Master of Science in Port and Terminal Management Online

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Tailor your leadership and strategic decision-making expertise to exciting, high-level opportunities in marine terminal operations, transportation management, logistics and more with this flexible online program built for working adults.

Apply by: 7/28/26
Start class: 8/18/26

Program Overview

Elevate your career as a leading port management professional

Play a crucial role supporting global supply chains with the expertise you will gain through the online Master of Science in Port and Terminal Management program. Offered through Lamar University’s Center for Advances in Port Management, this career-defining credential features expert faculty, curriculum aligned with maritime operations, and opportunities to collaborate with current industry professionals.

Benefit from flexible online coursework in key areas ranging from engineering with nature and risk management to freight transportation logistics and port security as you deepen your end-to-end knowledge of port operations and infrastructure. This unique port management master’s supports your pursuit of key industry certifications and leadership roles within port authorities or terminal operations.

In this online master’s program in port management, you will:

  • Strengthen your leadership, managerial and technical skills to become a future port industry leader
  • Develop and fine tune the vital bridge between engineering, business, transportation, logistics, design, operations management and cost efficiency
In this online master’s program in port management, you will:+
  • Strengthen your leadership, managerial and technical skills to become a future port industry leader
  • Develop and fine tune the vital bridge between engineering, business, transportation, logistics, design, operations management and cost efficiency

Upon completion, you will be prepared for a career as a port management professional, such as:

  • Port Director
  • Marine Terminal Manager
  • Maritime Logistics Manager
  • Port Security Manager
  • Trade Compliance Analyst
Upon completion, you will be prepared for a career as a port management professional, such as:+
  • Port Director
  • Marine Terminal Manager
  • Maritime Logistics Manager
  • Port Security Manager
  • Trade Compliance Analyst
Total Tuition $14,370*
Duration As few as 12 months
Credit Hours 30
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Tuition

Pay your highly competitive tuition one course at a time

The following is the tuition breakdown for students pursuing the M.S. in Port and Terminal Management online. Our tuition is affordable and can be paid by the course.

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Program Per Credit Hour Per Course Per Program*
Port and Terminal Management M.S. $479 $1,434 $14,370

*University fees are included in the tuition listed. University fees are able to be covered by Financial Aid if you choose to apply and are qualified.

Tuition and fees are subject to change without notice due to action by the Board of Regents or the Texas State Legislature.

Total program cost depends upon transfer hours and program advisement relevant to program requirements. For more information, contact a Lamar University enrollment specialist.

Financial Aid

Ready to get started on your degree program online but need help finding ways to fund your education? We can help you discover student financing sources that include grants, loans and other payment options. Learn more about financial aid here.

Tuition breakdown:

Total Tuition $14,370*
Per Credit Hour $479

Calendar

What important dates and deadlines do you need to know?

Our M.S. in Port and Terminal Management online program features multiple start dates to accommodate your busy schedule. Find the start date that works best for you and apply before the application deadline associated with it.

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8 week coursesProgram Start DateApplication DeadlineDocument DeadlinePayment DueLast Class Day
Fall 18/18/267/28/268/4/268/11/2610/9/26

Now enrolling:

Apply Date 7/28/26
Class Starts 8/18/26

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Admissions

Ready to submit your simple Master’s in Port Management application?

The online M.S. in Port and Terminal Management program has specific requirements that applicants must meet to enroll. Please read the admission guidelines to ensure you qualify.

Admission Requirements:

  • Online Application
  • Bachelor's Degree
  • Official Transcripts*
  • 3.0 GPA
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Admission Requirements:

  • Online application and $25 application fee
  • Official transcripts from all colleges/universities attended
  • Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited university with a minimum GPA of 3.0 (cumulative or last 60 hours, 4.0 system)
  • Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
    • Waived if undergraduate GPA is 3.0 or greater
    • If a student’s GPA is below 3.0, they will need to take the GRE or provide letters of reference regarding their current industry involvement

*All applicants must submit official transcript(s) indicating: 1) The conferred bachelor's or master's degree as required for the program of application from a regionally accredited US institution or its equivalent. 2) The transcript of the most recent attendance if it differs from the institution of the conferred degree. This requirement applies regardless of the length of time in attendance and regardless of whether credit was earned or is desired. However, if a department or program wishes to review additional transcripts from prior attendance for decision purposes, the department or program may directly request the applicant to submit the official transcript(s) to the Office of Admissions for processing. Students must be eligible to re-enter all colleges and universities previously attended. Failure to disclose previous college attendance is justification for revocation of acceptance and dismissal from Lamar University.

Send all required documents to:

Lamar University Online Admissions
PO Box 10017
Beaumont, TX 77710

OR

Submit electronically to luadmtran@lamar.edu

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Craig Escamilla

As a passionate advocate for new technology, I am constantly interested in the challenge of how to make the online educational experience the best it can be for our students.

Craig Escamilla, Lamar University Faculty

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Courses

Explore our career-focused Master’s in Port Management curriculum

The M.S. in Port and Terminal Management program online program consists of 30 credit hours, including at least 18 credit hours of maritime core courses, at least three credit hours of leadership courses and six credit hours of elective courses.

