AES 1100-6 Aviation Fundamentals (6 + 0)
Corequisites: AES 1710 and AES 1400 (recommended)
Fundamentals of aviation for the beginning student. Includes a study of the airplane and its components, aerodynamics, basic aircraft systems, the airport environment, air-traffic control procedures, Federal Aviation Regulations, the basic elements of air navigation including radio navigation, and a review of aviation weather. Prepares the student for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Private Pilot Knowledge examination.

AES 1400-3 Aviation Weather (3 + 0)
Corequisite: AES 1100 or permission of instructor
This course develops basic meteorological concepts that apply to aviation. Emphasis is on the use of National Weather Service reports and forecasts to evaluate flight conditions. The course also prepares students for the weather section of the FAA Private Pilot Knowledge examination.

AES 1500-1 Private Flight (0 + 2)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor
This course is designed to enable a student to obtain credit for earning an FAA Private Pilot certificate under either Federal Aviation Regulations Part 61 or Part 141. A minimum of 35 hours of flight time is required. Course credit is contingent on the student obtaining the FAA Private Pilot certificate.

AES 1710-3 Single-Engine Flight Simulation I (2 + 2)
Corequisite: AES 1100 (recommended)
Basic flight instruments, radio navigation, aviation weather, aircraft performance (including weight and balance), crew coordination and decision making are studied. The fundamentals of instrument attitude flight (scanning, interpreting, and controlling) are learned in the flight simulator. Radio navigation is introduced, including VOR, DME, ADF, and transponder operation.

AES 1760-3 Single-Engine Flight Simulation II (2 + 2)
Prerequisite: AES 1710, or Private Pilot certificate, or permission of the instructor
Reviews attitude instrument flight and radio navigation with wind correction. VFR cross-country flights are planned and flown using VOR, DME, ADF, and localizer navaids. Flight planning includes the use of weather data and performance and loading data for complex, single-engine airplanes. Introduces holding patterns and VOR/NDB approaches. Emphasizes crew coordination and decision making.

AES 1800-6 Commercial/Instrument Ground (6 + 0)
Prerequisites: AES 1100, AES 1400, or permission of instructor
Studies aeronautics, regulations, meteorology, and instrument procedures in preparation for the FAA commercial and instrument knowledge exams.

AES 2050-3 Aviation History and Aerospace Development (3 + 0)
This course examines how the people and defining events of the past influence aviation and aerospace career opportunities. From the early myths and legends through present and anticipated aerospace developments, the effects that advances in propulsion systems, structural materials, navigation techniques, high altitude flights, weather considerations, have had upon the progress of manned flight in and beyond the atmosphere are considered. We vicariously re-live some of the extraordinary experiences of early aviators, both in peace and in war. The course includes examination of aviation artifacts of the World Wars I and II eras. There are field exercises to the Air and Space Museum, launch vehicle facilities, and other aviation activities.

AES 2150-4 Avionics for Aviators (4 + 0)
Prerequisites: AES 1100, MTH 1100, PHY 1250 or instructor permission
This course is an Avionics Systems/Maintenance Management oriented toward the pilot. The instruction will enable the student to become familiar with, and be comfortable in the use of, the Avionics suite, thus reducing cockpit confusion during flight. The course provides a working understanding of light plane aircraft electrical systems, and systems including VHF COM, ADF, VOR/LOC, ILS/GLD, SLP/MKR BCN, DME, TRANSPONDER and MODE C, FDMS, RADAR and SFERICS, GPS, ANTENNAS, ELT, PCL, MFDs, EICAS, and HUD. The student will also learn how to implement avionics failure-prevention procedures while pilot-in-command and know and appreciate the limitations of electronic navaids due to equipment and propagation anomalies. Emphasis is on safety and precautions; the goals is systems-smart, competent pilots.

AES 2200-3 Fundamentals of Air Traffic Control (2 + 2)
Prerequisite: AES 1800 or permission of instructor
This course is an introduction to air traffic services, procedures, communications, recordkeeping, regulations, emergencies, and air space constructions.

AES 2220-3 Flight Dispatcher/Load Planning (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: AES 1100
Prepares the student to work as a dispatcher for an airline. Regulations required for operations are a vital area of the course. Covers methods of decision making, safety, and weather conditions relating to dispatch decisions.

