Graduate Studies
Graduate students in transportation engineering at UVA have the benefit of a focused research program. Students and faculty form a close-knit community in a historic environment. Known as Jefferson's University, UVA architecture and scenic landscapes are the backdrop for innovative and state-of-the-art research projects. Below is a brief description of the courses and programs offered for a Master's and/or Doctorate degree.
Graduate Transportation Engineering Program
UVA offers both M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in transportation engineering. The graduate transportation engineering program is centered around two tracks:
Transportation Systems Engineering and Management. This track prepares students in the areas of transportation operations, transportation planning, transportation safety, intelligent transportation systems, public transportation, and inter-modal transportation.
Transportation Pavements. This track is offered jointly by the University of Virginia and the Virginia Transportation Research Council. Students have the opportunity to work closely with research scientists from VTRC, as well as VDOT field engineers involved with pavements design and evaluation.
Click here for a brochure on the transportation pavements program.
Core Courses
The Transportation Systems Engineering and Management track as well as the Transportation Pavements track each will require 4 core courses. Students are required to declare a track. The core courses must be in the program of studies for each M.S. student. Students at the Ph.D. level must also complete these courses prior to taking the comprehensive exam. The core courses are as follows:
Transportation Systems Engineering and Management
CE 636 – Traffic Operations
CE 632 – Integrated Transportation Systems Models
CE 633 – Introduction to Transportation Planning
CE 635 – Inter-modal Transportation or CE 638 – Public Transportation
Transportation Pavements
CE 610 – Concrete Materials
CE 611 – Asphalt Materials
CE 614 – Pavement Analysis and Design
CE 615 – Advanced Geotechnical Engineering
M.S. Level Elective Courses
A set of 600-level electives is offered for the M.S. program. Please note that a student on one track may take a core course on the other track as an elective.
CE 613 – Infrastructure Management
CE 617 – Advanced Geometric Design
CE 631 – Intelligent Transportation Systems
CE 634 – Geographic Information Systems
CE 635 – Inter-modal Transportation or CE 638 – Public Transportation
CE 637 – Transportation Safety Engineering
CE 639 – Financing Transportation Infrastructure
PhD Level Elective Courses
CE 714 – Advanced Pavement Analysis and Design
CE 732 – Transportation Impact Analysis
CE 734 – Traffic Flow Theory
CE 735 – Transportation Logistics
CE 738 – Advanced Integrated Transportation Systems Models
CE 739 – Special Topics in Transportation
Other Elective Courses
Students are encouraged to take elective courses from other disciplines in their program of study. A partial list of elective courses taken by students in the past include:
Applied Mathematics: Descriptions of the following courses can be found here.
APMA 507 Numerical Methods
APMA 634 Numerical Analysis
AMPA 643 Statistics for Engineers and Scientists
Systems Engineering: Descriptions of the following courses can be found here.
SYS 601 Introduction to Systems Engineering
SYS 603 Mathematical Programming
SYS 605 Stochastic Systems
SYS 612 Dynamic Systems
SYS 614 Decision Analysis
SYS 616 Knowledge-Based Systems
SYS 618 Data Mining
SYS 634 Discrete-Event Stochastic Simulation
SYS 650 Risk Analysis
SYS 654 Financial Engineering
SYS 664 Applied Human Factors Engineering
SYS 670 Environmental Systems Analysis
SYS 701 System and Decision Sciences
SYS 705 Advanced Stochastic Processes
SYS 716 Artificial Intelligence
SYS 730 Time Series Analysis and Forecasting
SYS 734 Advanced System Simulation
SYS 742 Heuristic Search
SYS 750 Risk Analysis
SYS 754 Multi-objective Decision Making
SYS 763 Response Surface Methods
SYS 770 Sequencing and Scheduling
SYS 775 Forecast-Decision Systems
Computer Science: Descriptions of the following courses can be found here.
CS 587 Security in Information Systems
CS 616 Knowledge-Based Systems
CS 661 Design and Analysis of Algorithms
CS 662 Database Systems
CS 685 Software Engineering
CS 716 Artificial Intelligence
Electrical Engineering: Descriptions of the following courses can be found here.
ECE 611 Probability and Stochastic Processes
ECE 621 Linear Automatic Control Systems
ECE 723 Optimal Control Systems
ECE 726 Nonlinear Control Systems
ECE 781 Pattern Recognition
ECE 814 Advanced Detection and Estimation
ECE 825 Adaptive Control
Urban and Environmental Planning: Descriptions of the following courses can be found here.
PLAN 512 Geographic Information Systems
PLAN 513 Advanced GIS Workshop
PLAN 522 Planning, Budgeting and Finance
PLAN 525 Public Involvement
PLAN 560 Land Use Policy and Planning
PLAN 564 Transit Oriented Design
PLAN 572 Transportation and Land Use
PLAC 572 Transportation Planning and Policy
Business Administration: Descriptions of the following courses can be found here.
GBUS 705/706 Finance
GBUS 883 Supply Chain Management
Mathematics: Descriptions of the following courses can be found here.
MATH 511 Stochastic Processes
Politics: Descriptions of the following courses can be found here.
PLAP 868 Urban Administration and Policy
PLAP 873 Financial Administration and Budgeting
Psychology: Descriptions of the following courses can be found here.
PSYC 710 Cognition
PSYC 715 Cognitive Processes
PSYC 781 How to do Things with Numbers
Statistics: Descriptions of the following courses can be found here.
STAT 513 Applied Multivariate Statistics
STAT 516 Experimental Design
STAT 520 Design and Analysis of Sample Surveys
STAT 731 Advanced Data Analysis
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