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The demand for skilled transportation professionals that possess a breadth of interdisciplinary backgrounds including planning, public policy, and finance is higher now than ever before in the U.S. However, there are few educational programs that address the field of transportation in a comprehensive and interdisciplinary manner. Transportation certificate programs that offer professional training in transportation planning can play a crucial role by providing a substantive base of knowledge through required and elective coursework delivered on campus or online. This paper shares insights and observations from Texas A&M University’s interdisciplinary transportation certificate program, offered both through an existing degree program and online for non-degree seeking students. In addition to discussing curriculum development, certificate implementation, and marketing and recruiting efforts, this paper shares insights on implementing a distance learning transportation certificate. This study also evaluates the transportation certificate program by analyzing data on student characteristics, graduation and retention rates, and job placement. Specific recommendations and guidelines for implementing a transportation certificate program are offered that may be of value to other universities and institutions seeking to develop a similar program.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ABG20 Transportation Education and Training.

01550057

15-4901

English

19p

2015

Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; References; Tables

Certification; Curricula; Distance learning; Education and training; Guidelines; Interdisciplinary studies; Marketing; Recruiting; Transportation careers; Universities and colleges

Texas A&M University

Education and Training; Transportation (General); I70: Traffic and Transport

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2015 Paper #15-4901

PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Dec 30 2014 1:38PM