Transportation: More Than Learning to Drive…

Transportation degrees encompass majors such as reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks, transportation management, truck and bus driving and general transportation and materials moving. Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks majors learn to help the public make travel plans by selling tour packages, car rentals, transportation tickets and hotel rooms. As a reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks major you will quote fares and offer suggestions to customers, lift baggage if you work at an airport, deal with a lot of customers at once, reply to customer emails, work with computer reservation systems to gather and record information and answer phone calls. Successful reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks majors have to be calm and friendly people who can deal with many things at once. Having an interest in travel and enjoying solving problems also helps.

A transportation management major prepares for careers coordinating, administering and planning transportation systems such as airways, highways and subways. Topics of study include future needs forecasting, finance, traffic engineering, and more. Related majors to transportation management include operations management and business administration and management. Truck and bus driving majors learn to drive buses, gas, diesel, and electric trucks, and other commercial vehicles. The topics of instruction include record-keeping, shipping papers, loading and unloading, and more. Related majors to truck and bus driving include automotive technology and air transportation.