Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________ Catalog: 2016-2017 University Catalog Program: Professional Flight Technology, BS Minimum Credits Required:__________________

Professional Flight Technology, BS

About the Program

Purdue offers a bachelor’s degree in professional flight that provides you with a larger perspective of the aviation industry. Your classes range from how an airplane is built to decision-making in the airline industry. You will learn by flying in our state-of-art fleet and matching simulators, and from aviation professionals with significant industry experience. The School of Aviation and Transportation Technology encourages you to obtain the highest level of medical and student certificates possible during your time at Purdue.

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Degree Requirements and Supplemental Information

The full Program Requirements for 2016-17 Professional Flight Technology include all Supplemental Information and selective lists of those categories which a student must fulfill in order to earn their degree. These are intended to be printer-friendly, but include less descriptive course detail.

Please see below for program requirements and the necessary degree fulfillments.

AVFT
120 credits for graduation

Departmental/Program Major Courses (112 credits)

Required Major Courses (60 credits)

Course NameTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
AT 10000 - Introduction To Aviation Technology
AT 10200 - Aviation Business
AT 10300 - Aerospace Vehicle Propulsion And Tracking Systems
AT 14400 - Private Pilot Lectures
AT 20200 - Aerospace Vehicle Systems Design, Analysis And Operations
AT 20300 - Aviation Operations Management
AT 49800 - Aviation Technology Capstone

 

AT 14500 - Private Pilot Flight or
AT 14502 - Private Pilot Flight Under Federal Aviation Regulations Part 141

 

AT 21000 - Ground Trainer I
AT 21100 - Ground Trainer II
AT 22300 - Human Factors For Flight Crews

 

AT 24300 - Commercial Flight I or
AT 24302 - Commercial Flight I Under Federal Aviation Regulations Part 141

 

AT 24800 - Commercial Flight II or
AT 24802 - Commercial Flight II Under Federal Aviation Regulations Part 141

 

AT 24900 - Instrument Flight Lectures

 

AT 25300 - Instrument Flight or
AT 25302 - Instrument Flight Under Federal Aviation Regulations Part 141

 

AT 25400 - Commercial Flight Lectures
AT 32501 - Advanced Aviation Meteorology
AT 32700 - Advanced Transport Flight Operations
AT 35300 - Multi-Engine Flight
AT 35400 - Turbine Flight Operations Lecture
AT 38800 - Large Aircraft Systems
AT 39500 - Turbine Aircraft Simulation Laboratory
AT 39600 - Turbine Aircraft Flight Laboratory
AT 41600 - Airline Indoctrination
AT 47500 - Aviation Law
AT 48700 - Transport Aircraft Simulation Laboratory
  • Globalization - Credit Hours: 0.00
  • Other Departmental /Program Course Requirements (52 credits)

    Course NameTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
  • Humanities Foundational Selective (satisfies Human Cultures Humanities for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Behavioral/Social Science Foundational Selective (satisfies Human Culture Behavioral/Social Science for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00
  • TECH 12000 - Design Thinking In Technology (satisfies Information Literacy Selective for core)
    PHYS 21800 - General Physics (satisfies Science Selective for core)
  • Science Foundational Selective (satisfies Science Selective for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00
  •  

    ENGL 10600 - First-Year Composition (satisfies Written Communication for core) or
    ENGL 10800 - Accelerated First-Year Composition (satisfies Written Communication for core)

     

    COM 11400 - Fundamentals Of Speech Communication (satisfies Oral Communication for core)
    MA 15800 - Precalculus- Functions And Trigonometry (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning Selective for core)

     

    MA 22100 - Calculus For Technology I (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning Selective for core) or
    MA 16010 - Applied Calculus I (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning Selective for core)

     

  • Economics Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Advanced English Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Technical Communications Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
  • STAT 30100 - Elementary Statistical Methods
  • Any University-approved minor or departmentally-approved thematic area of study - Credit Hours: 12.00
  • Electives (8 credits)

    • Free Electives - Credit Hours: 8.00

    University Core Requirements

    Course NameTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
  • Human Cultures Humanities - UCC Selective
  • Human Cultures Behavioral/Social Science - UCC Selective
  • Information Literacy -  TECH 12000 - Design Thinking In Technology
    Science #1 -  PHYS 21800 - General Physics
  • Science #2 - UCC Selective
  • Science, Technology & Society Selective - TECH 12000 - Design Thinking In Technology 
  •  

