Johnston, James

Course Expectations, Goals & Routines

TRANSPORTATION PROCESSES (Power Mechanics 1 & 2)

Transportation Processes is a course that specializes in the study of the transportation processes and the logistics of moving people, cargo and goods from one location to another. Transportation is a managed system that uses inputs, processes, and outputs to move people, cargo and goods. Content of this course includes the study of how transportation impacts individuals, society, and the environment and how these processes require continual assessment/feedback to control the system. This course focuses on the environments in which transportation occurs: land, air, water, and space and the logistical processes for receiving, storing, routing, loading, transporting, unloading, storing and delivering of people, cargo and goods. 

·         Grade Level: 10 – 12

·         Credits: 2 trimester course for 2

·         Prerequisite: Transportation Processes A

·         Recommended Prerequisite:  Minimum grade of C (75%) in A to advance to B

·         Counts as a Directed Elective or Elective for the General, Core 40, Core 40 with Academic Honors and Core 40 with Technical Honors diplomas

·         A Career Academic Sequence, Career-Technical program, or Flex Credit course.