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DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING AND AVIATION SCIENCES

PROFESSIONAL PILOT REQUIREMENTS

General Educational Requirements Total — 41-42 Credits

Core Requirements Total — 61 Credits

AVSC 121FA Private Pilot Flight A — 2
AVSC 121FB Private Pilot Flight B — 2
AVSC 121GA Private Pilot Ground A — 2
AVSC 121GB Private Pilot Ground B — 2
AVSC 122FA Instrument Rating Flight A — 2
AVSC 122FB Instrument Rating Flight B — 2
AVSC 122G Instrument Rating Ground — 4
AVSC 131 Air Transportation — 3
AVSC 152 Meteorology — 3
AVSC 201 National Airspace System — 3
AVSC 202 Air Traffic Control — 3
AVSC 221F Commercial Pilot Flight — 2
AVSC 221G Commercial Pilot Ground — 3
AVSC 222F Multiengine Pilot Flight — 2
AVSC 241 Aviation Safety — 3
AVSC 302 Advanced Aircraft Systems — 3
AVSC 311 Aerodynamics and Aircraft Performance — 3
AVSC 321 Flight Instructor — Airplane — 5
AVSC 331 Aviation Law — 3
AVSC 342 Flight Physiology — 3
AVSC 421 Flight Instructor — Instrument — 3
AVSC 441 Human Factors in Aviation — 3

Support Requirements Total — 9-10 Credits

BUED 212/ENES 100/ENEE 114/CSDP 220 — 3
MATH 112 Calculus I -or-
BUAD 252 Calculus with Bus/Econ Applications — 3-4
Advanced Behavior Course
SOCI 306/325/326, PSYC 305/307/401/406 — 3

Curriculum Electives Total — 3 Credits

AVSC xxx Upper Level Elective — 3

Support Electives Total — 3-6 Credits

ACCT 201 Introductory Financial Accounting — 3
ACCT 202 Introductory Corporate/ Managerial Accounting — 3
ECON 201 Principles of Economics I (Macro) — 3
ECON 202 Principles of Economics I (Micro) — 3
BUAD xxx Upper Level Course — 3
ECON xxx Upper Level Course — 3
FINA xxx Upper Level Course — 3
MKTG xxx Upper Level Course — 3

TOTAL PROGRAM REQUIRED CREDITS — 120

 

Recommended Course Sequence

FRESHMAN YEAR

Fall Semester Hours

AVSC 101 First Year Experience:Aviation or
GNST 101 First Year Experience Seminar. — 1
AVSC 121 GA Private Pilot Ground — 2
AVSC 121 FA Private Pilot Flight — 2
AVSC 131 Air Transportation — 3
ENGL 101 Basic Composition — 3
MATH 109 College Algebra — 3

Semester Total — 14

Spring Semester Hours
AVSC 152 Meteorology & Environmental Issues — 3
AVSC 121GB Private Pilot Ground — 2
AVSC 121FB Private Pilot Fight — 2
ENGL 102 Basic Composition II — 3
SOCI 101 Introduction to Sociology — 3
MATH 110 Trig. & Analytic Geometry — 3

Semester Total — 16

SOPHOMORE YEAR

Fall Semester Hours

AVSC 201 National Air Space — 3
AVSC 122G Instrument Ground — 4
AVSC 122FA Instrument Flight — 2
PHYS 121 General College Physics I — 4
AVSC 241 Aviation Safety — 3

Semester Total — 16

Spring Semester Hours
AVSC 202 Air Traffic Control — 3
AVSC 122FB Instrument Flight — 2
ENGL 203 Speech — 3
PHYS 122 General College Physics II — 4
EDHE 111 Personalized Health Fitness — 3

Semester Total — 15

JUNIOR YEAR

Fall Semester Hours

AVSC 311 Aeronautics & Aircraft Perf. — 3
AVSC 221G Commercial Pilot Ground — 3
AVSC 221F Commercial Pilot Flight — 2
BUED 212 Computer Concepts I — 3
PSYC 200 Introduction to Psychology — 3

Semester Total — 14

Spring Semester Hours
AVSC 302 Advance Aircraft System — 3
AVSC 342 Flight Physiology — 3
AVSC 321 CFI — 4
ENGL 305 Technical Writing or
ENGL 310 Advanced Composition — 3
Curriculum I — 3

Semester Total — 16

SENIOR YEAR

Fall Semester Hours

AVSC 441 Human Factors — 3
AVSC 421 CFI-IA — 3
AVSC 331 Aviation Law — 3
SOCI 326 Social Psychology — 3
Curriculum I — 3

Semester Total — 15

Spring Semester Hours
AVSC xxx Upper Level Course — 6
AVSC 222F Multi-engine Class Rating — 2
Upper Elective Elective — 3
Upper Level Elective — 3

Semester Total — 14

Total Required Credits — 120

* Flight instruction is given off-campus.

Department of Engineering and Aviation Sciences

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