Education
Multiple degree programs are available that provide the opportunity to learn about transportation. Within the Department of Civil Engineering, Construction Management, and Environmental Engineering, the Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Civil) is available for undergraduate students, while a residential Master of Science in Civil Engineering (thesis and non-thesis options), and an online Professional Master of Civil Engineering are available for graduate students. The online program is unique in the field as it incorporates project management, public policy, and infrastructure management into an online program targeted at working professionals. Additional information can be obtained at https://in.nau.edu/civil-environmental-engineering/graduate/, or by emailing CECMEEgraduate@nau.edu.
Transportation courses available at Northern Arizona University
NAU’s Department of Civil Engineering, Construction Management, and Environmental Engineering and its Department of Geography, Planning, and Recreation offer a multitude of transportation courses for both undergraduate and graduate students.
Undergraduate Courses
CENE 418 – Highway Engineering
Highway capacity analysis and geometric design, including driver-roadway- vehicle model, traffic characteristics, level of service, human factors, safety, drainage, and specs.
CENE 419 – Infrastructure Systems Abroad
The impacts of different engineering, historical, cultural, social, economic, ethical, environmental, and political conditions on the design and construction of various infrastructure projects outside the United States.
CENE 420 – Traffic Study And Signal
Basic concepts including driver-roadway- vehicle systems, traffic studies, capacity analysis, and traffic-control devices. Lab introduces traffic-engineering studies and signal-system operations and design, including computer applications.
CENE 470 – GIS Applications For Engineering And Construction
This course applies geographic information systems (GIS) to civil engineering, environmental engineering and construction projects. Students will learn GIS software for digitizing and creating digital maps including data creation, management, manipulation, analysis, and visualization.
GSP 201- Introduction to City Planning
Urban planning, growth and land use; sustainability and the process of land use change and community development
GSP 303- Urban Form and Community Design
Integrates historical patterns of land-use planning with contemporary urban design approaches and historic preservation concepts to collectively foster livable communities.
GSP 443- Urban Transportation Planning
Examines techniques and methodology of transportation planning applications, emphasizing interrelationship of land use and trips. Lab overviews different methodological approaches, with detailed study of travel demand forecasting models.
Graduate Courses
CENE 519 – Infrastructure Systems Abroad
The impacts of different engineering, historical, cultural, social, economic, ethical, environmental, and political conditions on the design and construction of various infrastructure projects outside the United States.
CENE 542 – Infrastructure Economics
Application of engineering economics in infrastructure systems design and planning. Topics include time value of money, supply and demand principles, determination of costs and benefits, public vs. private funding sources, depreciation and service life concepts, and noneconomic consequences of infrastructure projects.
CENE 545 – Advanced Traffic Signal Systems
Advanced traffic concepts including signal phasing, signal system coordination, and traffic signal hardware and software operation. Students develop design drawings and signal timings for a signalized arterial and deploy these timings on industry-standard hardware and software.
CENE 546 – Intelligent Transportation Systems
This course will present a survey of various Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) technologies. Students will be required to take part in various field surveys of Intelligent Transportation System deployments, as well as develop and complete an individual ITS project design.
CENE 547 – Advanced Concepts In Traffic Safety
Students will be introduced to engineering aspects of traffic safety including motorized and non-motorized modes. Topics include identification of hazardous locations, development of countermeasures, evaluation of safety improvements, statistical analysis of safety data, human factors, road safety audits, and crash reconstruction.
This course presents the fundamentals of mechanistic pavement design for flexible and rigid pavements. Students will learn the analysis of stresses, strains, and deflections in pavement systems and apply knowledge to evaluate the mechanical performance of pavements.
GSP 514- Planning for Sustainable Communities
An examination of sustainability concepts from the household to the community level with the goal of assessing how the concepts can be incorporated into neighborhood and community planning and design. Topics include household sustainability, energy and water conservation, food and agriculture, transportation and circulation, land use and layout, community organization, business models, the LEED model, and built examples.
GSP 543- Urban Transportation Planning
Examines techniques and methodology of transportation planning applications, emphasizing interrelationship of land use and trips. Lab overviews different methodological approaches, with detailed study of travel demand forecasting models.