Applied Aviation Technology Curriculum

Curriculum Requirements

All bachelor's degrees require a minimum of 120 credit hours, inclusive of UD general education and major requirements and any elective courses.

The Applied Aviation Technology major includes a set of aviation core courses, technology courses, and program electives resulting in a minimum of 67 required credit hours.

Required Aviation Core Courses (41 credits):

  • AVI 131: Basic Ground School (6)
  • AVI 145: Safety and Ethics in Aviation (1)
  • AVI 214: Aviation Meteorology (3)
  • AVI 229: UAS and Small Aircraft Systems (3)
  • AVI 231: Ground School- Instrument (4)
  • AVI 233: Air Transportation (3)
  • AVI 329: UAS Operations (3)
  • AVI 349: Aviation Safety Management (3)
  • AVI 429: UAS Flight Simulation (3)
  • AVI 459: UAS Applications and Analysis (3)
  • AVI 495: Aviation Senior Seminar (2) OR Capstone course from another department if double major
  • FLI 131: Flight Training I (3)
  • FLI 231:Flight Training Instrument (3)
  • PRF 201: Career Development Strategies (1)

 

Required Science, Technology, and Mathematics Courses (20 credits):

  • CIS 166: Data Analysis (3)
  • CIS 215: Programming Fundamentals with Java (4)
  • CIS 225: Introduction to Digital Electronics and Microcontrollers (3)
  • CIS 262: Introduction to Data Analytics (3)
  • EVS 333:Geographical Information Systems Applications (4) OR EVS 335 - Remote Sensing of Environment (4)
  • MATH 230: Introduction to Statistics (3)

 

Students are required to take a minimum of 6 credits from the following electives:

  • AVI 234: ATC Procedures and the National Airspace System (3)
  • AVI 332: Advanced Aircraft Systems/CRJ (3)
  • AVI 333: Aviation Security and Crisis Management (3)
  • AVI 341: Aviation Law (3)
  • AVI 404: Air Traffic Operations and Management (3)
  • AVI 434: Human Factors (3)
  • AVI 496: Aviation Colloquium (1-3)

 

The Applied Aviation Technology minor consists of a minimum of 24 credit hours as follows:

  • AVI 121: Fundamentals of Flight Operations (2) OR AVI 131 - Basic Ground School (6)
  • AVI 145: Safety and Ethics in Aviation (1)
  • AVI 229: UAS and Small Aircraft Systems (3)
  • AVI 329: UAS Operations (3)
  • AVI 429: UAS Flight Simulation (3)
  • AVI 459: UAS Applications and Analytics (3)
  • CIS 166: Data Analysis (3)
  • CIS 262: Introduction to Data Analytics (3)
  • MATH 230: Introduction to Statistics (3)

 

Four-Year Plan of Study [cross link to the Advising Page where all the 4-year plans for degrees would be "housed." The plans are PDFs.]