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2012-13 Undergraduate Catalog

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2012-13 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Aerospace, Flight Dispatch Concentration, B.S.

Department of Aerospace

The Flight Dispatch concentration offers instruction designed to meet the aviation industry’s needs by preparing professional, corporate, and airline flight dispatchers. Selected General Education and minor courses are interwoven with required aerospace courses to provide students with a foundation for careers in this area. This concentration requires the completion of

44 hours of aerospace courses as listed below;
a minor of 18 semester hours to be selected from one of the following: Geography/Geology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or other science or business-related field;
other specific required courses as listed below, including FAA Flight Dispatcher Knowledge Tests;
FAA Flight Dispatch certification prior to graduation.

Aerospace Core Requirement (13 hours)

AERO 1010 - Introduction to Aerospace 3 credit hours
AERO 1020 - Theory of Flight 3 credit hours
AERO 3020 - Aerospace Materials 3 credit hours
AERO 3030 - Propulsion Fundamentals 3 credit hours
AERO 4040 - Aerospace Seminar 1 or 3 credit hours (1 credit hour required)

Curriculum: Aerospace, Flight Dispatch Concentration

Curricular listings include General Education requirements in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories.

Freshman

AERO 1010 - Introduction to Aerospace 3 credit hours
AERO 1020 - Theory of Flight 3 credit hours
AERO 1230 - Aviation Laws and Regulations 3 credit hours
ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
CHEM 1010 - Introductory General Chemistry I 4 credit hours (Nat Sci) AND
CHEM 1011 - Intro to General Chemistry I Lab 0 credit hours (Nat Sci)
PHYS 2010 - Non-Calculus-Based Physics I 0 credit hours (Nat Sci) AND
PHYS 2011 - Physics Problems Laboratory I 4 credit hours (Nat Sci)
MATH 1710 - College Algebra 3 credit hours (Math)
MATH 1810 - Applied Calculus I 3 credit hours
CSCI 1150 - Computer Orientation 3 credit hours OR
INFS 2200 - Introduction to Microcomputing 3 credit hours OR
INFS 3100 - Principles of Management Information Systems 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 32 Hours

Sophomore

COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours (Comm)
AERO 2010 - Aviation Weather 3 credit hours
AERO 2220 - Navigation 3 credit hours OR
AERO 2230 - Professional Pilot I 3 credit hours
ENGL 2020 - Themes in Literature and Culture 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
ENGL 2030 - The Experience of Literature 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
HUM 2610 - Foreign Literature in Translation 3 credit hours (Hum/FA)
Social/Behavioral Sciences 3 credit hours
Humanities and/or Fine Arts (2 prefixes) 6 credit hours
GEOG 2000 - Introduction to Regional Geography 3 credit hours OR
PSY 1410 - General Psychology 3 credit hours (Soc/Beh Sci)
Choose 6 hours from:
HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Junior

AERO 3020 - Aerospace Materials 3 credit hours
AERO 3030 - Propulsion Fundamentals 3 credit hours
AERO 3510 - Instrument Flight Fundamentals for Non-Pilots 3 credit hours OR
AERO 3210 - Professional Pilot II 3 credit hours
AERO 3080 - Aviation Weather II 3 credit hours
AERO 3170 - Flight Safety 3 credit hours
AERO 3230 - Crew Resource Management 3 credit hours
AERO 3630 - Introduction to Air Traffic Control 3 credit hours AND
AERO 3631 - Introduction to Air Traffic Control Lab 1 credit hour
GEOG 3410 - Geography of the United States and Canada 3 credit hours OR
GEOL 4050 - Meteorology 3 credit hours
MGMT 3610 - Principles of Management 3 credit hours
Minor 6 credit hours

Subtotal: 34 Hours

Senior

AERO 4040 - Aerospace Seminar 1 or 3 credit hours (1 credit hour required)
AERO 4580 - Flight Dispatch and ATP Written Preparation 3 credit hours
AERO 4590 - Flight Dispatch 3 credit hours
MGMT 3810 - Human Resources Management 3 credit hours OR
MGMT 3890 - Managerial Decision Making 3 credit hours OR
MGMT 4490 - Industrial Relations Legislation 3 credit hours OR
MGMT 4510 - Unions and Collective Bargaining 3 credit hours
Minor 12 credit hours
Elective 2 credit hours

Subtotal: 24 Hours

Total hours in program: 120