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12217 (v.3) Global Distribution and Transportation 501


Area:

School of Information Systems

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly
 

Syllabus:

Transportation as part of the logistics process. Transport economic theory. Carriers - service, selection, pricing, freight and negotiation rates, liabilities, regulation and planning. Modes of transportation and the Government's role. Intermodel transportation and systems - national and international. Transportation and Australia's economy. Trends in transportation technology. The goal of seamless transportation.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

10100 Mathematical Sciences (Narrow Grouping)

HECS Band (if applicable):

2

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Not Online

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External
2004 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y    
2004 S'pore Inst Mtls Mgt Trimester 2A Y    
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

 
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