Bachelor of Organization and Management of International Traffic

Program objectives: Training of highly skilled field experts oriented on practical work, able to meet competition requirements existing in Georgian and international educational and labour markets, having industry-specific competencies, broad theoretical knowledge of the modern field of transportation, understand the specificity of profession and duties to be performed, practical skills required for professional activity by using of which they will be able to organize, plan and manage transportation and technological processes, determination, analysis and evaluation of problems in various areas of the transportation industry, understand and solve complex issues; As well as, the objective of the program is to form competencies based on which alumni will be able to continue study at next stage of academic higher education (Master’s program), realize competencies and skills in professional and public activity and career progression.

Learning outcomes:

An alumnus is able to: identify problems arose during transportation process and analyze situation, collect and interpret information and data, evaluate possible risks and environmental impact, and make justified conclusion including regarding provision of safety; collect and interpret information about cargo, analyze problems arose during cargo loading and unloading and warehousing and make corresponding decisions within the scope of his competence for the solution of problem; analyze execution procedures applied in practice, evaluate calculations of import taxes, making decisions regarding execution of declarations and selection of commodity transaction; determine main characteristics of railway station and register and analyze railway operation; consider specificity and peculiarities of particular problem in case of claims and complaints during railway transportation, identification and description of causes and proper evaluation of their significance, examine and analyze current processes and situations, collect, process, evaluate and analyze information and data using standard and some nonstandard methods, evaluate causes and outcomes, understand their interrelation, formulate expected outcomes, determine, assess and describe possible risks, form justified conclusion, select effective ways for problem solution, offer reasoned recommendations, make decision within the scope of his/her competence for the purpose of problem solution; Identify and assess problem arose during air freight; Analyze cargo operations in sea ports, evaluate transportation methods and organization processes of various cargo, identify problems, form and justify conclusion; collect, analyze and define data, information and documents for the purpose of commercial management; evaluate contract/agreement and make corresponding justified conclusion; collect data and information relating to the determination of cargo amount, calculation of lay days, determination of income, profitability, time charter equivalent, process and analyze them using standard methods, evaluate results and calculate voyage time, make calculations during lay days according to charter; calculate ship’s stock; calculate voyage stock and develop cargo plan on the basis of observations, analyze obtained data and make justified conclusion on port selection to reduce costs for bunkerage; Collect and interpret information about economic potential of transport, profitability and productivity of transportation, plan financial resources and evaluate effectiveness; Analyze international transportation operations during execution of international economical contracts, collect and analyze information relating to particular issue and problem, make justified conclusion on issues arouse during freight forwarding; Forecast movement of urban population and distribution of passenger flow according to transportation network; Analyze situations during operation of municipal transport and make justified conclusion; Offer recommendations within the scope of his/her competence based on justified conclusion for the solution of problem arose during operation of vehicles; Offer justified recommendations regarding selection of types of transportation during intermodal and multimodal transportation; Examine and analyze the situation for prevention of possible environmental impact caused by transportation, understand the cause-effect relationship, offer recommendations within the scope of his/her competence based on justified conclusion for the solution of the problem; evaluate environmental impacts in emergencies; analyze the situation, forecast possible sequence of events, determine existing and possible risks, evaluate the effectiveness of safety provision measures, make and justify conclusions; Analyze data and information regarding work done, identify problems, evaluate work done and make a justified conclusion.