Aerospace, Flight Dispatch Concentration, B.S.

Department of Aerospace
615-898-2788
Andrea Georgiou, program coordinator
Andrea.Georgiou@mtsu.edu

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. Upon completion of the program, the FAA Flight Dispatch exam will be administered. Successful completion of this FAA exam is required for graduation. In addition to the academic requirements below, Flight Dispatch students must

adhere to the following requirements for these 14 CFR, Part 65 dispatch core courses: AERO 1230, AERO 2220 or AERO 2230, AERO 2010, AERO 3080, AERO 3210 or AERO 3510, AERO 3630/AERO 3631, AERO 4580, and AERO 4590;
- online courses will not satisfy these requirements,
- obtain at least a grade of 70 percent,
- miss no more than 10 percent of the contact hours for each course,
- make up all missed class time before the end of the semester,
- must retake a course if more than 10 percent is missed and/or obtain less than a 70 percent.
be at least 21 years of age before the Fall graduation date in order to enroll in AERO 4580.

Academic Map

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

Aerospace, Flight Dispatch, 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)
CHEM 1010/1011 (Nat Sci)
PHYS 2010/2011 (Nat Sci)
GEOG 2000 or PSY 1410 (Soc/Beh Sci)

Major Requirements (44 hours)

Minor (18 hours)

Selected from Geography/Geology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or other science- or business-related field

Electives (2 hours)

Total hours in program: 120

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
Humanities and/or Fine Arts 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
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
GEOG 2000 - Introduction to Regional Geography 3 credit hours (Soc/Beh Sci) OR
PSY 1410 - General Psychology 3 credit hours (Soc/Beh Sci)

Subtotal: 30 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
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
CHEM 1010 - Introductory General Chemistry I 4 credit hours AND
CHEM 1011 - Intro to General Chemistry I Lab 0 credit hours (Nat Sci)
PHYS 2010 - Non-Calculus-Based Physics I 0 credit hours AND
PHYS 2011 - Physics Problems Laboratory I 4 credit hours (Nat Sci)
AERO 3510 - Instrument Flight Fundamentals for Non-Pilots 3 credit hours
(or AERO 3210 - Professional Pilot II )
Social/Behavioral Sciences 3 credit hours
Humanities and/or Fine Arts 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 32 Hours

Junior

AERO 3020 - Aerospace Materials 3 credit hours
AERO 3030 - Propulsion Fundamentals 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 - Cultures and Landscapes 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 course 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: 31 Hours

Senior

AERO 4040 - Aerospace Senior Capstone Lab 1 credit hour
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 courses 15 credit hours
Elective 2 credit hours