Career Pilot Certificate

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This certificate is designed for those individuals interested in attaining a FAA Private Pilot certificate and completing the ground school courses for Instrument and Commercial Pilot certificates. Students enrolled in this certificate program are required to attain FAA Private Pilot certificate as a requirement of the Career Pilot certificate. Flight training is done offsite at a flight training facility. Students will be responsible for all flight training and costs.

Upon successful completion of the Career Pilot certificate, the graduate should be able to:

Pilot an aircraft
Communicate effectively
Operate within the regulatory standards of the aviation industry
Use critical thinking skills to solve aviation problems
Relate effectively to aviation customers
Employ scientific and aerodynamic principles to safely and efficiently operate an aircraft

Fall Semester I

AER 110 Air Navigation Credits: 3
AER 150 Private Pilot Flight Theory Credits: 3
AER 151 Flight-Private Pilot Credits: 1

Total Credits: 7

Spring Semester I

AER 111 Aviation Meteorology Credits: 3

Total Credits: 3

Fall Semester II

AER 170 Commercial Flight Theory Credits: 3
AER 160 Instrument Flight Theory Credits: 3