Spring 2026
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Course No: CIVE.5480-031; SIS Class Nbr: 14309; SIS Term: 3530
Course Status: Open
Course Description
The course presents modern methods of traffic management, traffic control strategies and traffic control systems technology. Main topics covered, include: transportation systems management (TSM); traffic control systems technology; control concepts - urban and suburban streets; control and management concepts - freeways; control and management concepts - integrated systems; traveler information systems; system selection, design and implementation; systems management; ITS plans and programs. The course will also include exercises in the use and application of traffic simulation and optimization models such as: CORSIM, TRANSYT and MAXBAND/ MULTIBAND.
Prerequisites, Notes & Instructor
- Prerequisites: Students with a CSCE career need permission to take Graduate Level Courses.
- Section Notes: Live Online Course; Live Online Course: Attend class remotely during specific days and times (sometimes referred to as synchronous learning). Instructors may deliver lessons from an off-campus location, from a campus classroom, lab or studio, and you¿ll also make use of Blackboard, UMass Lowell¿s online learning management tool.
- Core Codes: STEM, ONLINE SYN
- Credits: 3; Contact Hours: 3
- Instructor:
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UMass Lowell Bookstore
When Offered & Tuition
- T | 10:00 AM-12:50 PM ET
- 2026 Spring: Jan 20 to May 09
- Course Level: Graduate
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Tuition: $1875
- Note: There is a $30 per semester registration fee for credit courses.
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