Nov 21, 2024  
CSU Maritime Academy 2024-2025 Academic Catalog 
    
CSU Maritime Academy 2024-2025 Academic Catalog

Transportation and Engineering Management - Engineering Management Concentration, M.S.


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Cal Maritime’s Master of Science in Transportation and Engineering Management program provides advanced instruction in business and management fundamentals, coupled with specialized preparation for career advancement in the participant’s chosen specialization - Transportation, Engineering Management, or Humanitarian Disaster Management. 

The 10-course degree program (30 credit hours) is offered completely online with accepted students proceeding through the learning process as a cohort. Current students report that the support offered by the cohort model along with 24/7 online access are big benefits for those juggling careers and families with graduate coursework. 

All graduate students take five core courses in basic management, then each graduate student takes four courses focusing on their chosen degree track of Transportation, Engineering Management, or Humanitarian Disaster Management.  Finally, graduate students complete a Capstone course designed to help them demonstrate their learning through an extensive project in their work setting.

The Graduate Program


Master of Science in Transportation and Engineering Management


Cal Maritime is committed to the development of outstanding industry leaders through a graduate degree program that requires students to integrate critical thinking and best practices in a manner that enables them to face real-world challenges with poise, and to contribute to the body of knowledge and practice in their industry.

Cal Maritime’s Office of Graduate Studies, a division of the Department of Sponsored Projects and Extended Learning, offers a Master of Science degree in Transportation and Engineering Management, with areas of specialization in Transportation Management, Engineering Management, and Humanitarian Disaster Management.

The Office of Graduate Studies administers the policies and procedures established by Cal Maritime and the California State University. This catalog section presents these policies and procedures as related to graduate students in Cal Maritime’s graduate degree program.

Accreditation

Cal Maritime is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) 985 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 100, Alameda, CA 94501, 510-748-9001 www.wascsenior.org.

Program Learning Objectives

Students in this program will meet educational outcomes in three areas.

Project Leadership

Graduates will:

  • Be able to create and lead a project team or multiple project teams, develop project proposals (including budgets and timelines) and manage the entire project life cycle.
  • Have expertise in systems analysis and operations research to support project development and management.
  • Apply decision making, technical, and human resource principles to manage projects in a dynamic business and global economic context.
Global Context

Graduates will:

  • Understand their organization’s role in a global context; including environmental issues, and political, social, and ethical norms.
  • Appreciate the security, economic, and legal dimensions that affect global supply chain management.
Management Components

Graduates will:

  • Have the ability to advance to higher levels of institutional responsibility with an increased understanding of organizational, financial, human resource and information systems management.
  • Recognize and appreciate one’s own ability to lead, direct, and advance the goals and vision of the organization.

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