AES 2330-3 Precision Flight and Navigation (2 + 2)
Prerequisite: AES 1100 or Private Pilot certificate
The first Flight Team course prepares students for participation in the National Intercollegiate Flying Association regional and national flying meets. Flight and ground event accuracy and time events are learned. Required for students who are new members of the MSCD Precision Flight Team.

AES 2500-1 Instrument Flight (0 + 2)
Prerequisite: AES 1100 and permission of instructor
This course is designed to enable a student to obtain credit for earning an FAA Instrument rating under either Federal Aviation Regulations Part 61 or Part 141. A minimum of 40 hours of instrument flight time is required. Course credit is contingent on the student obtaining the FAA Instrument rating.

AES 2710-3 Instrument Flight Simulation I (2 + 2)
Prerequisite: Private Pilot certificate or permission of instructor
IFR cross-country flights are planned and flown in the simulator, using radio navigation fundamentals. Flights include ATC clearances, radio aids for determining position, holding patterns, and approaches.

AES 2750-3 Instrument Flight Simulation II (2 + 2)
Prerequisites: AES 1800, AES 2710, or permission of instructor
A continuation of AES 2710, introducing more complex flight planning, clearances, en route flight, and approaches. Includes in-flight route changes and missed approaches.

AES 3000-3 Aircraft Systems and Propulsion (3 + 0)
Prerequisites: AES 1100 or FAA Private Pilot certificate, and PHY 1250 or permission of instructor
Introduces aircraft nomenclature, design, features, systems, and their components. Covers the theory, components, instrumentation, and operation of internal combustion and turbojet engines, as well as fuel, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic aircraft systems.

AES 3220-3 Aviation Law and Risk Management (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: AES 1100 and junior or senior standing
This course provides an overview of fundamental aviation law. Concepts and terminology of administrative law, contract law, and tort law as they relate to governmental actions, aircraft accidents, aircraft transactions and insurance, airports and airspace, and labor and employment are introduced. An introduction to space law is included.

AES 3230-3 Airline Management (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: junior or senior standing, or permission of instructor
This course consists of studies in airline management pertaining to an integration of the economic characteristics of airlines into marketing and scheduling decisions; current airline relationships between management and the unions; airline pricing and demand decisions; and airline financing problems and solutions. Specific functions of all aspects of airline management are considered. The emphasis will be on current airline activities and issues that prepare the student to solve problems through critical thinking skills.

AES 3240-3 Airline Planning (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: junior or senior standing
This course consists of studies in the integration of local air transportation with the National Air Transportation System; forecasts of growth in the airline industry; interfaces with differing sectors of the air carrier industry; airport ground facilities and equipment needs; terminal area airspace problems; and equipment and financial considerations. The emphasis will be on CURRENT activities and issues that prepare the student for necessary critical thinking skills and employment.

AES 3330-2 Intermediate Precision Flight and Navigation (2 + 1)
Prerequisite: AES 2330
The second Flight Team course is a continuation of AES 2330, further preparing the students for participation in the National Intercollegiate Flying Association regional and national flying meets. Flight and ground event accuracy and timed events are practiced with emphasis on speed as well as accuracy. Required for students who are second semester members of the MSCD Precision Flight Team.

AES 3340-1 Advanced Precision Flight and Navigation (1 + 1)
Prerequisite: AES 3330
The third Flight Team course is a continuation of AES 3330, further preparing the student for participation in the National Intercollegiate Association regional and national flying meets. Flight and ground event accuracy and timed events are practiced with emphasis on speed as well as accuracy. Students at this level will help teach newer team members. Required for students who are third semester members of the MSCD Precision Flight Team.

AES 3460-3 Weather for Aircrews (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: AES 1400, at least junior standing or permission of instructor
This course builds upon the basic aviation weather knowledge required of pilots with particular emphasis on those aspects of weather affecting advanced flight operations. Stability and turbulence, clear-air turbulence, icing, jet stream weather and the use of airborne radar are considered. Weather related aircraft accident reports with analysis of the influence of the weather factors involved are reviewed in detail. Students will develop the ability to project their knowledge of weather to conditions at airports in unfamiliar locations.

