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Program checklist · M.S.

Transportation Engineering, M.S.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute · Troy, NY

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
M.S.
Credential class
ceterms:MasterDegree
Catalog edition
Rensselaer Catalog 2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
This research degree is open to students with undergraduate degrees in engineering or the physical or natural sciences. In addition to the satisfactory completion of an approved set of advanced courses, candidates for this degree must complete a 5-credit thesis and 1-credit graduate seminar. The thesis must provide documentation of an independent research-related effort and be approved by the student’s faculty adviser. Listed below are recommended core courses for four possible fields of study. M.S. candidates typically take all the courses listed below in their chosen field of study.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
194824
CourseShelf checklist
CK_194824_fa7747fd
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Recommended Courses

5 items
  1. CIVL 6220
    Critical Issues in Transportation
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  2. CIVL 6230
    Transportation Economics
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  3. CIVL 6250
    Transportation Systems Planning
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  4. CIVL 6270
    Traffic Control and Simulation
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  5. CIVL 6280
    Dynamic Traffic Models
    Not resolved to a course
    3

Elective Courses

0 items

    Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems

    10 items
    1. ISYE 4140
      Statistical Analysis
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    2. ISYE 4210
      Design and Analysis of Supply Chains
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    3. ISYE 4600
      Deterministic Methods in Operations Research
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    4. ISYE 4760
      Mathematical Statistics
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    5. ISYE 6100
      Time Series Analysis
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    6. ISYE 6600
      Design of Manufacturing System Supply Chains
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    7. ISYE 6610
      Systems Modeling in Decision Sciences
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    8. ISYE 6620
      Discrete-Event Simulation
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    9. ISYE 6770
      Linear and Conic Optimization
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    10. ISYE 6870
      Introduction to Neural Networks
      Not resolved to a course
      3

    Management

    2 items
    1. MGMT 4370
      Risk Management
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    2. MGMT 6550
      Marketing Research
      Not resolved to a course
      3

    Economics

    5 items
    1. ECON 4150
      Economics of Government Regulation and Firm Strategy
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    2. ECON 4160
      Public Finance
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    3. ECON 4210
      Cost-Benefit Analysis
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    4. ECON 4570
      Econometrics
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    5. ECON 6210
      Advanced Cost-Benefit Analysis
      Not resolved to a course
      3

    Applied Mathematics and Mathematics

    6 items
    1. MATP 4600
      Probability Theory and Applications
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    2. MATP 4820
      Computational Optimization
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    3. MATP 6600
      Introduction to Optimization
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    4. MATP 6610
      Computational Optimization
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    5. MATP 6620
      Integer and Combinatorial Optimization
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    6. MATH 6790
      Topics in Applied Mathematics
      Not resolved to a course
      4

    Computer Science

    1 item
    1. CSCI 696X
      Algorithmic Game Theory
      Not resolved to a course

    Additional Requirements

    0 items
      Source. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, catalog Rensselaer Catalog 2026-2027 — https://catalog.rpi.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=34&poid=10230&returnto=938. Captured page pages/0226.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.