Sep 26, 2024

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Aerospace, Aviation Management Concentration, B.S.

Aerospace
615-898-2554
Alex Lundberg, program coordinator
Alex.Lundberg@mtsu.edu

The Aviation Management concentration offers instruction for students who are interested in careers in the various aspects of aviation management including airport management, air carrier management, fixed base operator (FBO) management, or aviation consulting. Selected True Blue Core and minor courses are interwoven with aerospace courses to provide students with a foundation for such careers. Students choosing a concentration in Aviation Management will select a specific segment of the industry in which to focus, either airport or airline management. A significant culminating experience, in the form of a capstone course appropriate to the area of focus, is required.

Students in the Aviation Management concentration will complete several courses in the Business Administration minor .

NOTE: All major courses, program accreditation, and/or Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) related coursework (physics, mathematics, and selected engineering technology courses) must be completed with a grade of C or better in order to graduate.

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

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

Degree Requirements

True Blue Core (TBC)	41 hours
Major Requirements	52 hours
Aerospace Core	13 hours
Aviation Mgmt. Concentration	39 hours
Supporting Courses	28 hours*
Electives	0-6 hours
TOTAL	120-127 hours

*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the number of elective hours may increase.

True Blue Core (41 hours)

True Blue Core (TBC) requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

The following courses required by the major meet True Blue Core requirements:

MATH 1530 or MATH 1710 or MATH 1810 (Quant Lit)
CHEM 1010 /CHEM 1011 or CHEM 1110 /CHEM 1111 or PHYS 2010 /PHYS 2011 or PHYS 2110 /PHYS 2111 (Sci Lit)

Major Requirements (52 hours)

Electives (0-6 hours)

Curriculum: Aerospace, Aviation Management Concentration

Freshman Fall

AERO 1010 - Introduction to Aerospace 3 credit hours
AERO 1020 - Theory of Flight 3 credit hours
Written Communication 3 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
MATH 1530 - Applied Statistics 3 credit hours (Quant Lit) OR
MATH 1710 - College Algebra 3 credit hours (Quant Lit) OR
MATH 1810 - Applied Calculus I 3 credit hours (Quant Lit)

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Freshman Spring

AERO 1230 - Aviation Laws and Regulations 3 credit hours
AERO 2230 - Professional Pilot I 3 credit hours
Non-Written Communication 3 credit hours
Information Literacy 3 credit hours
Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Sophomore Fall

AERO 2010 - Aviation Weather 3 credit hours
AERO 3510 - Instrument Operations in the National Airspace System 3 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Expression Literature 3 credit hours
History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours
CHEM 1010 - Introductory General Chemistry I 4 credit hours (Sci Lit) AND
CHEM 1011 - Intro to General Chemistry I Lab 0 credit hours
OR
CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry I 4 credit hours (Sci Lit) AND
CHEM 1111 - General Chemistry I Lab 0 credit hours
OR
PHYS 2010 - Non-Calculus-Based Physics I 0 credit hours (Sci Lit) AND
PHYS 2011 - Physics Problems Laboratory I 4 credit hours
OR
PHYS 2110 - Calculus-Based Physics I 0 credit hours (Sci Lit) AND
PHYS 2111 - Calculus-Based Physics Laboratory I 4 credit hours

Subtotal: 16 Hours

Sophomore Spring

AERO 2100 - Airline Management 3 credit hours
AERO 3030 - Propulsion Fundamentals 3 credit hours
History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours
Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours

Subtotal: 16 Hours

Junior Fall

AERO 3020 - Aerospace Materials 3 credit hours
AERO 3110 - Airport Management 3 credit hours
AERO 3170 - Aviation Safety 3 credit hours
ACTG 3000 - Survey of Accounting for General Business 3 credit hours
MGMT 3610 - Principles of Management 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Junior Spring

AERO 3160 - Aviation Contracts and Leases 3 credit hours
AERO 3230 - Crew Resource Management 3 credit hours
AERO 4120 - Airport Operations 3 credit hours
FIN 3000 - Survey of Finance 3 credit hours OR
FIN 3010 - Principles of Corporate Finance 3 credit hours
BLAW 3400 - Legal Environment of Business 3 credit hours OR
BLAW 3430 - Commercial Law 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Senior Fall

AERO 4140 - Seminar in Airline Administration 3 credit hours
AERO 4150 - Fixed Base Operations Management 3 credit hours
INFS 2200 - Introduction to Microcomputing 3 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
MGMT 3810 - Human Resource Management 3 credit hours OR
MGMT 4710 - International Business 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Senior Spring

AERO 4040 - Professional Aviation Pathways 1 credit hour
AERO 4170 - Airport Capacity and Planning 3 credit hours
General electives 6 credit hours
MGMT 3620 - Supply Chain Operations 3 credit hours OR
MGMT 3890 - Managerial Decision Making 3 credit hours

Aerospace, Aviation Management Concentration, B.S.

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Degree Requirements

True Blue Core (41 hours)

Major Requirements (52 hours)

Aerospace Core (13 hours)

Aviation Management Concentration (39 hours)

Supporting Courses (28 hours)

Electives (0-6 hours)

Curriculum: Aerospace, Aviation Management Concentration

Freshman Fall

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Freshman Spring

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Sophomore Fall

Subtotal: 16 Hours

Sophomore Spring

Subtotal: 16 Hours

Junior Fall

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Junior Spring

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Senior Fall

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Senior Spring

Subtotal: 13 Hours