The Graduate Program in Transportation Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh focuses on the fundamentals of transportation systems and operation analysis, as well as enhancing the students
analytical, quantitative, and communication skills to prepare them for the challenges of the profession.
We have a rigorous and quantitative approach to transportation problems with a strong emphasis on computer applications. Although our program does not focus on any particular mode of transportation, our students gain the knowledge and skills necessary
to analyze all modes of transportation for the movement of people and goods in both the public and private sectors.
Students can enter the program with a variety of training and backgrounds in all areas of engineering, economics, mathematics and management. They can select a wide variety of courses. The Transportation Engineering Program consists of a balanced curriculum
with the following three focus areas: planning, design and operations. A sufficient selection of courses is offered so the program can be completed within two years. These courses will be offered at times that will help to accommodate the schedules
of both the full-time and part-time students.
This program is designed to help meet the workforce development needs of the transportation engineering industry. The University of Pittsburgh is particularly well positioned to help meet these workforce development needs through this program. Some of
the school's specific strengths include:
- A core of tenure track faculty in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering that have strong interest in the transportation engineering field.
- Access to a large pool of senior transportation engineers in the Western Pennsylvania public and private sector (many of whom are alumni) that can serve as adjunct professors to teach courses in the program.
- Development of a cohesive curriculum from the core civil engineering fields and related areas, such as construction management, public policy and management, geographic information systems, and statistics. Experience delivering course-only Master
of Science degrees tailored for professional engineers, such as
Construction Management and Sustainability program, which is highly regarded by industry.
Minimum Requirements
The Master of Science in Civil Engineering (Thesis Option) in Transportation Engineering is offered for full-time and part-time students and requires 24 course credits plus 6 thesis credits.
This option requires passing a Comprehensive Examination, based upon the completed graduate course work and an oral defense as well as written documentation of the Thesis. The Comprehensive Examination may be oral and combined with the final oral defense.
The Master of Science degrees are conferred only on those who have completed all course requirements with at least 3.0 QPA.
The Professional MS Program requires 30 course credits with at a least a 3.0 QPA.
Students seeking admission to the Program without an undergraduate engineering degree or equivalent from an accredited engineering school are required to make up any deficiencies in the areas of civil engineering, mathematics, economics, and statistics
before full graduate status is recognized. Remedial courses in these areas do not count as part of the degree credit requirements.
The Transportation Engineering Program is based on the following three focus areas: planning, design and operations. In addition, a project development course, which will utilize the three focus areas to plan, design and put into operation a transportation
project, is required. The following five core courses are required for all students:
Operation: |
CEE 2700 - Transportation Management and Operations (3 credits) |
|
CEE 2710 - Traffic Control Systems (3 credits) |
Planning: |
CEE 2720 - Urban Transportation Planning (3 credits) |
Design: |
CEE 2714 - Pavement Design (3 credits) or |
|
CEE 2730 - Highway Engineering (3 credits) |
Focus Integration: |
CEE 2750 - Transportation Project Development |
The remaining courses will consist of electives that must be approved by the Academic Advisor. A maximum of nine credits of graduate technical electives from outside the CEE Department are allowed with approval of the Academic Advisor.
The following is a list of available relevant courses:
Civil and Environmental Engineering Courses
- CEE 2105 - Advanced Civil Engineering Materials
- CEE 3714 - Pavement Design and Analysis II
- CEE 2711 - ITS Operation and Design
- CEE 2715 - Pavement Rehabilitation
- CEE 2717 - Components, Properties and Design of Portland cement Concrete
- CEE 2718 - Advanced Construction Bituminous
- CEE 2725 - Public Transportation Systems
Relevant Non-Civil and Environmental Engineering Courses
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA)
- MPPM 2008 Economics for Public Affairs
- MPPM 2010 Public Management (offered in spring)
- MPPM 2000 Administration of Public Affairs
- MPPM 2125 City and Regional Theory and Practice
For additional courses offered by GSPIA you can check out the following website:
https://www.gspia.pitt.edu/academics
Engineering
Statistics
- BIOST 3023: Geographic Information Systems & Spatial Data Analysis
- BIOST 2041: Introduction to Statistical Methods 1
- BIOST 2042: Introduction to Statistical Methods 2
- BIOST 2035: Experimental Design
- BIOST 2049: Applied Regression Analysis
- BIOST 2052: Multivariate Analysis
- IE 2005 : Statistics for Engineers 1
- IE 2007 : Statistics for Engineers 2
- IE 2073 : Design of Experiments
- IE 2084 : Stochastic Processes
- IE 2034 : Neural Networks and Industrial Applications
- IE 2070 : Regression and Analysis of Variance