Sample Course Plan for Professional Pilot Concentration
The below is a suggested academic plan only; it is not meant to address each student’s individual requirements or interests. Students will develop a personalized plan with a faculty advisor; however, it is the student’s responsibility to be aware of, register for, and successfully complete all of the requirements for graduation in the major. The minimum number of academic credits required for graduation is 129.
| Year One – Fall Semester | Year One – Spring Semester | Year One – Summer Semester |
| AVSC 1XX – Private Pilot Flight (3 credits)
*Requires prerequisite: AVSC 1XX Ground School I (Concurrent) |
AVSC 1XX – Private Pilot Ground School II (3 credits)
*Requires prerequisite: Ground School I |
AVSC 2XX – Instrument Flight (4 credits)
*Requires prerequisites: Private Pilot Flight and Ground School II |
| AVSC 1XX – Private Pilot Ground School I (3 credits) | BUSN 104 – Introduction to Business (3 credits) | AVSC 2XX – Instrument Pilot Ground School (3 credits)
*Requires prerequisites: Private Pilot Flight and Ground School II |
| WCHC 101 – Welcome to CHC (3 credits) | MATH 202 – Calculus for Management II (3 credits) | |
| LADS 120 – Discovery Seminar (3 credits) | ECON 101 – Principles of Microeconomics (3 credits)
*Taught as an online core requirement |
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| MATH 201 – Finite Mathematics (3 credits)
*Requires prerequisite of C- or higher in MATH 104 or placement test |
ENGL 101 – College Writing (3 credits) |
| Year Two – Fall Semester | Year Two – Spring Semester | Year Two – Summer Semester |
| AVSC 2XX – Commercial Pilot Flight (4 credits)
*Requires prerequisites: Instrument Flight and Commercial Pilot Ground School (may be concurrent) |
AVSC 2XX – Air Traffic Control (3 credits)
*Requires prerequisites: Private Pilot Flight and Private Pilot Ground School II |
Flight Training – Commercial Pilot Flight continuation |
| AVSC 2XX – Commercial Pilot Ground School (3 credits)
*Requires prerequisite: Private Pilot Flight |
AVSC 2XX – Aviation Weather (3 credits)
*Requires prerequisites: Private Pilot Ground School I or private pilot certificate |
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| PHYS 121 – Principles of Physics (4 credits)
*Requires PHYS 121L corequisite and specific math placement/grade |
AVSC 1XX – Aerodynamics & Aircraft Performance (3 credits)
*Recommendation: Physics I (if feasible) |
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| CMTC 203 – Data Analysis/Excel (3 credits) | DATA 101 – Introduction to Data Analysis (3 credits) | |
| Foreign Language I (3 credits) | Foreign Language II (3 credits) | |
| Ongoing: Commercial Pilot Flight continuation |
| Year Three – Fall Semester | Year Two – Spring Semester | Year Three – Summer Semester |
| AVSC 4XX – Instructional Flight (3 credits)
*Requires prerequisites: Instrument Flight, Commercial Pilot Ground/Flight, and Flight Instructor Ground School (may be concurrent) |
AVSC 3XX – Aviation Safety (3 credits)
*Requires prerequisites: Private Pilot Flight or Private Pilot Ground School II |
Flight training: commercial pilot flight continuation |
| AVSC 3XX – Flight Instructor Ground School (3 credits)
*Requires prerequisites: Instrument Flight/Ground School, Commercial Pilot Flight, and Commercial Pilot Ground School |
AVSC 3XX – Aviation Regulatory Process (3 credits)
*Note: Can fulfill Civic Life and Engagement Core requirement |
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| AVSC 3XX – Aircraft Systems (3 credits)
*Requires prerequisites: Commercial Pilot Ground School and junior status, or instructor consent |
Aviation Ethics: Core Ethics (Mission Course) (3 credits) | |
| GLST 201 – Global Studies (3 credits) | Real World Problems Core course (3 credits) | |
| MATH 227 – Statistics (3 credits) | Inquiry Course requirement (3 credits) |
| Year Four – Fall Semester | Year Four – Spring Semester |
| AVSC 3XX – Air Carrier Operations (3 credits)
*Requires prerequisites: BUSN 104 and junior status, or instructor consent |
AVSC 4XX – Human Factors in Aviation (3 credits)
*Requires prerequisites: Aviation Safety and junior status, or instructor consent |
| CORE 100 – Religious Studies (Mission Course) (3 credits) | AVSC 498 – Senior Seminar in Aviation Management (3 credits) |
| SSJ Mission (Foundational course)
*Note: can be taken online |
MGMT 204 – Organization and Management of Human Resources |
| MGMT 205 – Project Management (3 credits)
*Note: can be taken online |
Inquiry Core Course Requirement (3 credits) |
| DATA XXX – Data Visualization (3 credits) | Inquiry Core Course Requirement (3 credits) |
Sample Course Plan for Aviation Management Concentration
The below is a suggested academic plan only; it is not meant to address each student’s individual requirements. Students will develop a personalized plan with a faculty advisor; however, it is the student’s responsibility to be aware of, register for, and successfully complete all of the requirements for graduation in the major. The minimum number of academic credits required for graduation is 128.
