Transport & Logistics Graduate Program

Postgraduate Coursework

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	Master of Logistics Management Master of Logistics Management and Master of Transport Management Master of Commerce and Master of Logistics Management Master of International Business and Master of Logistics Management Master of Commerce (Logistics and Supply Chain Management) Graduate Diploma in Logistics Management Graduate Certificate in Logistics Management
	Master of Transport Management Master of Logistics Management and Master of Transport Management Graduate Diploma in Transport Management Graduate Certificate in Transport Management

External students

Students and professionals seeking to further develop their skills in logistics and transport management in order to meet professional requirements may apply to undertake individual units of study. Units of study may be undertaken by external students as non award or audit. Non award students complete the same classes and assessments as other students and receive an academic transcript with their mark, but do not gain credit points towards a degree. Audit study means that students do not complete assessments and receive a certificate of attendance not an academic transcript. The fee for audit study is usually charged at 75% of the ordinary cost per unit of study.

Applications for non award study in Semesters 1 and 2 close at the end of January for Semester 1 and at the end of June for Semester 2. Apply here For audit study in Semesters 1 and 2 please contact - businesss.itlsinfo@sydney.edu.au - before the start of the Semester. Applications for non award or audit study in Summer School are open from October to November, for Winter School applications are open from April to May. Apply here

Units of study

The description (including pre- and co-requisites), the most recent available outline, unit coordinator and student feedback for all logistics and transport units of study may be accessed by clicking on the titles below. The most recent outline for each unit gives a good overview of each course, however, details will change between teaching periods. Unit outlines are updated to the website as soon as they become available. Where the unit is being taught for the first time and the outline is not yet available only the link to the description is provided. If you are already enrolled in your unit you can access the Unit of Study Outline and other course information via the Blackboard Online Learning System. Login using your UniKey account name. Your password will be emailed to you before the start of the semester.

Summer and Winter School

ITLS offers a number of logistics and transport management units of study in Summer (January to February) and Winter (June to July) School. Pease see the list below for details of the units; enrolment is through The University of Sydney Summer School.

Student Feedback

• My company is considering entering a new venture that will require new logistics skills. As such last year I decided to do a Masters of Commerce majoring in logistics studies. While some of the general commerce courses I have done in my life as a student haven't been relevant to my work, I thought I would let you know how impressed I have been with the two ITLS courses I have already completed and the one I have just started (TPTM6115, TPTM6155, TPTM6440, TPTM6170). I have found the lecturing to be superb and incredibly relevant to the work that I do and have also found the course work to be appropriately designed for practitioners in logistics rather than academics. I have already recommended the course to several people inside and outside of the university.
  Jonathan Barouch MCom Major in Supply Chain and Logistics Management Sydney 2011 (CEO, Fastflowers Group)

Transport and Logistics Strategy [TPTM6130]

• Thank you very much for your encouragement and the guidance throughout the course. I have never seen such a beautiful blend of sound knowledge, practical background and above all a genuine desire to teach students and enable them to use these concepts in their job environment, in my entire student life. You had been always clear and sure about the mistakes made by us but kind enough to indicate in such a lively manner that was not discouraging rather initiating useful discussion. 
  Tariq Sipra MLogMan/MTM Syd 2011 (Pakistan Railways)
• Dear Professor Hensher... I was a student at ITLS, and I had a fantastic experience there. I received the Sir Hudson Fysh Award and had work experience with PricewaterhouseCoopers via the Post Graduation Work Experience Program. Because of the valuable experience I had at ITLS I think, I was accepted by University of Cambridge to continue my PhD studies. I joined the Centre for International Manufacturing at the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), under the Department of Engineering. I will focus my doctoral research on sustainable supply chain design and configuration (specifically looking at automotive industry). The knowledge and skills I have learnt from ITLS definitely give an advantage for doing my PhD at Cambridge. So I am very grateful for the experience I had at ITLS. I still remember the logistics and transport economics class that you taught, and it probably is the best lecture I ever had. Yang (Kurt) Liu MLogMan/MTM Syd 2010
• I believe that the teaching in this unit was of an exceptionally high quality.
• Very good teaching, best in faculty/course I have undertaken at Sydney.
• Quality of explanation, good to be taught by real experts of reputation.
• Exceptional teaching and very well presented course.

