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Requirements document, and receiving final approval from the department heads of Bush
School, Civil Engineering, and the Mays Business School.
* Representatives of the committee met with the LAUP department head on May 9, 2012.
The department head approved the proposed format and electives for the Transit
Management focus area.
* The committee made final modifications to the CTP Program Description and
Degree Requirements document on May 10, 2012.
* The committee sent the revised document to the department heads of Bush, Civil
Engineering, and the Mays Business School on May 15, 2012.
Student Participation
The committee engaged student participation in the transit management certificate
development process. Lana Wolken of TAMU Transit Services provided contact
information of four undergraduate students that work for Transit Services. The committee
contacted the students and asked a series of questions. Students were receptive to the
idea, but had mixed thoughts regarding whether the transit management focus area would
be attractive to other transit employees on campus. Appendix B contains a summary of the
student responses.
The student conversations were insightful for understanding the interest of undergraduate
transit employees. Interest may grow by making the transit management focus area visible
among transit employees.
Overcoming Obstacles
The committee encountered obstacles during the development of the transit management
certificate. First, LAUP will not offer the desired "focus foundation" course-PLAN 670:
Urban Public Transportation-over the next several years. LAUP plans to incorporate the
curriculum from this course into PLAN 673: Design for Sustainable Transportation and
PLAN 672: Transportation and the Environment. The committee made PLAN 670 the
required course during years LAUP offers the course; however, in the interim, PLAN 673 is
the core focus foundation course.
The committee determined a transit internship would perhaps be more appropriate for
transit management students than the required capstone course (PLAN 678). However,
requiring an internship specific to the transit industry in lieu of the PLAN 678 capstone
course necessitates a major curriculum change in the CTP. Hence, the committee opted to
keep the capstone requirement for the transit management focus area with the caveat that
transit internships and transit-related projects in CTP courses would be strongly
encouraged, although not formally required.
Project Outcomes
The efforts of the committee resulted in the creation of a fourth focus area for the CTP. The
additional focus area led to a revision and update of the Graduate Certificate in
Transportation Planning Program Description and Degree Requirements (see Appendix C).12
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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/m1/16/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.