Career Pilot Manned, AAS

Program Code: A60180CP
(2019*03)

The Aviation Management and Career Pilot Technology curriculum prepares individuals for a variety of aviation and aviation-related careers including the commercial airlines, general aviation, the aerospace industry, the military, unmanned aircraft systems industries, and state and federal aviation organizations.

Course work includes fundamentals of flight, aerodynamics, aircraft performance, meteorology, navigation, federal regulations, aviation management, unmanned aircraft systems, and instrument and commercial ground training, flight and simulator training, and entrepreneurship or business management training.

Graduates may earn a commercial pilot certificate with an instrument rating, specialize in aviation management or in unmanned air systems, and may find employment as commercial, corporate, and military pilots, fixed base operators and airport managers, as pilots or technicians in the unmanned air systems industry, or as flight instructors, and flight dispatchers.

Pre-Admission Requirement: AER 151 - Flight-Private Pilot Credits: 1

General Education Courses: 15 Hours

Major Courses: 51 Hours

Core: 23 Hours

Technical Core: 11 Hours

AER 110 - Air Navigation Credits: 3
AER 111 - Aviation Meteorology Credits: 3
AER 112 - Aviation Laws and FARs Credits: 2
AER 150 - Private Pilot Flt Theory Credits: 3

Required Subject Area: 12 Hours

AER 160 - Instrument Flight Theory Credits: 3
AER 161 - Flight-Instrument Pilot Credits: 2
AER 170 - Commercial Flight Theory Credits: 3
AER 171 - Flight-Commercial Pilot Credits: 3

Other Major Courses: 28 Hours

Required Courses: 24 Hours

ACA 111 - College Student Success Credits: 1
or ACA 122 - College Transfer Success Credits: 1
AER 113 - History of Aviation Credits: 2
AER 114 - Aviation Management Credits: 3
AER 211 - Air Traffic Control Credits: 2
AER 213 - Avionics Credits: 2
AER 215 - Flight Safety Credits: 3
AER 216 - Engines & Systems Credits: 3
AER 217 - Air Transportation Credits: 3
AER 218 - Human Factors in Aviation Credits: 2
CIS 110 - Introduction to Computers Credits: 3

Select 4 Hours from the following:

AER 115 - Flight Simulator Credits: 1
BUS 152 - Human Relations Credits: 3
BUS 153 - Human Resource Management Credits: 3
CTS 130 - Spreadsheet Credits: 3
DBA 110 - Database Concepts Credits: 3
PHY 131 - Physics-Mechanics Credits: 4
UAS 110 - Intro to UAS Operations Credits: 3
UAS 111 - Unmanned Aircraft Systems Credits: 3
WBL 111 - Work-Based Learning I Credits: 1
WBL 112 - Work-Based Learning I Credits: 2

Career Pilot Manned, AAS

General Education Courses: 15 Hours

English: 6 Hours

Social/Behavioral Sciences: 3 Hours

Humanities/Fine Arts: 3 Hours

Math/Natural Sciences: 3 Hours