Value Chain Management [TPTM6170]

• I think [this unit] is the most important subject in logistics management and I learnt a lot about value delivery along the supply chain. It is basic to understand the meaning of logistics.
• A deep view of strategic concepts, not just superficial treatment.
• The concepts are very much relevant to the modern business.
• The unit covers the whole value chain and we had an opportunity to look at an organisation in our group work.

Geographic Information Systems [TPTM6180]

• Dear Stephen, I undertook a course with you (TPTM6180 - GIS) in the second semester of 2009... The reason for my writing this email is to share something with you and in turn thank you for teaching that particular unit. I am currently working with Dial a Dump Industries, a fast growing Waste Management company and entered the firm through the ITLS Graduate Work Placement Program. Ever since I have joined the company, my knowledge and understanding of GIS has helped me not only make a dynamic impact on the management, but has enabled me to change numerous procedures and solve many issues that existed within the fleet management and fleet allocation departments in the company. Even though I am not using TransCAD at the moment, the very fundamentals on which GIS rests have helped me immensely in my job and I must say, I did not expect this to happen to me when I undertook this unit. In summary, if I had not taken that unit and had it not been for your exceptional guidance and course content, I would not have been able to reach my current level within the company. Thus I would sincerely like to express my gratitude for your support and guidance. GIS is a fantastic unit and a must for all students undertaking Logistics Management. Thank you once again.
  Akshat Bhargava MLogMan Sydney 2010
• Came out of this class with tangible skills, group work was particularly interesting, promoted creative and critical thinking, excellent class, great feedback, great teaching staff, all very involved with our learning. 
• In summary, if I had not taken that unit and had it not been for your exceptional guidance and course content, I would not have been able to reach my current level within the company. Thus I would sincerely like to express my gratitude for your support and guidance. GIS is a fantastic unit and a must for all students undertaking Logistics Management. 
• Thanks so much for your comment for our group, especially your great comment for my maps. I really appreciate that and that is considerable encouragement to me. We could not achieve such high-level of assessment without your help. I am enjoying study in this subject and the use of GIS software, thus, I am really interest in working with GIS in the transport/logistics area. 
• Interesting subject matter. Well presented by dedicated and passionate staff. 
• Stephen assessed all the assignments carefully and gave useful feedback to me. This feedback supported my learning throughout the unit a lot. 

Logistics Systems [TPTM6190]

• All lecturers and tutors are superb. I appreciate the way that they taught us, motivated us to think out of the box.
• I found the practical aspects of ERP Systems supported theory well, moderately interactive.  
• I have learnt a lot from this subject, very practical for my future career.
• Excellent mix of assessments; an interactive group assignment was a good experience whilst multiple individual paved assignments supported module outcomes.
• Good tools that will actually be used in the real world.
• Extremely receptive lecturers, very responsive to student needs, organising meetings for student representatives was a good idea.
• Demand forecasting and inventory management are very useful.

Railway Planning and Operations [TPTM6222]

• Thanks for all your assistance during the course, especially for accommodating the late enrolments. I will make sure RailCorp formally sends on thanks to you all and Nigel for a great course, which I would recommend without hesitation to anyone interested in Railway Planning.
  Jane Richardson, RailCorp

Intelligent Transport and Logistics Systems [TPTM6224]

• The lecturer explained things by picture, chart and simple words... extremely good for understanding.
• The lecturer always shows video or website to help us to better understand.
• Each assignment needed a lot of research which improved my research skills.
• [We] completed an assignment after each lecture... very helpful to us to better understand the lecture, and improve our skills, including research and team work.

Transport Modes and Systems [TPTM6241]

• The lecturer's encouragement for learning and involvement with discussions was excellent.
• [This unit] made me familiar with real-world presentation procedure and made me confident to [make presentations] in the future.
• I feel the lecture notes relate to my current employment and [the] content was and will remain useful...The lecturer was good at explaining the slides and effectively responded to questions asked.
• Teaching standards were really good and showed great command over topics...[The] team scenarios are really helpful to get these objectives...Absolutely brilliant on feedback issues...Excellent course and good use of real life scenarios.

