CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS
The certificate is comprised of 15 credit hours. The 15 credit hours are broken down into the following manner:
- PUP 591: Proseminar class (3 credit hours),
- Three elective courses (9 credit hours) from an approved list of transportation-related courses (including at least one from a field outside the student's major)
- And PUP 593: Transportation Capstone course, which consists of a capstone research paper that explores a transportation problem from a multidisciplinary perspective (3 credit hours).
Students are strongly encouraged to include, as one of the three elective courses, a course in methods or techniques applicable to transportation systems planning.
In developing a capstone paper, students are encouraged to work with transportation professionals in their area of interest to identify a topic that is of interest to the broader public.
A thesis in transportation may substitute for a capstone paper. Internships are optional.
All decisions related to program offerings, admissions, and departmental participation are made in cooperation with the Transportation Systems Certificate Admissions and Advisory Committee, which includes a member from each participating department.
Students need to be aware that the transportation capstone and/or thesis do not replace a final culminating experience for a degree (i.e., thesis, applied project, capstone, and dissertation).