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Master of Transportation and Logistics Management Master of Transportation and Logistics Management Program Coordinator
Julie Gentry 575-6137 The Master of Transportation and Logistics Management program is designed to produce outstanding professionals in the fields of trans-portation 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 (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 thirty (30) credit-hour program designed to provide students with transportation and logistics ex-pertise, 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 thirty hours of graduate work: TLOG 5633 Business Logistics Systems (3 hours) TLOG 5643 Strategic Issues in Transportation
Management TLOG 5653 Global Logistics Strategy (3 hours) TLOG 5663 Supply Chain Management (3 hours) TLOG 5673 Transportation and Logistics Modeling (3 hours) Approved business electives (9 hours) Approved engineering electives (6 hours) TOTAL: 30 hours Electives are chosen by the student in consultation with the M.T.L.M. Coordinator in the Department of Marketing and Transpor-tation (MKTT). For students with an undergraduate degree in business, approved business electives must be 5000 or 6000-level courses. Business electives may be taken in accounting, economics, finance, computer information systems and quantitative analysis, management or marketing. A limited number of 4000-level courses within the College of Engineering may be take for graduate credit as approved engineering electives. Students without prior business and/or engineering degrees may have to take additional courses in order to meet prerequisite requirements. After admission, the student must maintain a 3.00 grade-point average on all graduate coursework and all transportation and logistics courses. Additionally, 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 163 for details. [Jump back to the top of this page][Go
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