2006–2007 - Florida Institute of Technology

Junior Year
FALL CREDITS
AVF 4001 Multiengine Pilot ................................................................2
AVM 3201 Aviation Planning ................................................................3
AVT 3101 Instructional Techniques .....................................................3
or
Restricted Elective (Aviation) .......................................3
BUS 3401 Corporate Finance ...............................................................3
BUS 3501 Management Principles .......................................................3
COM 3070 Professional Communication for Executives .......................3
17
Multiengine Pilot Flight Test
SPRING
AVM 3202 Airport Design .....................................................................3
AVM 3302 Multimodal Transportation .................................................3
BUS 2601 Legal and Social Environments of Business .......................3
BUS 3601 Marketing Principles ...........................................................3
Humanities Elective ............................................................3
15
Senior Year
FALL CREDITS
AVF xxxx Restricted Elective (Flight) .................................................2
AVM 4201 Aviation Advanced Computer Applications .........................3
AVM 4301 Aviation Labor Law and Employment Standards ................3
AVM 4501 Air Transportation Management .........................................3
AVT 4201 Advanced Aircraft Systems .................................................3
AVT 4301 Aviation Safety ....................................................................3
17
SPRING
AVM 4302 Aviation Law ........................................................................3
AVM 4701 Airport Management ...........................................................3
AVT 4202 Advanced Aircraft Operations .............................................3
BUS 4502 Organizational Behavior and Theory ...................................3
Free Elective ........................................................................3
15
TOTAL CREDITS REQUIRED 129
Aviation Meteorology
Bachelor of Science
This program provides a background in meteorology, aeronautical
science and the appropriate physical sciences. A student completing
the program meets the requirements of the U.S. Office of
Personnel Management for employment by the federal government
as a meteorologist. Graduates are prepared for careers with
major airlines, corporate aviation and the FAA, as well as international
organizations.
B.S. and M.S. degrees in meteorology are also offered as
options in the environmental sciences program in the College of
Engineering.
Freshman Year
FALL CREDITS
AVS 1201 Aviation Meteorology ..........................................................3
AVT 1111 Aeronautics 1 .......................................................................3
COM 1101 Composition and Rhetoric ...................................................3
CSE 1503 Software Development with FORTRAN ............................3
MTH 1001 Calculus 1 ............................................................................4
16
SPRING
AVS 1101 Aviation Chemical Science ..................................................3
AVT 2201 National Airspace Systems ..................................................3
COM 1102 Writing About Literature .....................................................3
MTH 1002 Calculus 2 ............................................................................4
PHY 1001 Physics 1 ..............................................................................4
PHY 2091 Physics Lab 1 .......................................................................1
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Sophomore Year
FALL CREDITS
HUM 2051 Civilization 1 .......................................................................3
MTH 2001 Calculus 3 ............................................................................4
MTH 2401 Probability and Statistics .....................................................3
PHY 2002 Physics 2 ..............................................................................4
PHY 2092 Physics Lab 2 .......................................................................1
15
SPRING
AVS 2102 Aerodynamics ......................................................................3
COM 2223 Scientific and Technical Communication ...........................3
HUM 2052 Civilization 2 .......................................................................3
MTH 2201 Differential Equations/Linear Algebra ...............................4
OCN 2407 Meteorology .........................................................................3
16
Junior Year
FALL CREDITS
AVT 3203 Air Traffic Control ...............................................................3
MET 3401 Synoptic Meteorology 1 .......................................................3
OCN 3430 Fundamentals of Geophysical Fluids ..................................3
PHY 3060 Thermodynamics .................................................................4
Humanities Elective ............................................................3
16
SPRING
AVS 2222 Aviation Physiology ..............................................................3
AVS 3201 Aviation Meteorology 2 .......................................................3
MET 3402 Synoptic Meteorology 2 .......................................................3
MTH 3201 Boundary Value Problems ...................................................3
Aviation Elective ..................................................................3
15
Senior Year
FALL CREDITS
AVM 4501 Air Transportation Management .........................................3
AVT 4301 Aviation Safety ....................................................................3
MET 4233 Remote Sensing for Meteorology .........................................3
MET 4305 Atmospheric Dynamics 1 ....................................................3
Technical Elective ...............................................................3
15
SPRING
AVM 4302 Aviation Law ........................................................................3
MET 4306 Atmospheric Dynamics 2 ....................................................3
MET 4310 Climatology .........................................................................3
SPS 4030 Physics of the Atmosphere ..................................................3
Social Science Elective ........................................................3
15
TOTAL CREDITS REQUIRED 126
Aviation Meteorology Flight Option
Bachelor of Science
This program prepares the student for a career as a professional
pilot with a strong meteorological and physical science
background. A student completing the program also meets the
requirements of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management
for employment by the federal government as a meteorologist.
Students are afforded significant flexibility in career choices
upon graduation. On completion of the first two years of the
curriculum and satisfaction of the associate degree core requirements,
with a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher, the
student may petition for the award of the Associate of Science in
Aviation Meteorology Flight Option degree.