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2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog

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2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Aeronautical Technology BS–Unmanned Aircraft Systems Option

Bachelor’s degree requirements (127 credit hours)

Freshman

Fall Semester (17 credit hours)

AVT 100 - Introduction to Aviation Credits: 3
ENGL 100 - Expository Writing I Credits: 3
MATH 100 - College Algebra Credits: 3
PHILO 105 - Introduction to Critical Thinking Credits: 3
PPIL 111 - Private Pilot Credits: 4
PPIL 113 - Private Pilot Flight Lab Credits: 1

Spring Semester (14 credit hours)

ECON 110 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3
MATH 205 - General Calculus and Linear Algebra Credits: 3
PPIL 112 - Professional Instrument Pilot Credits: 3
PPIL 114 - Professional Instrument Pilot Flight Lab Credits: 1
UAS 115 - Multi-rotor Flight Lab Credits: 1
UAS 270 - Introduction to Unmanned Aircraft Systems Credits: 3

Sophomore

Fall Semester (17 credit hours)

ECET 100 - Basic Electronics Credits: 4
MATH 150 - Plane Trigonometry Credits: 3
UAS 312 - Unmanned Aircraft Flight Instructor Ground School Credits: 6
UAS 314 - Multi-rotor Instructor Flight Lab Credits: 1
UAS 370 - Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Design and Construction Credits: 3

Spring Semester (18 credit hours)

AVT 340 - Human Factors in Aviation Credits: 3
ENGL 200 - Expository Writing II Credits: 3
PSYCH 110 - General Psychology Credits: 3
PHYS 113 - General Physics I Credits: 4
UAS 275 - Small Unmanned Aircraft Maintenance I Credits: 3
UAS 357 - Unmanned Aircraft Fixed-wing Flight Lab Credits: 2

Junior

Fall Semester (17 credit hours)

BUS 110 - Introduction to Business Credits: 3
COMM 106 - Public Speaking I Credits: 3
UAS 285 - Smll Unmanned Aircraft Maintenance II Credits: 3
UAS 353 - Command and Control Links and Circuitry Credits: 3
UAS 367 - Advanced Unmanned Aircraft Fixed-wing Flight Lab Credits: 2
UAS 387 - Crew Resource Management for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Credits: 3

Spring Semester (14 credit hours)

BUS 315 - Supervisory Management Credits: 3
ENGL 302 - Technical Writing Credits: 3
STAT 325 - Introduction to Statistics Credits: 3
UAS 417 - Fixed-wing Instructor Flight Lab Credits: 2
UAS 461 - Autonomous Flight Simulation Lab Credits: 1
UAS 465 - Autopilot Integration Credits: 2

Senior

Fall Semester (15 credit hours)

AVT 450 - Aviation Safety Management Credits: 3
UAS 300 - Unmanned Aircraft Systems Powerplant Fundamentals Credits: 3
UAS 467 - Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Payloads Credits: 3
UAS 470 - Flight and Field Operations Credits: 3
*Aviation Elective Credits: 3

Spring Semester (15 credit hours)

AVT 445 - Aviation Law Credits: 3
*Aviation/Electronics/Computer Elective Credits: 3
Humanities/Social Science/Business Elective Credits: 3
Natural Science Elective Credits: 3

Culminating Experience (3 credit hours)

Choose from the following:

AVT 497 - Senior Project Credits: 3
COT 495 - Industrial Internship Credits: 1-18
ETB 480 - UAS Senior Design I Credits: 1
and
ETB 481 - UAS Senior Design II Credits: 2

*Note

*Marked electives must be upper division courses, 300 and above.