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2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog

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2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Professional Studies - Aviation Maintenance Management Option (PSAM) - BA Major

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Degree program:

128 S.H.; Certification pending: 138 S.H.
(No Minor Required)

Pasteur Hall, Room 120 (507-457-5260)
George Bolon (Advisor)

Purpose

The Professional Studies Aviation Maintenance Management Option prepares students to manage systems and technicians within the aviation maintenance industry. Graduates with this option can meet the needs of air carriers, the federal government, and corporate and commercial aviation.

This option is open to students who have an FAA Airframe and Power Plant Certificate OR students who have completed the aviation maintenance program at a Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) institution; however, other students may petition for admission. Forty credits can be transferred from the MnSCU institution and applied toward this option.

There are six aspects to this degree program: (1) General Education, (2) management core, (3) advanced aviation courses, (4) computer understanding and application, (5) the upper-division electives, and (6) technical college transfer credits, which are limited to 40 credits.

General Education Program (47 S.H.)

Basic Skills (12 S.H.)

Arts and Sciences Core (23 S.H.)

Humanities (6 S.H.)

Natural Sciences (8 S.H.)

CHEM 212 - Principles of Chemistry I (4 S.H.)
PHYS 201 - General Physics I (4 S.H.)

Social Science (6 S.H.)

PSY 210 - Introduction to Psychological Science (3 S.H.)
ECON 201 - Principles of Microeconomics (3 S.H.)

Fine and Performing Arts (3 S.H.)

Unity and Diversity (12 S.H.)

Critical Analysis (3 S.H.)

Science and Social Policy (3 S.H.)

Global or Multicultural Perspectives (3 S.H.)

Contemporary Citizenship or Democratic Institutions (3 S.H.)

General Education Program Intensive Requirements (12 S.H.)

Management (18 S.H.)

BUSA 291 - Legal Environment of Business (3 S.H.)
◆ ECON 222 - Statistics for Business and Economics (3 S.H.)
MGMT 315 - Principles of Management (3 S.H.)
OR
△ MGMT 317 - Management of Human Resources (3 S.H.)
◆ MGMT 334 - Operations Management (3 S.H.)
MIS 362 - Management Information Systems (3 S.H.)
MKTG 300 - Principles of Marketing (3 S.H.)

Aviation (12 S.H.)

PHYS 200 - Fundamentals of Aviation (3 S.H.)
PHYS 383 - Air Traffic Control (3 S.H.)
PHYS 387 - Flight Safety (3 S.H.)
PHYS 388 - Legislative and Legal Aspects of Aviation (2 S.H.)

Computer Application (6 S.H.)

CS 130 - Problem Solving with Computers (3 S.H.)
OR
MIS 312 - Business Computer Programming (3 S.H.)
Any computer science elective and/or MIS 202 - Microcomputers in Business (3 S.H.)

Upper-Division Electives (5 S.H.)

These electives must be approved by AWS faculty advisor.

Technical College Transfer (40 S.H.)

Additional Requirements for Certification (10 S.H.)

STAT 110 - Fundamentals of Statistics (3 S.H.)
OR
◆ ECON 322 - Intermediate Statistics for Business and Economics (3 S.H.)
PHYS 202 - General Physics II (4 S.H.)
MATH 140 - Applied Calculus (3 S.H.)

Note:

◎ = Oral Intensive

◆ = Math/Critical Analysis Intensive

△ = Writing Intensive