& Engineering
SFT 450/550
Traffic Engineering
Office: 212
Communications Bldg
Telephone: 696
– 3069
e-mail: stern@marshall.edu
Pre Requisites: None
Catalogue Description:
Concerned with traffic and pedestrian flow, channelization, light coordination, intersection control and devices related to safe, convenient and economical transportation of persons and goods.
Purpose of the Course:
This is an introductory course in Traffic Engineering designed for students in the Safety Education Field. As such, it will deal in rather broad and general terms with the principles applied by traffic engineers in the regulation and control of street and highway traffic, to provide for the optimum of safety and efficiency.
Objectives:
1.
Students
will be able to perform elementary analysis of traffic accident data both for
overall problems and for specific locations.
2.
Students
will be able to compare the state traffic laws of
3.
Students
will be able to describe the various types of traffic control devices and their
meanings and uses.
4.
Other
specific objectives as given out in class
GRADING SCALES & ASSIGNMENTS
Attendance 3 points per class 45 points
Quizzes 4 quizzes X 10 points 40 points
Mid –Term Exam 40 points
Final Exam 40 points
Research Paper 25 points
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190 total
Attendance 3 points per class 45 points
Quizzes 4 quizzes x 10 points 40 points
Mid Term Exam 40 points
Final Exam 40 points
Research Paper #1 due at Mid Term 25 points
Research Paper #2 due at Final Exam 25 points
___________
240 points