TRAFFIC CONTROL

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: CIV ENGR 370 , graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the principles of intersection traffic operations, traffic data collection methods, traffic control devices, and analysis techniques. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Utilize quantitative and computerized techniques for designing and optimizing signalization at intersections. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Use software packages to solve traffic engineering problems. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Explain the fundamental differences between different software packages used to solve traffic engineering problems. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Present solutions to a traffic engineering problem, in both written and oral formats. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Synthesize the literature that is foundational to traffic engineering theory and apply this theory through the design and simulation of transportation systems. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the principles of intersection traffic operations, traffic data collection methods, traffic control devices, and analysis techniques. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Utilize quantitative and computerized techniques for designing and optimizing signalization at intersections. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Use software packages to solve traffic engineering problems. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Explain the fundamental differences between different software packages used to solve traffic engineering problems. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Present solutions to a traffic engineering problem, in both written and oral formats. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Synthesize the literature that is foundational to traffic engineering theory and apply this theory through the design and simulation of transportation systems. Audience: Graduate