AES 3520-1 Commercial Flight (0 + 2)
Prerequisites: FAA Private Pilot certificate and permission of instructor
The course is designed to enable a student to obtain credit for earning the FAA Commercial Pilot certificate under either Federal Aviation Regulations Part 61 or Part 141. Course credit is contingent on the student obtaining the FAA Commercial Pilot certificate.

AES 3530-3 Aerodynamics (3 + 0)
Prerequisites: PHY 1250
This course studies the basic principles of aerodynamics, including airfoil shapes and aerodynamic forces, airplane performance, stability and control, strength limitations, and the application of these to specific flight situations. Included in this course are flight performance with air flow in the sub-, trans-, and supersonic envelopes.

AES 3550-3 FAA Instructor Certification-Ground (3 + 0)
Prerequisites: AES 1800 and FAA commercial/instrument certificate, or permission of instructor
Prepares the student for taking the following FAA knowledge tests: Fundamentals of Instruction (FOI), Flight Instructor-Airplane (single and multiengine), Ground Instructor-Basic and Advanced. Emphasizes the practical aspects of flight instruction.

AES 3570-2 Ground Instructor Practicum (0 + 4)
Prerequisite: FAA Commercial/Instrument certificate, CFI or Advanced or Instrument Ground Instructor certificate, or permission of instructor
This course provides students practice as aviation instructors in advanced single-engine flight simulators. It covers all aspects of flight planning and preparation, setup of simulators, cockpit management, and IFR and VFR flight procedures, and navigation.

AES 3710-3 MultiEngine Flight Simulation I (2 + 2)
Prerequisite: FAA commercial/instrument certificate or permission of instructor
Introduces multiengine aircraft operations, such as IFR cross-country flight. Introduces complex weight and balance computations and use of performance charts. Normal and emergency procedures are studied in the twin-engine simulator. Aeronautical decision making and cockpit resource management are developed.

AES 3850-3 Human Factors and Physiology of Flight (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: junior or senior standing
Human factors, physiological effects and problems associated with flight are studied in this course. This includes both high and low altitude flight environments.

AES 3870-3 Aircraft Accident Investigation (3 + 0)
Prerequisites: junior or senior standing or permission of instructor
This course examines techniques and procedures for investigating aircraft accidents/incidents and report writing. Areas of emphasis are operations, air traffic control, meteorology, witnesses, human factors, cockpit voice recorder, structures, power plants, systems, performance, maintenance records, and flight data recorder.

AES 3880-3 Aviation Security (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: junior or senior standing
The history, development and strategies of prevention and response to aviation security issues are studied in this course. This includes airport, air carrier, cargo, general aviation and in-flight security challenges, security assessments and anti-terrorism strategies. The history of air terrorism is addressed, focusing on terrorist tactics and governmental response before and after 9/11/2001.

AES 4040-3 Aircraft Performance (3 + 0)
Prerequisites: AES 1100, and junior or senior standing
Performance of jet- and propeller-powered aircraft is examined. Flight profiles are studied, with emphasis on aircraft capabilities, limitations, and determination of speeds, power, or thrust settings for various conditions of flight. Weight and balance performance charts are reviewed.

AES 4100-3 Advanced Air Traffic Control (1 + 2)
Prerequisite: AES 2200 or permission of instructor
Introduces advanced ATC radar topics, with emphasis on hands-on application in the simulator lab. Covers aircraft separation; identification and speed control; flight progress strip usage; emergency procedures; and the elements necessary for the safe operation of the ATC system.

AES 4120-4 Air Carrier Systems (4 + 0)
Prerequisites: junior or senior standing, AES 3000, AES 3530, AES 4040, and the FAA Commercial Pilot certificate with Instrument rating
This course gives the air carrier first officer candidate an operational knowledge of air carrier aircraft systems. This includes powerplant, fuel, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, air conditioning, pressurization, avionics, flight controls, fire protection, and ice and rain protection systems.

AES 4130-4 Flight Officer Duties and Responsibilities (4 + 0)
Prerequisites: junior or senior standing, AES 3000, 3530, 4040, and the FAA Commercial certificate with Instrument rating
Corequisite: AES 4120
This course gives flight officer candidates an operational knowledge of air carrier aircraft operating procedures including external and internal preflight, engine start and in-flight procedures. It also provides instruction in irregular and emergency procedures, and in-flight flight officer duties and responsibilities as set forth in FAR Part 121.

