Master’s in Transportation Policy, Operations & Logistics

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Masters in Transportation Policy, Operations
Logistics

• Information Session
• George Mason University
• Jonathan L. Gifford, Program Director
• jgifford_at_gmu.edu, tel [phone], fax
  801-749-9198

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Presentation Outline

• Self Introductions
• Name
• Interest in degree
• Career educational background
• Changing context of transportation services

• Background on degree
• GMU background
• School of Public Policy
• Degree requirements
• Admission requirements
• Questions

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Changing Context of Transportation Services

• Safety and security of critical transportation
  infrastructure
• Emergence of supply chain management
• Expanded mission from design construction to
  include operations management
• Integration of planning, design, construction
  operations (asset management)

• Intermodalism
• New institutional forms
• Public-private partnerships
• Contracting out
• Deregulation
• Consortia
• Technological innovation
• Supply-side transportation facilities services
• Demand-side just-in-time, supply chain
  management
• Need for multiple skill sets, multiple disciplines

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Degree Background

• Broad, multidisciplinary approach
• All transportation modes
• Public and private sector
• Successful initial recruitment
• 18 students fall 00
• Multidisciplinary background civil engg,
  business, merchant marine, public administration
• 68 students currently enrolled 28 via distance
  learning
• 46 graduates to date 25 distance learning

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George Mason University

• Established 1957
• Independently chartered 1972
• 28,000 students (fall 03)
• 39 grad / 61 undergrad
• 1100 full-time faculty
• 903 part-time faculty
• 144 degree programs

• 3 campuses
• Arlington
• Fairfax
• Prince William
• 5 libraries
• gt 1 million volumes
• gt 15,000 electronic journals
• Annual budget 455 million
• 2 Nobel Laureates

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School of Public Policy - Overview

• SPP Degree Programs
• Public Policy, Ph. D.
• Public Policy, M.P.P.
• International Commerce and Policy, M.A.
• Peace Operations, MNPS
• Organizational Learning, MNPS
• Enterprise Engineering and Policy, M.S.
• Transportation Policy, Operations Logistics,
  M.A.

• SPP Research Centers
• Center for Transport Policy Logistics
• Center for Regional Analysis
• Policy Analysis Centers
• International Center for Applied Studies in
  Information Technology (ICASIT)
• Center for Science Technology
• Mason Enterprise Center
• SPP Faculty Highlights
• 4 Endowed Chairs
• 2 University Chairs

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School of Public Policy Transportation Programs

• TPOL Faculty
• Jonathan Gifford, TPOL director (civil
  engineering/urban planning)
• Kenneth Button (economics)
• Roger Stough (regional science)
• Laurie Schintler (urban planning)
• Brien Benson (public policy)
• Jack Fearnsides (electrical engineering)
• John McClain (planning)
• George Donohue (mechanical aerospace
  engineering)
• Bob Ravera (electrical engineering)
• Hans Peters (maritime)
• Irvin Varkonyi (logistics)
• TPOL Program Highlights
• Degree endorsed by U.S. Department of
  Transportation
• 10-year Transportation Research Program
• Home of the National ITS Implementation Research
  Center

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Degree Requirements

• 3 SPP Core Courses (12 Credits)
• PUBP 501, Policy Organizational Analysis
• PUBP 502, Governance Policy Processes
• PUBP 503, Culture, Organization Technology
• 5 Required Courses (15 Credits)
• PUBP 715, Transportation Systems
• PUBP 716, Transportation Operations Logistics
• PUBP 718, Transportation Planning Policy
• PUBP 721, Transportation Economics
• PUBP 722, Practicum (taken at end of program)

• 3 Electives (9 Credits)
• GMU courses
• 2 at 500 level
• Consortium of Universities of the Washington
  Metropolitan Area
• AU, GW, Georgetown, Catholic, UDC, Maryland,
  others
• GMU tuition rates
• With permission from Consortium Coordinator, GMU
  Registrar
• Other locations
• Transfer courses with permission
• Other university courses
• 36 Total Credits

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Admissions / Enrollment

• Application requirements
• Graduate application fee
• Official transcripts (2 originals)
• Resume
• Letters of recommendation (2 or 3)
• Professional goals statement
• Tuition rates (subject to change)
• In-state 357/credit
• Out-of-state 623/credit
• Contract rate (variable)

• Enrollment options
• Core courses
• Originate at Arlington campus
• Broadcast via interactive TV
• Electives multiple locations
• Class schedule
• Classes meet 430-710 720-10 p.m. (Eastern
  time)
• Thursday (1st year)
• Tuesday (2nd year)
• Electives Monday-Thursday, 430-10

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Delivery Locations

• GMU Arlington
• Richmond
• Lynchburg
• Bristol
• Staunton

• Hampton Roads
• Helena, Montana Fredericksburg
• Culpeper
• Denver, CO

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Technical Setup
Montana
Video Bridge (VDOT Richmond)
ISDN Video
IP Video
IP Video
IP Video
VDOT Suffolk
GMU Arlington
Richmond
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Questions/More Information

• For Admissions Information
• Leslie Metzger Levin
• Director of Graduate Admissions
• School of Public Policy
• 3401 N. Fairfax Dr. (MS 3B1)
• George Mason University
• Arlington, VA 22201
• 703-993-8099 / fax [phone]
• e-mail SPP_at_gmu.edu
• Web http//tpol.gmu.edu http//policy.gmu.edu