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Executive Summary
During the Transit Leadership Initiative University Transportation Center for MobilityTM
(UTCM) 09-38-04, the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) identified a need for
educational opportunities for the public transportation industry in Texas. As a result, TTI
created the idea of a transit management certification program. TTI worked closely with
the Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning Department (LAUP) of Texas A&M
University (TAMU) to develop a transit management focus area for the current Graduate
Certificate in Transportation Planning (CTP) housed in the College of Architecture at
TAMU. The purpose of the focus area is to provide graduate curriculum to individuals
interested in public transportation. The focus is multidisciplinary and open to all graduate
students at Texas A&M University. This program is the first step in the development of
future educational opportunities in public transportation in Texas.
The research team established a certificate advisory committee (the committee) to develop
the transit management certificate goals, objectives, and content for the certificate courses.
The committee canvassed the course curriculum from multiple colleges within TAMU to
determine appropriate elective courses for the transit management focus area. The
committee identified courses within LAUP, Bush, Civil Engineering, and Management that
are offered on at least an annual basis.
The outcomes of the project are as follows:
* TTI and LAUP worked together to modify the Certificate in Transportation Planning
Program Description and Degree Requirements to include a fourth focus, Transit
Management.
* LAUP sent the revised Graduate Certificate in Transportation Planning Program
Description and Degree Requirements to University Senate for approval June 15,
2012.
* The focus area development process engaged the interest from multiple academic
departments at Texas A&M University.
* The Transit Management focus area provides the only formal academic curriculum
in public transportation in Texas (there are very few total in the United States).
* The framework for the focus area is suitable for future continuing education
opportunities among mid-career professionals.
* The multidisciplinary nature of the transit management focus area is attractive to
students in varying fields of study.
* The LAUP Department will offer the focus area starting in Fall 2012.5
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Cherrington, Linda; Sandidge, Matt & Joh, Ken. Transit Management Certificate Program, report, July 2012; College Station, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth303654/m1/9/?rotate=0: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.