Principles of Transportation, Distribution & Logistics, Semester 1

This one-semester course is intended for you to familiarize yourself with the knowledge and skills required for a career in Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics (TDL). This course has 16 lessons organized into four units, plus four Unit Activities. Each lesson contains one or more Lesson Activities. This course covers the evolution of the TDL industry, various modes of transportation, and the role of the TDL industry in world trade and globalization. It also covers career opportunities in TDL. In addition, it covers workplace skills, such as positive work ethics, integrity, and self-representation. Finally, this course covers communication and interpersonal skills required to be successful in the workplace. You will submit the Unit Activity documents to your teacher, and you will grade your work on the Lesson Activities by comparing them with the given sample responses. The Unit Activities (submitted to the teacher) and the Lesson Activities (self-checked) are the major components of this course. There are other assessment components, namely the mastery test questions that feature along with the lesson; the pre- and post-test questions that come at the beginning and end of the unit, respectively; and an end-of-semester test. All of these tests are a combination of simple multiple-choice questions and technology enhanced (TE) questions.