equiv, upper division CSE, or grad student
Description
Techniques of analysis and planning for transportation services. Demand-supply interactions. Evaluating transportation alternatives. Travel demand forecasting. Integrated model systems. Citizen participation in decision-making.
prereq: 3201 or equiv, upper division CSE, or grad student
CEGE 5213: Transit Planning and Management
Course Detail
Units: 3 units
Grading Basis: A-F or audit
Course Components: Lecture Required
Enrollment Information
Enrollment Requirement: Upper Division CE, EnvE, or GeoE student, grad student
Description
Principles/techniques related to transit systems. Historical perspective, characteristics of travel demand, demand management. Evaluating/benchmarking system performance. Transit-oriented development. Analyzing alternative transit modes. System design/finance. Case studies, field projects.
prereq: Upper Division CE, EnvE, or GeoE student, CE or GeoE grad student, or instructor consent
CEGE 5214: Infrastructure Systems Engineering
Course Detail
Units: 3 units
Grading Basis: A-F or audit
Course Components: Lecture Required
Enrollment Information
Enrollment Requirement: CEGE Grad Student
Description
Systems approach, its application to transportation engineering/planning. Prediction of flows and level of service. Production functions, cost optimization, utility theory, demand modeling, transportation network analysis, equilibrium assignment, decision analysis, multidimensional evaluation of transportation projects.
prereq: Math 2373 or equivalent, Math 2263 or equivalent. CEGE 3101 or equivalent, CEGE 3102 or eqiuvalent, CEGE graduate student or instructors consent.
CEGE 5219: Air Transportation Systems
Course Detail
Units: 3 units
Grading Basis: A-F or audit
Course Components: Lecture Required
Description
This course provides an overview of the civil air transportation system design and operations. After completing this course, you should be able to describe the operations of civil transport aircraft from the pilot and company, and air traffic control perspectives; conduct basic economic analysis on airline operations and demand; conduct capacity analysis for airspace and airports; and conduct basic optimization for air transportation operations. This course will prepare students for working with the civil aviation industry.
CEGE 8200: Seminar: Transportation
Course Detail
Units: 1 units
Grading Basis: Student Option
Course Components: Lecture Required
Description
Content depends on instructor and student. Sample topics: traffic safety, traffic flow theory, transportation materials, transportation planning, transportation economics.
CEGE 8211: Theory of Traffic Flow
Course Detail
Units: 4 units
Grading Basis: Student Option
Course Components: Lecture Required
Description
Definitions/measurements of basic traffic flow parameters, fundamental relationships. Macroscopic continuum and microscopic traffic flow models. Schockwaves and applications. Flow, speed, headway, and other statistical distributions of traffic parameters. Gap availability/acceptance. Simulation of traffic flow. Traffic control theory, queuing theory, applications.
CEGE 8212: Advanced Traffic Demand Modeling and Supply Analysis
Course Detail
Units: 3 units
Grading Basis: Student Option
Course Components: Lecture Required
Description
Application of random utility theory to model travel demand; deterministic and stochastic trip assignment; network design problems; transportation planning software.
prereq: CEGE 5211 or equiv, Stat 3021
CEGE 8214: Transportation Economics
Course Detail
Units: 4 units
Grading Basis: A-F or audit
Course Components: Lecture Required
Enrollment Information
Enrollment Requirement: Ex fr or soph 5000 level
Description
Application of microeconomic theory to transportation. Demand/demand estimation, cost/cost estimation, pricing/investment, regulation/deregulation. Urban/intercity passenger transportation, freight transportation.
CEGE 8215: Transportation Date Analysis
Course Detail
Units: 3 units
Grading Basis: Student Option
Course Components: Lecture Required
Description
Maximum likelihood methods for generalized linear models, with logit/probit models. Linear regression as special cases. Applications to gap acceptance, discrete choice, speed/headway distributions, accident modeling. Introduction to Bayesian inference.
prereq: [CEGE 8211], [STAT 5021 or equiv]
CEGE 8216: Urban Traffic Operations
Course Detail
Units: 3 units
Grading Basis: Student Option
Course Components: Lecture Required
Description
Capacity analysis techniques for urban streets, optimal traffic signal timing, coordination, real time control. Traffic signal hardware, including detectors/controllers. Operational techniques for traffic management. Use of computer program packages in traffic engineering practice. Freeway operations/control.
CEGE 8217: Transportation Network Analysis
Course Detail
Units: 4 units
Grading Basis: A-F only
Course Components: Lecture Required
Description
Concepts/tools for transportation system and network analysis. Analytical models, algorithms for formation/solution of equilibrium assignment problem for transportation networks. Static/dynamic user equilibrium traffic assignments. System optimal, stochastic user equilibrium, traffic paradox. Linear/nonlinear programming, variational inequalities.
CEGE 8218: Dynamic Transportation Network Analysis
Course Detail
Units: 4 units
Grading Basis: A-F or audit
Course Components: Lecture Required
Enrollment Information
Enrollment Requirement: CEGE 5414 or IE 5531
Description
Dynamic traffic assignment and its history as an extension to static traffic assignment. Issues related to traffic flow propagation and time-dependent travel times. Dynamic user equilibrium Variational Inequalities. Analytic and simulation-based DTA models. Dynamic transit assignment on schedule-based networks. Hyperpaths, stochastic route choice, and capacity constraints in transit networks. Introduction to activity-based modeling. Time-space prisms, activity-travel scheduling.
prereqs: CEGE 5214 or IE 5531, CEGE 8217 recommended