2001-2002 Catalog
Professional Pilot Technology (2258)
The professional pilot technology program provides students with the knowledge, skills and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certificates required to begin a civilian aviation career as an FAA Certified Flight Instructor and Commercial Pilot. This program, which includes flight training through a local FAA approved flight school, is intended for students who desire to complete an associate’s degree and begin an aviation career. In completing the program, students will have earned the following FAA certificates and ratings: commercial pilot, airplane single and multi-engine land, instrument, flight instructor, airplane and instrument, ground instructor, advanced and instrument. In addition, the airline transport pilot and flight engineer basic and turbojet FAA written tests may be completed as electives. The flight training costs to complete this program may approach or exceed $25,000 over the planned two-year period. Exact costs will be determined by students’ aptitudes, study habits and time devoted to the program.
NOTE: This associate in science degree program is intended primarily for students who desire to complete an associate’s degree and become employed. Students who decide to pursue university transfer study must meet certain course and test requirements. For details refer to the university transfer requirements of the catalog.
Required Courses
The following is a list of courses required for this program presented in a recommended sequence of completion. The sequence is only a suggested guide, and there is no requirement to follow the sequence precisely. Students in this program may register for any course as long as the student has met any prerequisites for that course. Where a "professional elective" is indicated in the course sequence, students may choose any course from the group of professional electives that follows the full course sequence.
|
Course
Number and Title
|
Credits
|
|
ATT 1100
Private Pilot Ground School
|
3
|
|
ASC 1210
Aviation Weather
|
3
|
| ASC 1310 Federal Air Regulations/Legislation |
3
|
| ENC 1101 English Composition I |
3
|
| *Social and Behavioral Sciences Area A or B |
3
|
| Professional Electives (see below) |
4
|
| ATF 1104 Primary Flight |
3
|
|
MAC 1105 College Algebra
|
6
|
| Professional Elective (see list below) |
3
|
| *Humanities |
3
|
| ATT 1110 Commercial Pilot Ground School |
4
|
| ATF 2200 Instrument Flight |
3
|
| ASC 2110 Advanced Air Navigation |
4
|
| ATT 1120 Instrument Rating Ground School |
5
|
| ATF 2400 Commercial Flight |
3
|
| CGS 1060 Introductory Computer Concepts |
3
|
| ENC 2210 Technical Report Writing |
6
|
| Professional Elective (see list below) |
2
|
| ATF 2530 Advanced Flight | |
|
Total Credit Hours
|
64
|
|
Professional
Electives
|
|
(Select
from the following.)
|
|
ATT 2150
Airline Transport Pilot Ground School
|
| AVM 2941 Facility Internship/Flight Safety |
| ENC 1102 English Composition II |
| MET 1010 Meteorology |
| FIN 2100 Personal Finance |
| SOP 1002 Human Relations |
| BSC 1005 Life in its Biological Environment |
| SPC 2600 Fundamentals of Speech Communication |
| ATT 1810 Environment of the Air Traffic Controller |
| ASC 1010 History of Air Transportation/National Airspace System |
| **General Electives |
*Refer to A.S. degree General Education Requirements.
** Refer to A.S. degree General Electives.