Why should you study
transportation? Are you interested in:
- Solving real
world problems?
- Being involved
in your community?
- Focusing on people
and places?
- Working with
a wide variety of professionals?
- Using a variety
of skills?
- Working to improve
livability and sustainability?
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If
so, you should consider becoming a transportation professional. Transportation
is a growing profession with opportunities for people with a wide variety
of backgrounds and strengths. The School of Urban Studies and Planning offers the following degree programs in transportation:
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Graduate Certificate in TransportationThe
Center for Transportation Studies now offers a campuswide graduate
certificate program in Transportation. [Pocket Guide]
The certificate is jointly offered by the Nohad A. Toulan School of
Urban Studies and Planning and the Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering.
Overview
An
equitable and efficient transportation system that safely moves people
and goods is critical to healthy, livable communities. A carefully
planned, designed, maintained and continually improved system
significantly influences the well-being of every citizen, preserves
natural resources, and enhances economic productivity. Increasingly,
transportation professionals need multi-disciplinary knowledge and
skills to anticipate social, environmental, and technological trends
and incorporate them into intelligently-integrated transportation
systems. The
Portland State University Graduate Certificate in Transportation offers
graduate education for those seeking to build upon their undergraduate
training and expand their capabilities in the field. Students in the
program can choose among a wide range of relevant courses in
transportation planning and engineering to develop their analytical,
practical, and problem-solving skills.
Who?
The
Certificate is designed for established transportation professionals
who want to build their skills, and also for those seeking to build
technical and analytical knowledge to enter the fascinating and
multidisciplinary field of transportation. Candidates
must have a bachelor's degree with a minimum 2.75 GPA. Backgrounds may
include planning, civil & environmental engineering, business
administration, geography, mathematics, statistics, economics,
political science, computer science, and other liberal arts and
sciences majors.
For more information and the curriculum click here.
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