57 courses with the subject TMGT, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
TMGT 6001Orientation to Graduate Studies
1 class hour, 1 credit. This course introduces new graduate students to the full range of academic, administrative, and social expectations of graduate students, and the environment in which they must meet those expectations. The course provides students with multiple opportunities to develop and improve their research, writing, and source citation proficiencies as well as their critical thinking, communication, and presentation skills. [Fall and Spring]
3 class hours, 3 credits. A systematic analysis of the underlying determinants of international trade, including classical, Ricardian, neoclassical and current theories of international trade, commercial policy, and customs unions. Monetary topics include balance of payments; accounting and adjustment process; foreign exchange markets; and the role of the dollar in international trade and international finance. [Fall and Spring]
TMGT 7200Management Information Systems in Transportation
3 class hours, 3 credits. This course introduces the student of transportation and logistics to the theory and practice of how information systems align with and support freight transportation and logistics processes. Focus is placed on the strategic processes of operations control, decision support, and customer in multimodal environments. Process models for these environments are presented and discussed, as are the techniques for data collection and capture, processing, communication, and presentation. The ultimate objective of the course is to provide the student with a working development to deliver usable and effective information systems. Renumbered as TMGT 8530.
3 class hours, 3 credits. This course focuses on and explicates the logistics channel of the supply chain. “Channels” are identifiable sets within a supply chain of interdependent business processes and activities that help to impart a distinct economic value or utility to the product as it moves through the supply chain or to the service as being provided. The purpose of the course is to prepare students to be logistic managers, to control efficiently the movement of goods, materials and other resources using processes that instill time and place utility in the moved product or the developing service, from beginning of supply chain (sourcing of raw materials) to its end (the ultimate destination of the delivered product or service). [Fall and Spring]
3 class hours, 3 credits. Application of economic analysis to issues of major concern to shipping firms, and to the shipping industry as a whole. Topics covered include: analysis of the market structure of the shipping industry, the supply of shipping services, the costs to the firm, pricing shipping services, determination of freight rates, shipping and the balance of payments, government policies affecting shipping, subsidies, cabotage, and tariffs. [Fall and Spring] Previously TMGT 8140
o 8000-Level Elective Courses (4 courses for 12 credits) Prerequisite -at least four core courses Course # Course * * *Not required if Thesis Option (courses 9201 & 9202) is chosen to co o Final Course(s) (1 course Capstone Option is 3 credits, 2 course The Prerequisite- all six core courses Course # Course
3 class hours, 3 credits. Economic analysis of transportation decision-making. Topics include: demand, cost, analysis of rate determination, taxes and subsidies, government regulation and resource allocation, study of competitive and noncompetitive forces in a regulated and deregulated environment.
3 class hours, 3 credits. Topics include: transportation planning: vessel suitability: capital, operating and voyage costs. Development of financial models for comparing movements using cost per delivered unit of cargo. Examines movement planning and the valuation and acquisition of vessels. Placed in Courses in Reserve
3 class hours, 3 credits. Exploration of quantitative and systems methods in business and transportation. Topics include problem solving, optimization—both linear and non-linear, network models, deterministic and probabilistic models, the systems life spiral, principles and practices for developing, managing and enhancing systems. Computers are an integral part of the course. Mathematics topics will be reviewed as necessary. Renumbered as TMGT 7060.
TMGT 8220Financial Decision Making in Transportation
3 class hours, 3 credits. Topics include: required rate of return, capital assets, pricing models, capital budgeting techniques, and sources of long term capital.
