Aviation Studies Minor

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• Why Choose Aviation Studies?
• Careers
• Academics and Curriculum
• Admission
• Facilities, Simulators, and Learning Equipment
   

Why Choose Aviation Studies?

The aviation studies minor allows you to take your first step into the world of aviation. It provides you with the aviation education you need to become a professional pilot prepared to operate effectively within national and international airspace systems in the 21st century. The minor is designed to help you enter the aviation profession by earning your commercial pilot certificate, readying you for a concentrated number of entry-level positions in the aviation industry, including roles piloting single-engine aircraft. The aviation minor can be a great foundation for further aviation education and experience, opening more career opportunities.

What Makes Wright State's Aviation Program Different?

• The program's leadership possesses extensive industry experience. Using that experience, Wright State has developed a customized program focused on striving to help you develop into an exceptional pilot, transforming high-quality candidates into elite-level graduates.
• Wright State strives to recruit top-level candidates, accomplished through a rigorous and highly selective screening process.
• Our foundational principle of learning requires you to go beyond the FAA-prescribed minimum skill sets and acquire a thorough understanding of the principles of flight. This approach ensures you will be able to think through the complexities of flight in real time and during real-world situations.
• The program is structured around a team-building concept where all personnel (management, instructors, and students) work hand-in-hand to ensure your success as well as the success of the entire squadron.
• You will develop essential leadership skills through practicing pilot-in-command responsibilities, crew resource management, and team building exercises.

Careers

As a graduate of this program, you can enter a career in law enforcement, corporate or charter operations, cargo and passenger airlines, government contractors, survey piloting, search-and-rescue operations, and more.
 

Academics and Curriculum

Graduates with the aviation studies minor can:

• Utilize aviation theory and leadership principles to serve in the capacity of a corporate professional pilot. 
• Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of flight standards and application of aviation philosophies when acting as a professional pilot in command.
• Apply principles in operational, simulated, and problem-solving scenarios. 
• Discuss all professional pilot career fields and how to achieve marketability for job placement within a selected field (e.g. cargo, corporate, military).

View aviation studies minor program information, degree requirements, and graduation planning strategies in the Academic Catalog. 
 

Admission

Requires:

• GPA of 2.5 or better
• Class 1 medical certificate
• Interview with First Flight check instructors and administration
• United States citizenship

Financial Aid

Courses required for this minor may be eligible for federal financial aid if they also fulfill core, major, or elective requirements for your degree. This includes open electives, if needed to complete your degree.

Admission Process

Facilities, Simulators, and Learning Equipment

Flight training in this program is provided by First Flight Aviation, an FAR-141 FAA-approved (certificate #CWBS055D) flight school located at Wright Brothers Airport in Dayton, OH—22 miles from Wright State. Flight instructors are Wright State faculty.

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