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2014/15 Taught Postgraduate Programme Catalogue

MSc Transport Planning

Programme code:MSC-TRN-FTUCAS code:
Duration:12 Months Method of Attendance: Full Time
Programme manager:Dr Astrid Guehnemann Contact address:A.Guehnemann@its.leeds.ac.uk

For further information please email: courses@its.leeds.ac.uk or telephone (+44) (0) 113 343 5353.

Total credits: 180

Entry requirements:

Good honours degree (or equivalent experience) in a relevant discipline.

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

Institute for Transport Studies

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

Institute for Transport Studies Exam Boards

Programme specification:

The programme will:

- aim to give students from a wide range of backgrounds a firm grounding in the principles, techniques, issues and practice of transport planning, thus equipping them for a professional career;
- enable students to specialise in selected aspects of the subject and so gain deeper knowledge and advanced skills which they can apply in practice when they take up employment in the transport sector or undertake further study or research.


Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment, Learning Context]

Compulsory modules:

Students study the following compulsory modules:

TRAN5013MUnderstanding Travel Behaviour15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
TRAN5020MPrinciples of Transport Modelling15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
TRAN5031MTransport Data Collection and Analysis15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
TRAN5043MTransport Planning and Policy15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
TRAN5112MSustainable Land-Use and Transport Planning15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
TRAN5911MTransport Dissertation60 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional modules:

Students study three optional modules in total, with at least two taken from the following list:

CIVE5231MFunding for Projects15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
TRAN5162MGreen Logistics15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
TRAN5171MAnalysing Transport and Society15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
TRAN5180MPublic Transport Planning and Management15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
TRAN5191MSystem Dynamics: Modelling Policy15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
TRAN5210MTraffic Management15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
TRAN5231MGlobal Issues in Transport15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
TRAN5282MChoice Modelling and Stated Preference Survey Design15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
TRAN5291MTraffic Network Modelling15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
TRAN5630MTransport Investment Appraisal15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
TRAN5691MTransport and Urban Pollution15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
TRAN5750MTransport in Development15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
TRAN5761MSafety of Road Transport15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Elective modules:

Exceptionally, students may study one elective module in place of one optional module, subject to a number of criteria including the prior approval of the Programme Leader/Manager.

PLEASE NOTE: All modules are offered subject to a minimum level of demand and thus not all modules (particularly optional modules) may run in any given year. Please contact ITS for further details.

Last updated: 07/10/2014

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