Logistics in Humanitarian Aid Projects [TPTM6390]

• I just wanted to quickly note my very positive comments for the subject TPTM6390 - Humanitarian Aid Logistics that I undertook and completed this past semester. The lecturer had a unique, instructive and professional way in delivering the course material and re-enforcing the topic coverage. This was my first transport related subject and due to the very positive experience of TPTM6390 and the lecturer, and due to the fact that I have another semester to complete my International Business studies, I decided to enrol in a further elective next semester in transport.

Transport Policy [TPTM6450]

• Teaching staff were approachable and respectful even when our views on a subject were different. Led to some insightful discussion.
• Very relevant to my degree. The range of assessments is quite fun (viva, debate) -- different from other subjects.
• I found the course challenging and stimulating. The lecturers had a sound knowledge and passion for the subject.
• The learning activities such as viva and the debate are very helpful to get in-depth understanding as we are encouraged to express our ideas and use what we have learnt in class.

Sustainable Transport and Logistics Systems [TPTM6470]

• I really want to acknowledge Professor Greaves because he... really set standards for us students (in our content and way of writing). Thanks to professors like him, this master's was worth it.
• Very helpful with the respect to social understanding of sustainability and the real life issues.
• Very good subject; I am happy to learn so much.
• Interactivity, gives exposure from many aspects, gives opportunity to learn from other classmates.
• Keen interest, lecturer participation in discussion boards, good email response.

Analysis Tools for Transport and Logistics [TPTM6495]

• Hi Matt , Geoffory and Andrew, I just wanted to thank you guys and provide feedback on how I applied the regression analysis and time series forecasting techniques, I learned from your lectures in the Analysis Tools and Logistics Systems courses. Using historic data on funds committed through contracts and actual payments materializing in subsequent financial years, I was able to build a causal model for expected disbursements (payments) and 95% prediction intervals in future years based on total value of contracts we conclude during the current year. Resultantly, I was able to convince the leadership to increase the commitment ceiling by around USD $17M and that we will be able to meet the resultant liabilities out of our future year's budget while having sufficient safety buffer to meet stochastic variations. Also the time series forecasting techniques taught by Andrew in the Logistics Systems course are now the main tools I use to analyse trends and forecast the expenditure and take/shape decisions on adjusting budgets in my organization. I have, of course, built upon the basics that I learned at ITLS and have dwelt deeper into these domains. Khurram Shahzad MLM Syd 2011, Australian Defence Cooperation Scholarship Program (Commander in Logistics Branch of Pakistan Navy, Deputy Director Budget) 
• Very challenging material, but it was presented very professionally. Matthew... went out of his way to create podcast summaries of the lectures. He has also made results available faster than ever - very quick response with clear feedback, and even examples of 'best performance', that's something I've often wanted.  I can imagine taking this course with someone who hasn't planned it so well and doing significantly worse than I have done.
• Matt has made the information very relevant and connected it to real world situations. If I ever get a chance to demonstrate some of the Linear programming or simulation skills I have learned in this course at my place of employment I expect it will be very impressive - personally I am impressed by the skills I have learned.
• At the last Faculty Student Reference Group meeting students were asked to comment on what is working well within the Faculty. You and you work were singled out by a number of students, whose comments included: Matthew was very helpful especially with intensive units. I am delighted to be able to pass on such glowing praise. Congratulations. Michele Scoufis, Director, Office of Learning and Teaching in Economics and Business
• The course is very informative and our lecturer's explanation is logical and clearly arranged, making understanding much, much easier. Matt is a fantastic lecturer, the explanation about this course is just beyond my wildest expectations.

Contacts

The University of Sydney Business School Student Information Office should be the first point of enquiry for all postgraduate coursework students. For specialist advice on the logistics or transport management coursework programs please contact the ITLS Postgraduate Coordinator for Transport Dr Geoffrey Clifton or Logistics Dr Jyotirmoyee Bhattacharjya.