Master of Transportation and Logistics Management

The Master of Transportation and Logistics Management program is designed to produce outstanding professionals in the fields of transportation and logistics. Graduates of the program will be able to take positions within business firms or governments agencies. The program is designed with sufficient flexibility to meet the needs of students with various backgrounds and work experience. Students can pursue the Master of Transportation and Logistics Management degree on either a conventional full-time or a convenient part-time basis through evening classes.

Admission Requirements: The Master of Transportation and Logistics Management program is open to students who have earned a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution and who can present evidence of their ability to do graduate work. “Evidence of ability” means an excellent grade-point average, an acceptable test score on the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT), recommendations for graduate study, and an acceptable score on the TOEFL or IELTS (unless the native language is English).

Requirements for the Master of Transportation and Logistics Management Degree: The Master of Transportation and Logistics Management program is a 30 credit-hour program designed to provide students with transportation and logistics expertise, general business principles, and quantitative skills in preparation for positions in business firms and government. Students with a bachelor’s degree in business administration from an accredited institution will be required to complete 30 hours of graduate work:

    TLOG 5633 Business Logistics Systems

    TLOG 5643 Strategic Issues in Transportation Management

    TLOG 5653 Global Logistics Strategy

    TLOG 5663 Supply Chain Management

    TLOG 5673 Transportation and Logistics Modeling

Approved engineering electives (6 hours) or approved information systems electives (6 hours)

Concentration (9 hours)

Total: 30 hours

The engineering or information systems electives and concentration courses are chosen by the student in consultation with the M.T.L.M. Coordinator in the Department of Marketing and Logistics (MKTL). Concentrations can be taken in strategic retailing, information technology, international business, enterprise resource planning, or agricultural economics and business. Customization of the concentration courses may be available for exceptional cases in consultation with the M.T.L.M. coordinator. Students without the appropriate background may have to take additional courses to meet prerequisite requirements. A limited number (6 hours) of 4000-level courses may be taken for graduate credit.

After admission, the student must maintain a 3.00 grade-point average on all graduate coursework and all transportation and logistics courses. The student must receive a letter grade of at least a “B” in 75 percent of the courses attempted

Through an agreement with the Academic Common Market, residents of certain Southern states may qualify for graduate enrollment in this degree program as in-state students for fee purposes. See page 217 for details.

See Marketing Department for course listings.