AES 4150-2 Transport Category Aircraft Systems (1 + 2)
Prerequisite: senior standing, AES 4120 or AES 4140 and AES 4130
The course requires students to apply the theory learned in AES 4120 and AES 4130. A selected transport category aircraft will be studied in depth using CD-ROM training materials. Students will learn in detail the workings of various systems of the aircraft and study the procedures in normal and emergency flight operations.

AES 4200-3 Airport Planning (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: junior or senior standing or permission of instructor
Exposes students to the dynamics of a planning process. This process includes data gathering, data analysis, site selection, airport layout, and airport financing. The problems of noise and air pollution are addressed in depth.

AES 4210-3 Airport Management (3 + 0)
Prerequisites: junior or senior standing; AES 4200; or permission of instructor
Studies the modern airport and the factors involved in its management. Various management functions of administration, finance, capital finance, operation, maintenance, and public relations are analyzed.

AES 4230-3 General and Business Aviation Operations (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: senior standing or permission of instructor
This course is a study of the general aviation service industry (fixed-base operators and specialized aviation service operators). The course includes lectures on the history and evolution of the general aviation service industry, management functions, marketing, finance, human resources, operations and safety.

AES 4240-3 Air Cargo (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: junior or senior standing
An overview of the air cargo industry, including the history of development; air shipment economics; review of legislation and regulatory agency trends; cargo aircraft now in use; air freight forwarding; and current airfreight terminal operations problems.

AES 4250-3 Formulation of National Aviation Policy (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: Student must be an aviation and aerospace science major with junior or senior standing and will be preapproved by the department for enrollment in the course. The preapproval process includes submitting an application to the department by September 30 before the spring semester in which he/she wants to enroll.
Students taking this course will be required to attend the University Aviation Association's annual seminar held in January in Washington, D.C. before the start of the spring semester and to participate in six pre-trip meetings in the fall semester prior to the seminar. At this seminar, students and faculty from member institutions will meet to discuss current national aviation issues and investigate the politics and ongoing governmental processes established to deal with these issues. The focus of the pre-trip meetings will be a study of the aviation issues to be evaluated and the background needed to understand the politics involved. While at the seminar, students will be required to interview key aviation and government officials, gather data, and learn about the policy making process. During the spring semester, each participant will prepare a comprehensive research paper as a final project to demonstrate the lessons learned.

AES 4370-3 Advanced Navigation Systems (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: AES 1100 and junior or senior standing
This course is a follow-up to the navigation portion of AES 1100. It reviews geographic coordinate systems and aircraft position determination and further develops navigation systems available to modern aviation. A survey study is conducted of all long-range navigation systems to include FMS, EFIS, INS and GPS. Finally, electronic instrumentation, navigation and flight management systems are discussed.

AES 4500-1 Flight Multi-Engine (0 + 2)
Prerequisite: FAA Commercial Pilot certificate and permission of instructor
This course covers multiengine aircraft operations. A minimum of 10 hours of flight training time is required. The FAA multiengine rating must be obtained to receive credit for this course.

AES 4510-1 Flight Instructor (0 + 2)
Prerequisites: FAA Commercial/Instrument Pilot certificate and permission of instructor
This course provides the basic aeronautical knowledge and flight experience necessary for the FAA Certified Flight Instructor certificate. Fifteen hours of flight training are required and the FAA Certified Flight Instructor certificate must be obtained to receive credit for this course.

AES 4520-1 Flight Instructor-Instrument (0 + 2)
Prerequisites: FAA Certified Flight Instructor certificate and permission of instructor
This course provides the basic aeronautical knowledge and experience that the instrument flight instructor must have. Ten hours of flight training is required and the FAA Instrument Instructor rating must be obtained to receive credit for this course.

AES 4530-1 Flight Instructor-Multi-Engine (0 + 2)
Prerequisites: CFI, multiengine rating and permission of instructor
This course provides the basic aeronautical knowledge and experience relative to multiengine flight instruction that the prospective multiengine flight instructor must have. Fifteen hours of flight training time is required. The FAA Multiengine Flight Instructor rating must be obtained to receive credit for this course.

