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Professional Flight Technology (B.S.) Plan of Study

Credit Hours Required for Bachelor Degree: 128

The Professional Flight Technology program is designed for persons interested in a career as a pilot for a regional or major airline, corporate flight department, or general aviation. The plan of study is structured into an academically oriented, four-year baccalaureate degree program where contemporary collegiate coursework is blended with progressive aviation studies. Within the first two years, students earn a commercial pilot certificate with an instrument rating and study traditional subjects including English, calculus, and physics. The multi-engine rating is acquired either during semester four or semester five.

The final two years of the program emphasize transport category aircraft systems,  provide extensive transport category flight simulator experience, crew resource management training, advanced navigation, advanced meteorology, and turbine aircraft flight training.

An additional fee is assessed for each flight and flight training device course. Students meeting the requirements of this coursework earn an Associate of Science Degree and have an unrestricted U.S. FAA Commercial Pilot certificate, single-engine land, and an unrestricted U.S. FAA Instrument rating.  Flight & Simulator Fee information is available from the Bursar.
 
Semester 1		  
Semester 2
 
Course Number 		  
Course Name 		 Credit Hours   
Course Number 		  
Course Name 		 Credit Hours 
AT 100 
 		 Intro. to Aviation Tech. 
 		 2 
 		 AT 121 
 		 Aircraft Powerplants for Flight Crews 3 
 
AT 144  Fund. of Flight  4 AT 231  Human Factors for Flight 2
AT 145  Private Pilot Flight 2  AT 243  Commercial Flight I  2
ENGL SEL English Selective 3 AT 245 Cross Country Flight (Summer*) 1
MA 151 Algebra & Trig I 5 EAS 221 Meteorology 3
Elective Elective 2
MA Calculus Selective 3
TOTAL 
 		 16 TOTAL 16
 
* Note - Students may be required to complete one abbreviated summer session following their second semester for AT 245.  This may be accomplished on or off campus. 
 
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
AT 245 
 		 Cross-country flight 
 		 1 
 
Semester 3 Semester 4
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
AT 210  Ground Trainer I 1  AT 211  Ground Trainer II  1
AT 241 
 		 Aircraft Sys. for Flight Crews 3 
 		 AT 253  
 		 Instrument Flight 
 		 2 
 
AT 248  Commercial Flight II 2  AT 254 Commercial Flight Lectures 4 
AT 249 Instrument Flight Lectures 4  ECON 210 Economics 3
COM 114 
 		 Fundamentals of Speech Communications 3 
 		 PHYS 
 		 Physics Selective 
 		 4 
 
PSY 120 Element. Psychology 3 ELECTIVE Elective 2
TOTAL 
 		 16
 		 TOTAL 
 		 16
 
 

Criteria Necessary to Become a Junior in Professional Flight 

The flight faculty has established minimum standards for sophomores to proceed into the junior year. In general, students:

  • Must have at least 30 hours of non-aviation collegiate level coursework applicable to the Professional Flight Plan of Study taken at Purdue or directly transferable to Purdue.
  • An unrestricted U.S. FAA Commercial Pilot Certificate, single engine land.
  • An unrestricted U.S. FAA Instrument Rating Airplane. 
  • An FAA medical certificate valid for at least second-class privileges.
  • A minimum cumulative overall (not semester) grade point average of 2.5 out of 4.0 in all coursework.
  • A minimum cumulative overall (not semester) grade point average of 2.5 out of 4.0 in all AT coursework.
  • All AT coursework within the first two years of the flight curriculum must be taken as graded ø the pass/no-pass option is not allowed.

 NOTE: Non-flight majors wishing to transfer into Professional Flight as juniors must also meet these requirements and are accepted on a space available, academically competitive basis.

 
Semester 5  Semester 6 
Course Number  Course Name  Credit Hours  Course Number  Course Name  Credit Hours 
AT 300 Aviation Infrastructure 3  AT 301 Crew Resource Mgmt. 2
AT 321 Transport Aircraft Operations Lectures I 2 AT 320 High Performance Aircraft & Op. 3
AT 323 Transport Aircraft Operations Lab I 1 AT 322 Transport Aircraft Op. Lectures II 2
AT 353 Multi-engine Flight 1 AT 324 Transport Aircraft Op. Lab II 1
AT 354 Turbine Flight Op. Lect. 2 AT 329 Advanced Navigation 2
AT 355 Transport Aircraft Systems & Op. I 4 AT 350 Advanced Aircraft Powerplant Technology 3
PHYS 
 		 Physics Selective 
 		 4 
 		 AT 356 Turbine Flight Op. Lab 2
AT 384 Transport Aircraft Systems and Operations II 2
  TOTAL 17 TOTAL  17
 
Semester 7  Semester 8 
Course Number  Course Name  Credit Hours  Course Number  Course Name  Credit Hours 
AT 400  Aviation Prof. Issues 1 AT Simulator Selective Sequence 2
AT 411 Transport Aircraft Systems & Operations III 3 AT Selective 2
AT 416 
 		 Airline Indoctrination 2 
 		 English/Com Selective 3
AT 465 Transport Category Operations Lectures III 1 Humanities Elective 
 		 3 
 
AT 467 Transport Category Operations Lab III 1 Elective 3
EAS 325 Aviation Meteorology 3
OLS/MGMT OLS/MGMT Selective 3
Technical Communication Sel. 3
TOTAL 
 		 17 
 		   TOTAL 
 		 13 
 

AT Simulator Selective Sequences

All Professional Flight major students must complete at least two credit hours in at least one AT Simulator Selective Sequence to graduate.  None of the courses in any of these sequences may be used for any elective requirements.

Sequence 1: B-727

  • AT 466 (1) Transport Aircraft Operations Lecture IV
  • AT 468 (1) Transport Aircraft Operations Lab IV

Sequence 2: Airline

This sequence requires special coordination, financial aid, and course sequencing.

  • AT 469 (2) Airline Copilot Operations 

AT Selectives

  • AT 258 (3) Air Transportation 
  • AT 351 (2) Flight Instructor Flight 
  • AT 352 (4) Flight Instructor Lectures
  • AT 358 (3) History of Flight
  • AT 365 (1) Instrument Flight Instructor Flight
  • AT 366 (1) Multi-engine Flight Instructor Flight
  • AT 369 (3) Air Traffic Control
  • AT 433 (1-3) Supervised Aviation Experience
  • AT 434 (1) Supervised Flight Instructor Experience
  • AT 452 (0-1) Aviation Global Experience Seminar
  • AT 453 (0-3) Aviation Global Experience
  • AT 458 (3) Airport Management
  • AT 475 (3) Aviation Law

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