Academic Program Proposal

Date Proposal Activated	Institution and Proposal	Degree Awarded	Academic Program Name	Objection Deadline	MHEC Final Action	Final Decision Date
	Morgan State University Proposal	Bachelor of Science	Transportation Systems Engineering	4/26/2018	Approved	5/15/2018
Transportation Systems Engineering Program Description
The program will allow motivated undergraduate students to obtain a Bachelor of Science degree in Transportation Systems Engineering (TSE) in four years. The specific objective of the proposed program is to accelerate the production of diverse, well-trained transportation professionals who are skilled in the field of transportation engineering, exposed to the related fields of planning, management and logistics, and capable of pursuing senior-level positions by having the skills necessary to obtain professional licensure. <br> <br>Upon completion of the program, students will have gained a broad technical and interdisciplinary background that will have enhanced their skills in identifying and tackling critical transportation and urban infrastructure problems. <br> <br>The proposed TSE program will provide students the requisite engineering foundation for eligibility to take the fundamentals of engineering (FE) certification examination which leads to the PE registration while gaining necessary exposure to the core areas of transportation engineering, including planning, design, operations analysis, and management. In contrast to civil engineering programs, which offer limited exposure to transportation at the undergraduate level by requiring only one or two core courses in transportation, the proposed TSE program, akin to the existing transportation systems program, will require more than 12 core transportation courses, covering the major areas of traffic operations, transportation planning, transportation infrastructure management, and distribution logistics. <br>