Academic curriculum
127 hours required for graduation
This bachelor degree option of study prepares students for careers in the field of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) or remotely piloted aircraft. This is a rapidly growing area of aviation and students will be prepared to safely deploy UAS vehicles in response to emerging challenges and opportunities. Coursework includes foundational courses in aviation flight and maintenance necessary for UAS operation and specific courses designed to enable commercially available payload to platform integration and to enable students to think critically in a rapidly developing technical field. Students will be prepared for technical and/or entry-level managerial positions and will be required to successfully defend a portfolio of accumulated learning prior to graduation.
Freshman
Fall semester (17 credit hours)
ENGL 100 Expository Writing I
MATH 100 College Algebra
PHILO 105 Introduction to Critical Thinking
PPIL 100 Introduction to Aviation
PPIL 111 Private Pilot
PPIL 113 Private Pilot Flight Lab
Spring semester (17 credit hours)
COMM 106 Public Speaking I
MATH 150 Plane Trigonometry
PPIL 112 Professional Instrument Pilot
PPIL 114 Professional Instrument Plt Flt Lab I
PPIL 270 Introduction to UAS
PPIL 342 Aviation Meteorology
Sophomore
Fall semester (16 credit hours)
AVM 151 Aviation Maintenance Fundamentals
ENGL 200 Expository Writing II
MATH 205 General Calculus and Linear Algebra
PHYS 113 General Physics I
PPIL 360 UAS I
Spring semester (16 credit hours)
ECET 100 Basic Electronics
ECON 110 Principles of Macroeconomics
ENGL 302 Technical Writing
PPIL 386 Aerodynamics
PPIL 415 Human Factors in Aviation
Junior
Fall semester (15 credit hours)
AVM 241 NAV Aids and Communications
AVT 327 Avionics Repair
ECET 101 Direct Current Circuits
PSYCH 110 General Psychology
Computer Elective
Spring semester (16 credit hours)
BUS 315 Supervisory Management
CMST 250 Networking I
ECET 110 Semiconductors Electronics
MKTG 400 Marketing
PPIL 460 UAS II
Senior
Fall semester (15 credit hours)
STAT 325 Introduction to Statistics
Aviation/Computer Elective
Aviation Elective*
Aviation/Electronics Elective*
Humanities/Social Science/Business Elective*
Spring semester (15 credit hours)
AVT 497 Senior Project
GEOG 508 Geographic Information Systems
PPIL 450 Aviation Safety Management
Humanities/Social Science Elective*
Natural Science Elective
*Marked electives must be upper division courses, 300 and above.