Degree and Certificate Programs

Aviation

Professional Pilot Technology (2258)

Associate in Science

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: Students who enrolled under the 1996–1997 through 2001–2002 catalogs may obtain their flight training at a flight school of their choice and at their expense. They will receive transfer college credit for this instruction in accordance with the college credit course descriptions found later in the catalog.

Students requesting transfer college credit for flight training will be subject to assessment of certificates and competencies before being awarded college credit.

Students enrolled under this 2002–2003 catalog will receive college credit for flight training as delineated in the college credit course descriptions found later in the catalog.

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 university transfer requirements.

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
ATF 1104 Primary Flight	4
MAC 1105 College Algebra	3
Professional Elective (see list below)	6
*Humanities	3
ATT 1110 Commercial Pilot Ground School	3
ATF 2200 Instrument Flight	4
ASC 2110 Advanced Air Navigation	3
ATT 1120 Instrument Rating Ground School	4
ATF 2400 Commercial Flight	5
CGS 1060 Introductory Computer Concepts	3
ENC 2210 Technical Report Writing	3
Professional Elective (see list below)	6
ATF 2530 Advanced Flight	2
Total Credit Hours	64

Professional Electives

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