Academic Program Proposal

Date Proposal Activated	Institution and Proposal	Degree Awarded	Academic Program Name	Objection Deadline	MHEC Final Action	Final Decision Date
12/23/2015	Community College of Baltimore County Proposal	AAS	AAS Transportation, Distribution and Maritime Logistics	2/21/2016	Approved	3/18/2016
AAS Transportation, Distribution and Maritime Logistics Program Description
The Associate of Applied Science in Transportation, Distribution, and Maritime Logistics will produce graduates who will be able to analyze the process and functions of the various components of transportation, distribution, and maritime logistics concepts designed to promote strategic thinking; identify the major strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of each mode of global transportation and how they influence the global economy; analyze the relationships between ethics, diplomacy, teamwork, and legal issues and how these changing paradigms impact the human resource managements of a culturally diverse workforce, and develop a supply chain management plan for the distribution and transportation of goods that arrive at the Port of Baltimore.  In addition, students will be able to evaluate the process and functions of Maritime Logistics and principle factors used to achieve tactical and strategic advantages in the global marketplace.