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UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA
Course Name (English) PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES IN TRANSPORT
Course Code TPT457
MQF Credit 4
Course Description This course offers and in depth approach to understanding the basic fundamentals and practices of transportation. It enables students to understand the relationship of transportation. Characteristics, advantages and limitations of such mode of transportation are also compared. This subject provides opportunities to students who are new to this field and study, and to help them to comprehend the complex world of transportation.
Transferable Skills Specific Knowledge, Communication, Presentation, Thinking & Analytical skills
Teaching Methodologies Lectures, Inquiry-based Learning, Field Trip, Problem Based Learning (PBL)
CLO
CLO1 Analyse the theories and concepts in transport and logistics
CLO2 Present ideas in verbal and written to appreciate theories and concepts of transport and logistics
CLO3 Demonstrate social responsibility in transport and logistics operations
Pre-Requisite Courses No course recommendations
Reading List
Recommended Text
  • Sham, Rohana and Shamsudin, Nurazlina 2015, Fundamentals of Transport, Oxford Fajar
Reference Book Resources
  • Coyle, John, Robert Novack, Brian Gibson and Edward Bardi 2015, Transportation: A Supply Chain Perspective, 8th ed. Ed., South-Western Cengage Learning.
  • Rodrigue, Jeal Paul and Comtois, Claude, 2016, The Geography of Transport System,, 4th Ed. Ed., Routledge.
  • Emir, Astra and Oliver, Mike, 2017, Transport Operator Licensing: A Practical Guide for Goods and Passenger Operators, Kogan Page.
  • Wesnveen, John G. 2015, Air Transportation: A Management Perspective, 8th ed. Ed., Ashgate Publishing Limited
  • Jean-Paul Rodrigue 2013, The Geography of Transport Systems, 3rd Ed., New York: Routledge
  • John Coyle, Robert Novack, Brian Gibson and Edward Bardi 2010, Transportation: A Supply Chain Perspective, 7th Ed., South-Western Cengage Learning
  • Cassia, Fabio and Ferrazzi, Matteo, 2018, The Automotive Industry, Cars, Research and Society Series,, Agenda.
Article/Paper ListThis Course does not have any article/paper resources
Other References
  • n/a Journal of Transport and Land Use
  • n/a Department of Statistics 1997, Transport Statistics for Great Britain, HMSO
  • n/a Annual Reports of Governments and Statutory Bodies and Private Organizations In Malaysia