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Bachelor of Arts in Transportation and Logistics Management
The Bachelor of Arts in Transportation and Logistics Management focuses on the principles, policies, trends, and current issues within air, maritime, or ground transportation. Transportation and logistics management is at the core of global supply chain management, encompassing manufacturing, distribution, retailing, recreation, and national security industries. This versatile degree helps to prepare you for possible job opportunities in many industries including the military, government, and large corporations whose success depends on the global fulfillment of customers’ requirements.
This program has been designed in consultation with industry business leaders and is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP®).
ACBSP® is a registered trademark of the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs.
Degree Program Objectives
In addition to the institutional and degree level learning objectives, graduates of this program are expected to achieve these learning outcomes:
- Apply systems analysis to transportation, logistics, and supply chain management.
- Relate the multidimensional impact of transportation on the economy, public systems, national and local infrastructure, and the environment.
- Examine the transportation systems’ political, regulatory, and legal issues.
- Describe and assess the strengths and weaknesses of the major modes of international transportation.
Degree at a Glance
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General Education Requirements
30
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Major Required
30
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Select one of the following concentrations:
15
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Final Program Requirement
3
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Elective Requirements
42
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Total Semester Hours
120
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Degree Program Requirements
General Education (30 semester hours)
| Arts & Humanities (6 semester hours) 1 |
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Select 2 courses from the following:
6
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| Civics, Political & Social Sciences (6 semester hours) 2 |
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Select 1 course from the following:
3
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| Communication: Writing, Oral, and Multimedia (9 semester hours) |
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Select 1 course from the following:
3
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| History (3 semester hours) |
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Select 1 course from the following:
3
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| Mathematics and Applied Reasoning (3 semester hours) |
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Select 1 course from the following:
3
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| Natural Sciences (3 semester hours) |
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Select 1 course from the following:
3
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Total Semester Hours
30
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Major Required (30 semester hours)
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Total Semester Hours
30
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Students must choose a concentration for this degree program and may select from a General Concentration, Concentration in Air Cargo, or Concentration in Reverse Logistics Management.
General Concentration (15 semester hours)
A general concentration allows you to take courses across a number of areas of study within your program based on your own interests.
Objectives
Concentration Requirements (15 semester hours)
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Select 5 courses from the following:
15
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Total Semester Hours
15
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Concentration in Air Cargo (15 semester hours)
This concentration is designed to educate a new generation of airport and air operations professionals in air freight forwarding services as a key component in global logistics management, retail management, transportation management, and in accounting best practices to all components of today’s complex cargo movement business environment. Students will have an opportunity to understand how air cargo rules of operation are being used in their military or civilian air logistics organization. It will provide students with the knowledge base of current applications and opportunities to study practical applications in domestic and international air transportation and air logistics scenarios.
Objectives
Upon successful completion of this concentration, the student will be able to:
- Classify and explain the issues and challenges of implementing an air freight forwarding management system.
- Explain best practices of air cargo operations.
- Analyze the relationships and interaction among private and public sector stakeholders who secure airport operations from a variety of potential disruptions.
- Understand the role of the airport manager in the management, administration, financing and operating within small, medium, and large hub airports.
- Acquire an in-depth analysis of the complex balance of airport management and air cargo handling companies.
- Understand physical facility planning for cargo management, the economics of airport operation and the organizational structure of related companies who support the movement of air cargo through airports.
Concentration Requirements (15 semester hours)
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Select 3 courses from the following:
9
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Total Semester Hours
15
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Concentration in Reverse Logistics Management (15 semester hours)
This concentration is designed to educate a new generation of professionals in reverse logistics as a key component in logistics management, retail management, engineering management, and in accounting best practices, to all components of today’s complex business environment. Students will have an opportunity to understand how reverse logistics is being used in their military or civilian logistics organization. It will provide students with the knowledge base of current applications of reverse logistics use and opportunities to study practical applications in domestic and international transportation and logistics scenarios. In today’s competitive global transportation and logistics business climate, organizations are always under pressure to adapt to new procedural and technological trends to improve the visibility of product and cargo flows through an ever-widening and complex supply chain. Retail and military logistics decision makers are still uncertain in many cases on how to apply the use of reverse logistics to their business model. Some see reverse logistics as part of the supply chain; others see reverse logistics as marketing or sales.
Objectives
Upon successful completion of this concentration, the student will be able to:
- Classify and explain the issues and problems of implementing a reverse logistics system in a manufacturing, retail or military operation.
- Explain best practices of a reverse logistics operation.
- Classify and explain the differences between forward and reverse logistics.
- Explain how reverse logistics can be used to track and trace goods as returns, recalls, recycling and as waste.
- Explain how to differentiate the financial impact of reverse logistics from financial components within a business environment.
- Develop an implementation plan to use reverse technology processes and technology within a manufacturing, retail or military organization.
Concentration Requirements (15 semester hours)
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Select 5 courses from the following:
15
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Total Semester Hours
15
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Final Program Requirement (3 semester hours)
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Total Semester Hours
3
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Elective Requirements (42 semester hours)
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Select any courses that have not been used to fulfill requirements listed above. Credits applied toward a minor or certificate in an unrelated field may be used to fulfill elective credit for the major.
42
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Total Semester Hours
42
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All literature courses require successful completion of ENGL101-Proficiency in Writing or ENGL110-Making Writing Relevant.
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All literature courses require successful completion of ENGL101-Proficiency in Writing or ENGL110-Making Writing Relevant.
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Prerequisite: Senior Standing and completion of all major courses prior to enrollment. Must be taken as the last course before graduation.