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Students take certification courses at UMass Amherst campus. The program will be
available to undergraduate and graduate students in college course format. Eventually,
continuing education professionals will have access to the program via online coursework.
Students must complete an internship with a transit agency. The certificate committee
intends to implement required internship hours. Additionally, students must do a
professional development workshop offered each summer.
The core requirement courses are offered once per year. Elective courses are offered at
least once annually. UMass faculty teaches the university coursework. The UMass Director
of Transportation Services and the General Manager for CTTransit teach the summer
professional development workshop. Upon completion of the program, students receive a
Certificate in Transit Operations and Management.
Development Process
TTI established a certificate advisory committee (the committee) to develop the transit
management certificate goals and objectives, and content for the certificate courses. The
purpose of the committee is to determine how the certificate can benefit the transit
industry and be viable among students at Texas A&M University. TTI appointed members
affiliated or familiar with the academic departments comprising the existing
Transportation Certificate Program, including Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning,
Bush School of Government and Public Service, and Civil Engineering. Additionally, TTI
sought academic representation from Mays Business School and transit industry
representatives. The committee consisted of the following members:
TTI
* Linda Cherrington - Research Scientist: Served as principal investigator.
* Matt Sandidge - Assistant Transportation Researcher: Recent graduate of the
Master of Urban Planning program and received the Certificate in Transportation
Planning. Served as project manager.
* Katie Turnbull - Executive Associate Agency Director: Provided support in the
development of the original transportation planning certificate.
* Nick Norboge - Assistant Transportation Researcher: Recent graduate of the Public
Service and Administration program from Texas A&M University and received the
Certificate in Transportation Planning.
* Lisa Larsen - Graduate Assistant Researcher: Recent graduate of the Master of Civil
Engineering, program from Texas A&M University and received the Certificate in
Transportation Planning.
TAMU Department of LAUP
* Ken Joh - Assistant Research Scientist (TTI) and Assistant Professor in the
Department of LAUP: Certificate in Transportation Planning coordinator.
* Shannon Van Zandt - Associate Professor in the Department of LAUP: Master of
Urban Planning program coordinator.
TAMU Transportation Services
* Lana Wolken - Assistant Director of Transit Texas A&M University.9
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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/m1/13/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.