G4LASRamper From United States of America, joined Dec 2006, 170 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (5 years 5 months 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 2227 times:
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University offers a BS degree program in "Professional Aeronautics." The course of study gives one an introduction to many facets of aviation as a career. At the time I went through that program it was geared towards pilots that already had some professional flying and college experience but had not yet completed a degree.
To enter the program at that time (1991), one had to already have an associate degree, commercial pilot certificate, and so many hours of professional flying experience. At the time I an AAS, commercial/instrument/multi, and about 350 hours of FAR 135 flying time (out of about 1500 total) - that program fit me perfectly. Basically, the professional flight time became all of my upper-division elective credits, and the AAS transferred in almost completely as my lower-division credits. That left just a couple of lower-division make-up courses and my senior year to complete.
As an example, here's some of the courses I took at ERAU:
Current Issues in America
Aviation Law
Aircraft Accident Investigation
Technical Writing
Principles of Air Traffic Control
Directed Study - A course consisting of four research papers on various aviation-related topics. Put this course together with a professor so I could graduate that spring instead of having to wait until fall.
The school I used to teach at offers a pilot-oriented AAS degree in Aviation Technology which transfers quite well to upper-division programs like this. In addition to the core technical courses like PPL, Instrument, and CPL, some of the other courses offered include:
Aviation Weather
Air Transportation
Aerodynamics
Human Factors
Crew Resource Management
I think these are great study programs to pursue if a pilot career is the goal. And they were a lot of fun, both as a student and instructor!
"A pig that doesn't fly is just a pig." - Porco Rosso
DeltaWings From Switzerland, joined Aug 2004, 1289 posts, RR: 19 Reply 4, posted (5 years 5 months 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 2129 times:
Yes, that’s more something I was looking for. Thanks for that information.
Is there an equivalent university in Europe somewhere, as this would be somewhat better for me.
DW
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G4LASRamper From United States of America, joined Dec 2006, 170 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (5 years 5 months 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 2055 times:
Sorry. Don't know the EU (haven't been on the continent since 1975!). ERAU has some satellite campus facilities there, located on US air bases. But I'm sure there are similar programs available locally. Have a Google at it.
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Fanfan From United States of America, joined Nov 2007, 54 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (5 years 4 months 2 weeks 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 1951 times:
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