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Jul 16, 2024
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2024-2025 University Catalog
Aeronautical Technology, BS
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 Return to: Polytechnic Institute (Undergraduate - Statewide Locations)
About the Program
You can earn your Purdue University bachelor’s degree in aeronautical technology in two years if you already have an aviation-related Vincennes University associate’s degree. Your Purdue coursework builds on the skills you learned during your first two years at Vincennes while it expands your career options. Your classes and labs will also be at the Aviation Technology Center at the Indianapolis International Airport.
Special features:
- Flexible curriculum based on your career goals
- Internship and other work experience opportunities at aviation-related companies surrounding Indianapolis International Airport
- Access to Aviation Technology Center labs: Advanced Composites Laboratory, Air Traffic Control/Computer Laboratory, FAA-approved flight simulator, Avionics Laboratory, Non-Destructive Testing Laboratory, and Materials Processing Laboratory
Course topics include:
- Operations management
- Safety problems
- Aviation finance
- Human factors in aviation
- Aviation law
Click here for plan of study.
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Degree Requirements (120 Credits)
Departmental/Program Major Requirements (107 Credits)
Required Major Requirements (33 Credits)
Other Departmental Course Requirements (74 Credits)
Non-Course/Non-Credit Requirement
- Complete a Globalization Requirement
Program Notes
- Students must earn a “D-” or better in all courses unless otherwise noted.
- 2.0 Graduation GPA required for the Bachelor of Science degree.
- Courses at Purdue University may only be attempted a maximum of three (3) times, including (but not limited to) W, WF, I, IF and all graded attempts.
Transfer credit from other institutions, including courses taken as dual or concurrent credit in high school, and credit from testing such as Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate that are an exact match for Purdue courses, may be applied to degree requirements. For undistributed credit to be applied to degree requirements, the course or courses will need to be evaluated by the Curriculum Committee for approval. Additional approvals will be required for courses to meet University Core Curriculum requirements. In both cases approval is not automatic.
University Requirements
University Core Requirements
For a complete listing of University Core Course Selectives, visit the Provost’s Website.- Human Cultures: Behavioral/Social Science (BSS)
- Human Cultures: Humanities (HUM)
- Information Literacy (IL)
- Oral Communication (OC)
- Quantitative Reasoning (QR)
- Science #1 (SCI)
- Science #2 (SCI)
- Science, Technology, and Society (STS)
- Written Communication (WC)
Civics Literacy Proficiency Requirement
The Civics Literacy Proficiency activities are designed to develop civic knowledge of Purdue students in an effort to graduate a more informed citizenry. For more information visit the Civics Literacy Proficiency website.
To obtain the Civics Literacy Proficiency, students will complete an educational activity as part of their chosen Civics Literacy Pathway and pass the Purdue Civics knowledge test. The knowledge test can be completed at any time while the pathway is being perused. There are three different pathways:
- Civics Event pathway - Attend six approved civics-related events and pass the required exam; or
- Civics Literacy Podcast pathway - Complete 12 podcasts created by the Purdue Center for C-SPAN Scholarship & Engagement that use C-SPAN material and pass the required exam; or
- Approved course pathway - Complete one of the following approved courses and pass the required exam.
More details about each pathway and how to complete the requirement can be found on the Civics Literacy Student Dashboard in myPurdue.
Upper Level Requirement
- Resident study at Purdue University for at least two semesters and the enrollment in and completion of at least 32 semester hours of coursework required and approved for the completion of the degree. These courses are expected to be at least junior-level (30000+) courses.
- Students should be able to fulfill most, if not all, of these credits within their major requirements; there should be a clear pathway for students to complete any credits not completed within their major.
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