The concentration in Flight Education is the Professional Pilot Program. Students completing this degree will have earned the appropriate Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certificates necessary to seek employment as entry-level commercial pilots or to provide primary ground and flight instruction. This program requires a minimum of 127 semester hours for completion, of which 32 credit hours are for ground school and flight training. The objectives of the Aviation Flight Education area of concentration are to educate students in the discipline of commercial flight, to prepare students for FAA written, oral, and flight examinations, and to provide students with the affective, cognitive, psychomotor, and perceptual skills required for safe flight.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH FLIGHT TRAINING. Prior to selecting the Aviation Flight Education concentration, interested students MUST meet with the academic/flight advisor of the School. The advisor will brief the prospective flight student on pilot eligibility requirements as specified by Federal Aviation Regulations. Also, the advisor will discuss cost considerations for flight training. These concerns must be well understood by both the student and parents of the student prior to enrollment in this concentration of study.

 Graduation Requirements

This concentration requires a minimum of 127 semester hours for completion.

Academic Degree Plans for: Aeronautical Science (PDF)