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Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course will focus on the tools needed to become a more effective leader and negotiator. Current leadership methodology will be examined along with the effects of cognitive bias on decision-making and the power of effective written communication. Negotiation skills will be taught which will enhance your ability to prepare for and execute a negotiation. These skills will be reinforced by utilizing role-playing and a mock negotiation with your peers.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Stephen Covey's book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, serves as the foundation for this highly interactive course. Participants are provided a strong understanding of the 7 Habits content. The course fosters personal and professional growth, empowers more meaningful relationships and productive collaboration, increases productivity, and results in a healthy work/life balance.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course teaches FranklinCovey® Leadership: Great Leaders, Great Teams, and Great Results. Unleash the talent and capability of your teams by carrying out the 4 imperatives of Great Leaders. This course will help students learn how to build credibility and trust with others, define their team's purpose and align it with the organizations goals, and encourage growth and responsibility of the unique talents of their team.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
The US Army Corps of Engineers defines Engineering with Nature (EwN) as the intentional alignment of natural and engineering processes to efficiently and sustainably deliver economic, environmental and social benefits through collaboration. Engineering with Nature: Dredging Practices provides an in-depth understanding of dredging operations and dredged material management. It covers beneficial uses and thin-layer placement of dredged sediment; focusing particular attention to the role of sustainable maritime infrastructure.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
The course will provide an overview of all aspects and considerations involved in the management of port authorities and marine terminals across the wide array of publicly and privately owned and operated facilities. The course will also address governance and organizational structure options and implications.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
The course covers decision tree and Monte Carlo simulation to model and analyze decision problems. The students will learn how to recognize, model and represent a decision problem and its associated risk and opportunities. Through a variety of exercises and case studies students will practice analytical modeling, data analysis and optimization to determine optimal answers to port and terminal financial and other decisions.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
A course will provide an overview of all the freight transportation modes, including pipelines, warehousing and distribution centers, that serve as the foundation of regional, national, and international logistics and are all tied together by global internet networks. Each topic will cover the basics but also provide a better understanding and appreciation of their capabilities and limitations as part of the global logistics supply chain process. The course concludes with a review of potential port management professional opportunities connected with the international maritime freight transportation industry.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course will examine the critical importance of ports to trade and their vulnerability to disruption and attack. It will also examine the importance of sea borne trade to the North American and United States economics, the value of mega ports to sea borne trade, the vulnerabilities of ports to disruption and asymmetric attack, critical port security incidents, and defensive measures to protect ports. Managing critical port infrastructure will also be discussed in terms of risk, vulnerability, and resilience perspectives, and the interdependency of port operations will be examined in this class. This course will also appraise port safety hazards and study mandatory, recommended, and voluntary standards to mitigate risk.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course will cover operations across a wide variety of marine terminals including container, bulk, breakbulk and cruise. The students will get familiar with real world terminal challenges, facilities, equipment, automation, and processes. The course will provide decision making tools for optimal yard, vessel and berth operations at container terminals through Navis software.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
North American and global legal framework for trade and the development and operations of the wide array of ports and marine terminals, including trade policy, Incoterms, customs rules, and environmental regulation. (Regulations concerning safety and security will be addressed in the course focused on those topics.)
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Ports are an asset intensive industry that are increasingly capital constrained and large investments needed to increase port capacity, productivity, and maximize cargo throughout. This course develops the tools needed to understand and manage the port’s true infrastructure investment value. With the significant increase in global shipping, new forms of ownership, and financing port investments as well as reliable fair market asset valuation of port resources will be covered in this course.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Economic analysis of capital investments in large scale infrastructure. Topics include planning, budgeting, justification, analysis, and funding strategies. Techniques include time value of money, rates of return, depreciation, cost estimation, benefit cost analysis, capital allocation, simulation and decision making under uncertainty.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Students will examine strategic planning and master facility planning processes and major elements utilizing case studies from ports and marine terminals in North America and globally. The course is designed as a graduate course in the principles and application of systematic strategic and master facility planning across the spectrum of the various types, sizes and geographies of ports and marine terminals.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course applies the principles of microeconomics, macroeconomics, international trade and finance that are the most relevant to managers making decisions with respect to port operations and the global supply chain.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides a hands-on study of various attacks and defending techniques on computer software and hardware, including malware, OS security, web security, smartphone security and hardware security. Basics of C programming, OS and HTML will also be covered.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course will focus on the tools needed to become a more effective leader and negotiator. Current leadership methodology will be examined along with the effects of cognitive bias on decision-making and the power of effective written communication. Negotiation skills will be taught which will enhance your ability to prepare for and execute a negotiation. These skills will be reinforced by utilizing role-playing and a mock negotiation with your peers.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course will introduce and broaden students' horizons to the overall concept of Engineering with Nature (EwN) as being developed and implemented by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).The USACE defines EwN as the intentional alignment of natural and engineering processes to efficiently and sustainably deliver economic, environmental and social benefits through collaboration.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
The US Army corps of Engineers defines Engineering with Nature (EwN) as the intentional alignment of natural and engineering processes to efficiently and sustainably deliver economic, environmental and social benefits through collaboration. Engineering with Nature Ecology provides an in-depth view into the ecological processes and implications for this interdisciplinary field.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Techniques for planning and controlling production and inventories. Forecasting, aggregate planning, materials requirements planning, scheduling, project management.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
A comprehensive review of supply chain management techniques and methods to improve efficiency, synchronization, customization and innovation. Topics include logistics, network design and operation.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
One of the main course objectives is to understand the fundamentals of project management to meet project objectives and customer expectations. Students will learn the unique terminology of project management. Basic tools and techniques of project management will be explored. Students will understand the important roles of project managers.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
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