| Year One – Fall Semester | Year One – Spring Semester | Year One – Summer Semester |
| AVSC 1XX – Private Pilot Ground School (3 credits) | AVSC 1XX – Private Pilot Ground School II (3 credits)
*Requires prerequisite: Private Pilot Ground School I |
SSJ Mission Course (Core requirement) (3 credits) |
| MATH 201 – Math for Management I/Finite Mathematics (3 credits)
*Requires prerequisites: Grade C- or higher in MATH 104 or math placement level 1, 2, or 3 |
PHYS 121 – Principles of Physics (4 credits)
*Note: Corequisite PHYS 121L *Requires prerequisites: math placement level 1, 2, or 3 OR C- or higher in MATH 121 |
RLST 100 – Religious Studies (Core requirement) (3 credits) |
| WCHC 101 – Welcome to CHC (Core requirement) (3 credits) | BUSN 104 – Introduction to Business (3 credits) | |
| LADS 120 – Discovery Seminar (Core requirement) (3 credits) | ECON 101 – Principles of Macroeconomics (3 credits)
*Note: course is offered online |
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| ENGL 101 – College Writing (Core requirement) (3 credits) | MATH 202 – Mathematics for Management II (Calculus) (3 credits)
*Requires prerequisites: Grade of C- or higher in MATH 121 or MATH 201 OR math placement level 1 or 2 |
| Year Two – Fall Semester | Year Two – Spring Semester |
| AVSC 1XX – Aerodynamics and Aircraft Performance (4 credits)
*Recommendation: Physics I (if feasible) OR PHYS 121L |
AVSC 2XX – Aviation Weather (3 credits)
*Requires prerequisites: Private Pilot Ground School I, private pilot certificate, or instructor consent |
| ECON 201 – Principles of Finance (3 credits)
*Note: can be taken online |
MATH 227 – Intro to Probability and Statistics (3 credits)
*Requires prerequisites: Grade C- or higher in MATH 104 OR math placement level 1, 2, or 3 |
| ACCT 103 – Financial Accounting (3 credits)
*Note: can be taken online |
MGMT 204 – Human Resource Management (3 credits)
*Requires prerequisite: ENGL 101 *Note: non-accounting majors must have BUSN 101 or BUSN 104 (course can be taken online) |
| ECON 102 – Microeconomics Principles (3 credits)
*Requires prerequisites: Math proficiency level 1, 2, or 3 AND ECON 101 *Note: MATH 201 is recommended (course can be taken online) |
DATA 101 – Introduction to Data Analysis (3 credits) |
| CMTC 203 – Data Analysis Using Microsoft Excel (3 credits) | ACCT 104 – Managerial Accounting (3 credits)
*Requires prerequisite: ACCT 103 *Note: course can be taken online |
| Year Three – Fall Semester | Year Three – Spring Semester |
| AVSC 3XX – Introduction to General Aviation Management (3 credits)
*Prerequisites: Introduction to Business + junior status OR instructor consent |
AVSC 3XX – Aviation Safety (3 credits)
*Prerequisites: Private Pilot Flight OR Private Pilot Ground School II |
| AVSC 3XX – Aviation Finance (3 credits)
*Note: can substitute for FINA 304 – Corporate Finance *Prerequisite: Intro to Business |
AVSC 3XX – Aviation Regulatory Process (3 credits)
*Note: Substitutes for BUSN 120, fulfills Civic Life & Engagement core requirement *Prerequisite: Private Pilot Ground School and junior status |
| CMSM 285 – Management Information Systems (3 credits) | AVSC 3XX – Aviation Ethics (3 credits)
*Note: can fulfill Core Ethics requirement |
| Foreign Language 1 (Core requirement) | FINA 304 – Corporate Finance (3 credits) |
| GLST 201 – Global Awareness Seminar (Core requirement) (3 credits) | Foreign Language II (Core requirement) (3 credits) |
| Year Four – Fall Semester | Year Four – Spring Semester |
| AVSC 3XX – Air Carrier Operations (3 credits)
*Prerequisites: Introduction to Business + junior status OR instructor consent |
AVSC 4XX – Aviation Management (3 credits)
*Prerequisites: Air Carrier Operations, Aviation Marketing Management + senior status OR instructor consent *Note: substitute for BUSN 498 Senior Seminar in Business |
| AVSC 4XX – Aviation Marketing Management (3 credits)
*Prerequisites: Private Pilot Ground School II and Introduction to General Aviation Management *Note: substitute for MKTG 203 – Marketing Principles |
AVSC 498 – Senior Seminar in Aviation Management (3 credits)
*Note: substitute for BUSN 498 – Senior Seminar in Business |
| DATA XXX – Data Visualization (3 credits) | MGMT 205 – Project Management (3 credits)
*Prerequisites: BUSN 104 and MATH 122 OR Level 1, 2, or 3 on the Math Proficiency Test *Note: course is taken online |
| Inquiry (Core requirement) (3 credits) | ECON 211 – Intro to Global Economics (3 credits)
*Prerequisites: BUSN 101 or BUSN 104 *Note: ECON 101 and 201 are recommended |
| Real World Problems (Core requirement) (3 credits) |