    Written Communication -  ENGL 10600 - First-Year Composition or
    Written Communication -  ENGL 10800 - Accelerated First-Year Composition

     

    Oral Communication -  COM 11400 - Fundamentals Of Speech Communication
    Quantitative Reasoning -  MA 15800 - Precalculus- Functions And Trigonometry
  • Quantitative Reasoning -  UCC Calculus Selective
  • Program Requirements

    (201610)

    Fall 1st Year

    First Semester

    Course NameTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
    AT 10000 - Introduction To Aviation Technology
    AT 10200 - Aviation Business
    AT 14400 - Private Pilot Lectures

     

    AT 14500 - Private Pilot Flight or
    AT 14502 - Private Pilot Flight Under Federal Aviation Regulations Part 141

     

    MA 15800 - Precalculus- Functions And Trigonometry
  • English Composition Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
  • 16 Credits

    Spring 1st Year

    Second Semester

    Course NameTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
    AT 10300 - Aerospace Vehicle Propulsion And Tracking Systems

     

    AT 24300 - Commercial Flight I or
    AT 24302 - Commercial Flight I Under Federal Aviation Regulations Part 141

     

    TECH 12000 - Design Thinking In Technology
    COM 11400 - Fundamentals Of Speech Communication
  • Calculus Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
  • 14 Credits

    Fall 2nd Year

    Third Semester

    Course NameTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
    AT 20200 - Aerospace Vehicle Systems Design, Analysis And Operations
    AT 20300 - Aviation Operations Management
    AT 21000 - Ground Trainer I
    AT 22300 - Human Factors For Flight Crews

     

    AT 24800 - Commercial Flight II or
    AT 24802 - Commercial Flight II Under Federal Aviation Regulations Part 141

     

    AT 24900 - Instrument Flight Lectures

    15 Credits

    Spring 2nd Year

    Fourth Semester

    Course NameTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
  • Behavioral / Social Science Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
  • AT 21100 - Ground Trainer II

     

    AT 25300 - Instrument Flight or
    AT 25302 - Instrument Flight Under Federal Aviation Regulations Part 141

     

    AT 25400 - Commercial Flight Lectures
  • Thematic Area Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Humanities Foundational Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
  • 15 Credits

    Fall 3rd Year

    Fifth Semester

    Course NameTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
    AT 35300 - Multi-Engine Flight
    AT 35400 - Turbine Flight Operations Lecture
  • Thematic Area Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
  • PHYS 21800 - General Physics
  • Science Foundational Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Free Elective - Credit Hours: 1.00
  • 14 Credits

    Spring 3rd Year

    Sixth Semester

    Course NameTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
    AT 32700 - Advanced Transport Flight Operations
    AT 38800 - Large Aircraft Systems
    AT 39500 - Turbine Aircraft Simulation Laboratory
    AT 32501 - Advanced Aviation Meteorology
    STAT 30100 - Elementary Statistical Methods
    AT 47500 - Aviation Law

    16 Credits

    Fall 4th Year

    Seventh Semester

    Course NameTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
    AT 39600 - Turbine Aircraft Flight Laboratory
  • Thematic Area Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Economics Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Advanced English Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Technical Communication Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Free Elective - Credit Hours: 3.00
  • 16 Credits

    Spring 4th Year

    Eighth Semester

    Course NameTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
    AT 41600 - Airline Indoctrination
    AT 48700 - Transport Aircraft Simulation Laboratory
    AT 49800 - Aviation Technology Capstone
  • Thematic Area Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Free Elective - Credit Hours: 4.00
  • Globalization - Credit Hours: 0.00
  • 14 Credits

    Note

    120 semester credits required for Bachelor of Science degree.

    2.0 Graduation GPA required for Bachelor of Science degree.

    Degree Requirements

    The student is ultimately responsible for knowing and completing all degree requirements.

    Degree Works is knowledge source for specific requirements and completion

    Purdue policy states that a student may attempt a course no more than three times. An attempt is defined as all courses displayed on a student transcript having grades of (including, but not limited to) A, B, C, D, E, F, W, WF, I and IF.

    Foreign Language Courses

    Foreign Language proficiency requirements vary by program.  For acceptable languages and proficiency levels, see your advisor:

    American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, (ancient) Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

    Critical Course

    The ♦ course is considered critical. A Critical Course is one that a student must be able to pass to persist and succeed in a particular major.

    Notes: