Description

The Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies in the University of Sydney Business School is an Australian Key Centre of Excellence and world class research institute with strong industry links and a key role in developing innovative ideas in logistics and supply chain management policy. Our programs focus on management and operations, developing specialist skills in: applying the concepts, techniques and principles that underlie logistics and supply chain management; understanding the relationships between business processes within and between organisations; using systems approaches to solve business problems; and managing the impact of current and future trends in logistics management on business processes.

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Course structure

Please Note: Students who commenced their degree prior to 2011 should refer to the course structure, available major subject areas and resolutions in the handbook for the year they commenced. Archived handbooks can be accessed on the Handbooks website.

To be awarded the Graduate Certificate in Logistics Management, students must successfully complete a total of four units of study (24 credit points), comprising:

• three core units of study (18 credit points)
• one elective unit of study (six credit points)

Core units of study

• TPTM5001 Logistics and Supply Chain Management (foundation unit)*
• TPTM6115 Organisational Logistics
• TPTM6495 Analysis Tools for Transport and Logistics

* Students demonstrating extensive practical experience in the logistics industry may apply to substitute an alternative logistics management unit of study for TPTM5001.?? Students should send their resume with a covering email outlining their experience to the Postgraduate Coordinator for Logistics Management, Dr Jyotirmoyee Bhattacharjya (jyotirmoyee.bhattacharjya@sydney.edu.au).

Elective units of study

• TPTM6130 Transport and Logistics Strategy
• TPTM6160 Aviation Management and Logistics
• TPTM6180 Geographical Information Systems
• TPTM6190 Logistics Systems
• TPTM6200 Maritime Logistics
• TPTM6210 Reverse Logistics and Closed Loop SCM
• TPTM6222 Railway Logistics and Operations
• TPTM6224 Intelligent Transport and Logistic Systems
• TPTM6240 Public Transport Policy and Planning
• TPTM6241 Transport Modes and Systems
• TPTM6260 International Logistics
• TPTM6270 Innovations in Logistics and Supply Chains *
• TPTM6290 Special Topic in Supply Chain Management *
• TPTM6310 Project Management in Supply Chains
• TPTM6350 Strategic Transport Modelling
• TPTM6360 Traffic Systems Management and Control
• TPTM6380 Retail Logistics Management
• TPTM6390 Logistics in Humanitarian Aid Projects
• TPTM6400 Strategic and Operational Procurement (new unit for 2013)
• TPTM6425 Collecting, Managing and Assessing Data *
• TPTM6440 International Freight Transportation
• TPTM6450 Transport Policy
• TPTM6470 Sustainable Transport and Logistic Systems

* Not offered for 2013.