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SDSU offers a Bachelor of Science in Education degree in Career Technical Education with specialization in Aviation Education. This four-year degree program requires a student to obtain pilot certification from the private pilot through flight instructor certificates. In addition, courses are available to obtain the certified flight instructor instrument, multi-engine, and multi-engine instructor ratings. For students meeting requirements, the Airline Transport Pilot rating is also available.

Students attend classes on campus for general education and flight theory courses, while flying with one of two flight contractors located at Brookings and Sioux Falls airports to obtain flight certificates and ratings.

Departmental consent is required for registration in flight training courses. Additional costs are associated with flight training to cover costs of aircraft use and individual flight instruction. Students enrolled in this program are eligible for financial aid through the University and other supplemental sources.

This program prepares students for positions as professional flight instructors. The flight experience gained in this program also enhances the opportunity for graduates to meet minimum flight experience requirements for consideration for hire by regional airlines, air freight operators, corporate aviation, charter aviation operators, and other aviation industry positions.

The degree includes courses in safety, human factors, teaching methodologies, curriculum development and other courses recognized by our industry advisory board, and potential employers, as courses which prepare the best future employee. Students are expected to complete the flight instructor certificate by the end of the junior year, then have the opportunity to instruct incoming students during their senior year, with the intent of graduating with the highest level of flight instruction experience possible.

Below is a guide sheet for the classes that will need to be taken to receive an Aviation Education degree.

FALL 1:
AVIA 101 Introduction to Aviation
AVIA 270 Private Pilot Theory
AVIA 272 Private Pilot Flight 1
ABE 353/353L Introduction to Meteorology and Lab
ENGL 101 GR1 Composition 1
SPCM 101 GR2 Fundamentals of Speech

SPRING 1:

AVIA 200 Aviation Safety

AVIA 201 Aviation Weather

AVIA 273 Private Pilot Flight 2

ENGL 201 GR1 Composition 2

MATH 102 GR5 College Algebra

WEL 100 or GS 143 IR2 Well. or Life. Learn.

FALL 2:

AVIA 371 Instrument Pilot Theory

AVIA 372 Instrument Flight

PHYS 101/101L GR6 Survey of Physics and Lab

ECON 202 GR3 Macroeconomic Principles

PSYC 101 or SOC 100 GR3 Psyc. or Soc.

GR4

SPRING 2:

AVIA 250 Advanced Flight Principles

AVIA 375 Commercial Pilot Theory

AVIA 376 Commercial Pilot Flight 1

ACCT 210 Principles of Accounting

GR4:

FALL 3:

AVIA 302 Aviation Law

AVIA 305 Intro. to Aviation Administration

AVIA 377 Commercial Pilot Flight 2

GEOG 131/131L GR6 Phys. Geography & Lab

Electives:

SPRING 3:

AVIA 300 Human Factors in Aviation

AVIA 470 Flight Instructor Theory/Flight

CSC 105 Introduction to Computers

ENGL 379 Technical Writing

IR1:

Electives:

FALL 4:

AVIA 472 (optional) Cert. Flt. Instructor Inst.

CTE 440 Curriculum

IR3:

Electives:

SPRING 4:
AVIA 400 Air Transportation System
CTE 419 Methods of Teaching
Electives

AVIA ELECTIVE OPTIONS:

AVIA 472 Cert. Flight Instructor Instrument

AVIA 473 Cert. Flight Instructor Multi-Engine

AVIA 488 Student Flight Instruction

AVIA 494 Aviation Internship

DECLARED MINOR:_____________________

BUSINESS MINOR CLASSES (15 credits required):

ECON 201 (required) Principles of Microeconomics.

Two of the Following:

BADM 310 Business Finance

BADM 334 Small Business Management

BADM 350 Legal Environment of Business

BADM 360 Organization and Management

BADM/ECON 370 Marketing

Other Courses:

ACCT 211 Principles of Accounting 2

BADM 280 Personal Finance

BADM 474 Personal Selling

GEOGRAPHY MINOR (16 credits required):

GEOG 132/132L Physical Geography 2

GEOG 200 Intro. to Human Geography

GEOG 210 World Regional Geography

GEOG 337 Atmospheric Sciences

GEOG 383/383L Cartography

GEOG 483/483L Air Photo Interpretation

South Dakota State University - Aviation Program
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Brookings, SD 57007
Phone: (605) 688-5126