Transport Systems Analysis | Makerere University Courses

Course Code:

CIV 7122

Course Credit Units:

3

Semester:

Semester 1

Year of Study:

Year 1

Undergraduate or Graduate Level:

Graduate Level

Academic Programs:

Master of Science In Civil Engineering

College:

College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology

School:

School of Engineering

Department:

Civil And Environmental Engineering

Course Discipline:

science

Course Description & Objectives:

This course covers a multidisciplinary field which draws on engineering, economics, operations research, political science, psychology, management, and other disciplines. The course synthesizes from these fields an approach that is intellectually coherent and comprehensive in assessing the interaction between transportation facilities and the social economic system of an area through prediction of traffic flows. Objectives:The aims of this course are to:

Identify concepts that are fundamental to serious work in the planning, design, or management of transportation systems,
Detailed treatment of transportation system demand and supply,
Undertake evaluation and choice modelling.

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of this course, a student should be able to:

Apply the systems approach to transportation.
Determine the demand for transportation systems.
Apply prediction models for mode selection