Transportation Systems provides a complete operational understanding of all available transportation modes, intermodalism, and the vital supporting services, agencies, and implementation factors involved in freight management. Learners gain the ability to quickly adapt to changing conditions, managing the transportation of raw materials and goods to or from international destinations as well as across Canada’s complex geography—choosing the safest and most cost-effective and time-appropriate mode or combinations of modes.

Providing the deepest coverage of this specialized field of any course available to industry, Transportation Systems provides the best foundation of knowledge for anyone who buys, sells or manages the flow of goods and product—or is impacted by transportation logistics. Take Logistics Processes as the complement to this course. Then add other specialty courses to deepen your understanding.

Transportation Systems helps professionals streamline decision-making to minimize errors that can lead to longer transit times, increased costs of transit, unnecessary inventory carrying cost, fines for non-compliance, and increased handling and damage.

• Understand and capitalize on the comparative efficiencies of various modes of transportation (rail, road, air, water and pipeline) and the procedures and documentation required for each.
  
  
• Streamline the process of getting product to market, optimizing the secondary ransportation services that compliment intra-modal and inter-modal supply chain operations.
  
  
• Optimize the use of specialized intermediaries (freight forwarders, transportation brokers, customs brokers), knowing when to use them, how to evaluate their cost and quality and learn ways to minimize the time spent coordinating their services.
  
  
• Apply operational insight to negotiate more effectively and confidently with all stakeholder groups.
  
  
• Reduce or avoid personal and corporate exposure to fines, seizure of goods, environmental damage and criminal charges by recognizing relevant safety standards and transportation legislation, including the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act.

The fee for Transportation Systems is $615 plus applicable tax (see chart).

 

This fee includes all course materials and textbooks. International students must pay an additional $125 plus 5% GST per course. There are no refunds issued for courses taken directly through CITT once your registration and payment has been received and processed.

Course materials will be sent to the student once payment has been received and processed. The textbook used for Transportation Systems, Transportation Systems: A Canadian Perspective, is published by CITT and is included in the registration fee.

This course will require candidates to complete assignments, and a formal report. The assignments focus on specific chapters, while the formal report encompasses all skills and knowledge gained throughout the course.

This course will require candidates to complete all assignments online. The final examination is also held online. More detailed information regarding your final examination will be provided with your course registration confirmation.

Grades are reported as Honours, Pass, or Fail. To obtain a Pass, candidates must obtain a grade of 50%. The final grade is based on both term work and the final examination.

Students have the option of completing assignments and examinations in French if they desire.

 

Please note: This only applies to courses taken directly through CITT. Fees may vary for courses taken through other educational institutions.