3 class hours, 3 credits. Contemporary trends in transportation industrial relations, the dilemmas, conflicts, and challenges associated with the employment relationship. Topics include: union organizations and structure; labor legislation, the theory of negotiation and strategic approaches to collective bargaining, and the limitations on the freedom to strike. An assessment of the unions' impact on wages, prices, profits, technological change, and management actions will be made. Placed in Courses in Reserve
3 class hours, 3 credits. An introduction to the overall structure and design of environmental law in the United States and in the international community. Closer examination of specific cases, statutes and treaties affecting marine transportation, marine natural resources, pollution and development. Consideration of environmental policy impact in a cross-cultural context is also examined. Cross-Listed as MNST 8250
3 class hours, 3 credits. Contemporary trends in transportation industrial relations, the dilemmas, conflicts, and challenges associated with the employment relationship. Topics include: union organizations and structure; labor legislation, the theory of negotiation and strategic approaches to collective bargaining, and the limitations on the freedom to strike. An assessment of the unions' impact on wages, prices, profits, technological change, and management actions will be made. Placed in Courses in Reserve
3 class hours, 3 credits. This elective course is a study of the many functions performed by shore side management while operating merchant vessels. Topics include: the evolving role of the ship’s manager, ship management agreements, crewing agencies, crewing problems and agreements, bunker procurement, quality and control, sale and purchase of vessels, demolition, vessel agencies, managing operating and running costs, voyage estimating, vessel maintenance issues, risk management, ISM compliance, classification societies, working within the regulatory environment, among others.
3 class hours, 3 credits. Transportation systems are compared within the context of the shipper/carrier relationship. Distribution patterns are investigated in ocean, inland waterways, rail, trucking, air, and pipeline modes. Topics covered include: carrier organization and operation, competition and operation, competition and cooperation, intermodal transportation, ratemaking negotiations and practices, carrier liability and government regulations. Placed in Courses in Reserve
3 class hours, 3 credits. The study of upper level management and the decision making process within the context of the transportation firm. Case studies and computer simulations concerning internal operations and profitable responses to changing industry trends are studied.
TMGT 8310Port Development and Environmental Issues
3 class hours, 3 credits. The transportation industry and ports are facing new challenges as a result of increased environmental regulations and enforcement, all of which affect intermodal transportation initiatives. International agreements, treaties and conventions have modified the way international and even domestic commerce and trade is conducted. The course will deal with domestic and international laws and regulations, which impact port operations. The course will also focus on new approaches and solutions to many of the environmental problems encountered in port operations and development
3 class hours, 3 credits. This course consists of an inquiry into the basic concepts and principles of seaport management. It stresses U.S. public ports, while providing an insight into the port problems of developing nations. Included topics are: operations; organizational structure; powers; public policy; economics; planning; marketing; technology and regulation.
3 class hours, 3 credits. Topics studied include: ocean routes, terminals, free ports, cargo handling & stowage, charter parties, theory of rate-making, rate practice and control, pools; agreements, economic aspects of selected ports, the relation of facility to its hinterland, costs of shipping through the facility, competitive position, labor costs and productivity, construction and rental costs, governmental agencies, port authorities and commissions. 2025-26 Graduate Course Descriptions 11
3 class hours, 3 credits. Analysis of dry bulk and tanker vessel operations in the tramp market from both the shore side and shipboard perspective. Discusses development in dry bulk and tanker markets, the supply and demand of vessels and evolving shipboard technology.
TMGT 8355Selected Topics in International Aviation Transportation Management
3 class hours, 3 credits. Covers changing, discrete aviation transportation issues in an "issue management" approach. Issues include privatization, aircraft technology, security, facilitation, technology applications. Students do a term paper and oral presentation on an issue they select. Placed in Courses in Reserve
3 class hours, 3 credits. Learn the basics of intermodal freight transportation, including documents and equipment, freight operations, intermodal information technology, and rules and laws that apply in this type of transportation. Students can also find answers to the questions of how intermodal freight transportation developed, what is happening today, and where it might be going in the future.
TMGT 8370Shipboard Operations for Shoreside Managers
3 class hours, 3 credits. This specialized course is held at sea aboard a cruise ship. The student is introduced to shipboard operations, navigation, vessel safety, bridge watch standing, marine engineering and related topics. The student can expect to spend approximately one week at sea during the course and the balance of time in a traditional classroom environment. [Summer]
3 class hours, 3 credits. Topics include: marine fuel, lube and aviation fuel oil markets, contracting, pricing, hedging tools, quality issues, risk management; environmental concerns, role of brokers, among others. Placed in Courses in Reserve
3 class hours, 3 credits. Objective is to prepare the student to become aware of the new threats to the Maritime Industry and protect their assets of Ports, Terminals and Ships. To enable the student to prepare for a position as Company Security Officer or Port Facility Security Officer. Three certificates can be obtained with completion of this course. In compliance with international STCW requirements, there will be no D or D+ grades in this course.
