Program: Aerospace, Aviation Management Concentration, B.S. - Middle Tennessee State University - Modern Campus Catalog™

Apr 05, 2025

2017-18 Undergraduate Catalog

Department of Aerospace
615-898-2788
Gerald Hill, program coordinator
Gerald.Hill@mtsu.edu

The Aviation Management concentration offers instruction for students who are interested in careers in the various aspects of aerospace management. Selected general education and minor courses are interwoven with aerospace courses to provide students with a foundation for such careers.

All students choosing a concentration in Aviation Management must select a specific segment of the industry in which to focus. Students have the option of choosing from air traffic control (ATC), airport management, airline management, or transportation management. A significant culminating experience (in the form of a capstone course or internship) is required appropriate to that specific area of focus.

Academic Map

Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Aerospace, Aviation Management, B.S., Academic Map

Degree Requirements

General Education (41 hours)

General Education requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences.

The following General Education courses are required for this major:

MATH 1710 (Math)
Choose one: CHEM 1010/1011, CHEM 1030/1031, CHEM 1110/1111, PHYS 2010/2011, or PHYS 2110/2111 (Nat Sci)

Major Requirements (40 hours)

Aerospace Core (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 Senior Capstone Lab 1 credit hour

Aviation Management Concentration (24 hours)

AERO 2010 - Aviation Weather 3 credit hours
AERO 2220 - Navigation 3 credit hours OR
AERO 2230 - Professional Pilot I 3 credit hours
AERO 4100 - Airline Management 3 credit hours
AERO 4110 - Airport Management 3 credit hours OR
AERO 4170 - Airport Planning and Design 3 credit hours
AERO 4150 - Fixed Base Operations Management 3 credit hours
TRNS 1610 - Introduction to Transportation 3 credit hours OR
TRNS 2620 - Transportation Freight Systems 3 credit hours
TRNS 3630 - Transportation Systems 3 credit hours
AERO/TRNS elective 3 credit hours

Capstone Course (3 hours)

AERO 4050 - Aerospace Internship I 3 credit hours
AERO 4140 - Seminar in Airline Administration 3 credit hours
AERO 4170 - Airport Planning and Design 3 credit hours
AERO 4660 - Air Traffic Control: En-Route Operations 3 credit hours
TRNS 4640 - Topics in Transportation 3 credit hours

Supporting Courses (18 hours)

ACTG 3000 - Survey of Accounting for General Business 3 credit hours
BCED 3510 - Business Communication 3 credit hours OR
ENGL 3620 - Professional Writing 3 credit hours
INFS 2200 - Introduction to Microcomputing 3 credit hours OR
INFS 3100 - Principles of Management Information Systems 3 credit hours
MATH 1810 - Applied Calculus I 3 credit hours
MGMT 3610 - Principles of Management 3 credit hours
MKT 3820 - Principles of Marketing 3 credit hours

Minor (15-18 hours)

Electives (3-6 hours)

Total hours in program: 120

Curriculum: Aerospace, Aviation Management 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
ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
MATH 1710 - College Algebra 3 credit hours (Math)
MATH 1810 - Applied Calculus I 3 credit hours
COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours (Comm)
Social/Behavioral Science 3 credit hours
TRNS 1610 - Introduction to Transportation 3 credit hours OR
TRNS 2620 - Transportation Freight Systems 3 credit hours
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

Sophomore

AERO 2010 - Aviation Weather 3 credit hours
AERO 2220 - Navigation 3 credit hours OR
AERO 2230 - Professional Pilot I 3 credit hours
Humanities and/or Fine Arts 6 credit hours
Social/Behavioral Sciences 3 credit hours
Natural Sciences 4 credit hours (different prefix from one selected below)
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)
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
INFS 2200 - Introduction to Microcomputing 3 credit hours OR
INFS 3100 - Principles of Management Information Systems 3 credit hours
Select 4 hours Natural Science from:
CHEM 1010 - Introductory General Chemistry I 4 credit hours AND
CHEM 1011 - Intro to General Chemistry I Lab 0 credit hours
CHEM 1030 - Chemistry for Consumers 4 credit hours AND
CHEM 1031 - Chemistry for Consumers Lab 0 credit hours
CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry I 4 credit hours AND
CHEM 1111 - General Chemistry I Lab 0 credit hours
PHYS 2010 - Non-Calculus-Based Physics I 0 credit hours AND
PHYS 2011 - Physics Problems Laboratory I 4 credit hours
PHYS 2110 - Calculus-Based Physics I 0 credit hours AND
PHYS 2111 - Calculus-Based Physics Laboratory I 4 credit hours

Subtotal: 32 Hours

Junior

AERO 3020 - Aerospace Materials 3 credit hours
AERO 3030 - Propulsion Fundamentals 3 credit hours
AERO or TRNS elective 3 credit hours
ACTG 3000 - Survey of Accounting for General Business 3 credit hours
MGMT 3610 - Principles of Management 3 credit hours
MKT 3820 - Principles of Marketing 3 credit hours
Minor courses 9 credit hours
BCED 3510 - Business Communication 3 credit hours OR
ENGL 3620 - Professional Writing 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Senior

AERO 4040 - Aerospace Senior Capstone Lab 1 credit hour
AERO 4100 - Airline Management 3 credit hours
AERO 4150 - Fixed Base Operations Management 3 credit hours
AERO 4110 - Airport Management 3 credit hours OR
AERO 4170 - Airport Planning and Design 3 credit hours
TRNS 3630 - Transportation Systems 3 credit hours
Minor courses 9 credit hours
Elective 3 credit hours
AERO 4050 - Aerospace Internship I 3 credit hours OR
AERO 4140 - Seminar in Airline Administration 3 credit hours OR
AERO 4170 Airport Planning and Design 3 credit hours OR
AERO 4660 - Air Traffic Control: En-Route Operations 3 credit hours OR
TRNS 4640 - Topics in Transportation 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 28 Hours