Avionics Technology Associate in Applied Science

Students learn to install, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain communication and navigation radios, weather radios, autopilots, on-board computers, transponders, and other equipment associated with aircraft communications and navigation. Graduates earn an Associate in Applied Science Degree in Avionics Technology. Note that AAS degree, certificate, and short-term certificate programs are not designed to be transfer programs.

Requirements

Area I: Written Composition (3 Credit Hours)

Select 3 credit hours from:

ENG 101English Composition I

3

ENG 131Applied Writing

3

ENG 131: Students who intend to transfer into a baccalaureate degree program should take ENG 101. ENG 131 is a Code C course, which is not designed for transfer credit.

Area II: Humanities and Fine Arts (6 Credit Hours)

Select 3 credit hours from:

SPH 106Fund Of Oral Communication

3

SPH 107Fund Of Public Speaking

3

Select 3 credit hour from:

ART 100Art Appreciation

3

ENG 251American Literature I

3

ENG 252American Literature II

3

ENG 261English Literature I

3

ENG 262English Literature II

3

MUS 101Music Appreciation

3

PHL 106Introduction To Philosophy

3

PHL 206Ethics And Society

3

REL 152Survey Of New Testament

3

THR 120Theater Appreciation

3

THR 126Introduction To Theater

3

Area III: Natural Science and Mathematics (10 Credit Hours)

CIS 146Microcomputer Applications

3

MTH 100Intermediate College Algebra

3

AVT 148Microprocessors and Interfacing

4

Note: MTH 100 or higher, including MTH 116

AVT 148 meets the science and computer science requirements in Area III.

Area IV: History, Social, and Behavioral Sciences (3 Credit Hours)

Select 3 credit hours from:

ECO 231Principles Of Macroeconomics I

3

ECO 232Prin Of Microeconomics Ii

3

GEO 100World Regional Geography

3

HIS 101Western Civilization I

3

HIS 102Western Civilization II

3

HIS 201United States History I

3

HIS 202United States History II

3

POL 211American National Government

3

PSY 200General Psychology

3

PSY 210Human Growth & Development

3

SOC 200Introduction To Sociology

3

Area V: General Education Core, Technical Concentration, and Electives (50 Credit Hours)

AVT 111Aviation Electronics Theory

6

AVT 112Aviation Electronics Lab I

5

AVT 121Principles Of Solid State

5

AVT 131Digital Concepts

4

AVT 141Introduction To Avionics

2

AVT 142Electronic Communications

4

AVT 211Pulse And Radar Circuits

4

AVT 212Aircraft Installation/solde

4

AVT 213Aviation Communications

4

AVT 214Navigation/ILS

4

AVT 215DME/Transponder

4

AVT 216Autopilot/Aircraft Systems

4

Total Credit Hours: 72

Suggested Course Sequence for Full-Time Students

Fall Year 1

AVT 111Aviation Electronics Theory

6

AVT 112Aviation Electronics Lab I

5

MTH 100Intermediate College Algebra

3

Note: MTH 100 or higher

Spring Year 1

AVT 121Principles Of Solid State

5

AVT 131Digital Concepts

4

AVT 141Introduction To Avionics

2

SPH 106Fund Of Oral Communication

3

Or

SPH 107Fund Of Public Speaking

3

Summer Year 1

AVT 142Electronic Communications

4

AVT 148Microprocessors and Interfacing

4

ENG 101English Composition I

3

Or

ENG 131Applied Writing

3

Fall Year 2

AVT 211Pulse And Radar Circuits

4

AVT 212Aircraft Installation/solde

4

AVT 213Aviation Communications

4

CIS 146Microcomputer Applications

3

Area II

Spring Year 2

AVT 214Navigation/ILS

4

AVT 215DME/Transponder

4

AVT 216Autopilot/Aircraft Systems

4

Or

Area IV Elective