3 class hours, 3 credits. Ocean marine hull and protection and indemnity policies, clauses and interpretation are studied. Topics include: hull markets, total losses, averages, perils insured against, running down liabilities, sue and labor, general average, hull valuations, war risks, P and I clubs, covered risks, charterers' and bailees' legal liability, reinsurance, functions and problems of brokers, agents and underwriters, hull and P and I underwriting, among other topics.
3 class hours, 3 credits. The course seeks to satisfy the need to understand the general maritime principles needed by ship officers and ones working in the maritime industry ashore. American admiralty and maritime laws and practices as they apply to ship owners, seamen and ship officers, ship insurers and charterers will be discussed.
3 class hours, 3 credits. Objectives include a detailed understanding of the practices and law governing voyage chartering of ocean going and other vessels, as well as ship brokering and dry and wet chartered vessel operations. A professional chartering certificate is issued upon successful completion of both TMGT 8450 & 8460.
3 class hours, 3 credits. Provides a detailed examination of major issues of concern to shipping, export, import, seaport, risk management, and logistics students and executives. It examines the business of international shipping and trade from operational, regulatory, economic, policy, risk management and legal perspectives.
3 class hours, 3 credits. This course deals with the identifying and understanding the cultural issues that impact senior and middle management of a global transportation business. Alternative actions and implementation details rising from this understanding are discussed. Cultural Acumen for the Global Manager - Lessons from Project GLOBE, forms the basis for this class.
3 class hours, 3 credits. Understand typical terrorist mindsets and psychologies, their threat to U.S. interests and supply chains, as well as understanding the counter terrorist apparatus set up in the U.S. to deal with the terrorist threat.
TMGT 8499Special Topics in International Transportation Management I
3 class hours, 3 credits. This course examines issues of current or emerging significance in international transportation management through the lens of contextual analysis. Clear identification of the issues, an assessment of their importance within the global context, and recommendations of resolution are important capabilities for the global executive. This course provides the opportunity to learn the essential and relevant underlying skills. An understanding of the socio political economic realities of the world, and the development of ethical, critical thinking and communication skills are features of this course.
3 class hours, 3 credits. The management functions of planning, organizing, and controlling; explores the logic of collaboration in today’s business environments, domestic and global; examines globalization issues deriving from cultural, economic, and political contexts, and examines and models the strategic planning hierarchy of vision, mission, strategic goals, and tactical objectives. [Spring]
3 class hours, 3 credits. The Internship in ITM will provide practical, hands on experience that will facilitate a student’s segue into a professional position. There are many different career tacks possible in international transportation management; however, the main criterion for approving an internship is whether the work performed, mentoring given, and lessons learned can, in the judgment of the supervising faculty member and GBAT Department Chair, be applied directly to International Transportation Management. A successfully completed ITM internship will satisfy one of the program’s 3-credit elective requirements. The internship may be either paid or unpaid, and credit is granted for both.
3 class hours, 3 credits. This course examines the consequences of global markets, specifically, successful competition in an uneven cultural, economic, political and social playing fields that requires deriving cost efficiencies from constantly re-engineering extended supply chains. The best of the re-engineering takes a total cost analysis approach, viewing all parts of the supply chain as an integrated whole and leaving nothing in isolation. Students are introduced to the design and control techniques that derive from a systems approach. [Spring]
*Not required if Thesis Option (courses 9201 & 9202) is chosen to complete the program o 8000-Level Elective Courses (2 courses for 6 credits) Course # Course Completed * * *Not required if Thesis Option (courses 9201 & 9202) is chosen to complete the program o Final Course(s) (one course Capstone Option for 3 credits, two course Thesis Option for 6 credits) Prerequisite- all six core courses Course # Course Completed
3 class hours, 3 credits. Each candidate will prepare a comprehensive thesis under the guidance of a faculty mentor. Required of all candidates for the Master of Science Degree who do not elect course 9100 (International Business Policy). minimum 3.0 GPA.
Candidates must have at least 18 masters level credits completed with a
TMGT 9201Thesis I6
3 class hours, 3 credits. A graduate student works with a supervising faculty member as an alternative to a (3 credit) capstone course. The thesis is individual study and research, over two semesters, and is worth