AES 4550-1 Flight Helicopter (0 + 2)
Prerequisites: permission of instructor
Helicopter systems, aerodynamics, flight characteristics, helicopter operations, and pertinent regulations and procedures are studied in this course. The FAA Commercial Pilot certificate with the Rotorcraft-helicopter rating must be obtained to receive credit for this course.

AES 4570-1 Airline Transport Pilot (0 + 2)
Prerequisites: FAA Commercial/Instrument certificate and permission of instructor
Fifteen hundred hours of flight time, including 500 cross-country, 100 hours night flying, and 75 hours of instrument flight are required to complete this course. Students should be close to having completed the required flight hours before enrolling in this course. The course involves knowledge of navigation, weather, FARs, radio communications, weight distribution on aircraft and loading. Course credit is contingent on the student obtaining the FAA Airline Transport Pilot certificate.

AES 4580-4 Turbojet Flight Engineer or Type Rating (2 + 4)
Prerequisites: FAA Flight Engineer Knowledge examination and/or permission of instructor
This course is for the student with access to type rating or flight engineer training, such as at an airline, and consists of ground school for B-727, DC-8, or other turbojet airplanes. Approximately 15 hours of second officer or "type" training and a flight check in the airplane or an FAA-approved simulator will be completed at a facility external to the college.

AES 4590-2 Flight Instructor Practicum (0 + 4)
Prerequisites: AES 3570, FAA Commercial/Instrument certificate, CFI, Advanced or Instrument Ground Instructor certificate, or permission of instructor
This course provides students practice as a flight instructor in advanced single- and twin-engine flight simulators. It covers all aspects of flight planning and preparation, setup of simulators, cockpit management, IFR flight procedures and navigation, and emergency procedures using the capabilities of the simulator computers.

AES 4600-3 Space Flight (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: junior or senior standing or permission of instructor
This course is an introduction to astronautics. Topics include the fundamental laws of astrophysics, basic launch and re-entry operations, the space environment, propulsion systems, and launch vehicles. Opportunity is provided for individual student-led investigations related to topics such as space exploration, space commercialization, space defense, space stations, space planes, remote sensing, mission analysis and design, and space policy/law.

AES 4710-3 Turboprop Flight Simulation (1 + 4)
Prerequisite: FAA Private Pilot certificate, instrument rating or AES 2710, multiengine rating or AES 3710 recommended
This course introduces twin-engine turboprop aircraft operations. Skill is developed in complex weight and balance computations and use of performance charts. Normal and emergency procedures are studied specific to turboprop airline operations. Aeronautical decision making and cockpit resource management skills are developed. Procedures used in regional air carrier operations are learned.

AES 4760-3 Aerospace Education (3 + 0)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor
Provides background in aircraft propulsion and principles of flight required to teach aerospace courses in elementary and secondary schools. Acquaints the student with aeronautical terms, the forces acting upon aircraft in flight, and elementary navigation.

AES 4770-2 Methods of Teaching Aerospace Education (2 + 0)
Prerequisite: AES 4760 or permission of instructor
Surveys techniques and methods used in applying basic aerospace fundamentals to elementary, secondary, and industrial classrooms. Uses special aerospace media, such as instrument flight simulators, models, radio navigational aids boards, and mockups.

AES 4780-2 Curriculum Development in Aerospace Education (2 + 0)
Prerequisites: AES 4760, AES 4770, permission of instructor
Discusses specific objectives and educational implications of aerospace education. Students select a special field of emphasis such as mini-courses for elementary schools, aerospace courses for secondary schools, or adult education courses for industry.

AES 4860-3 Aviation Safety (3 + 0)
Prerequisites: senior standing
This course is an overview of aviation safety from the standpoint of the professional pilot. This includes the study of governmental regulatory framework and agencies responsible for safety and accident investigation, methods of analyzing and interpreting safety data, accident causation models, human factors in aviation safety, and a review of safety issues in air traffic control, aircraft design and certification, airline organization and operations, and airport design and operation. An overview of aviation security issues is included.

AES 4870-3 Aviation Systems Safety Program Management (3 + 0)
Prerequisites: completion of all required AES 3000-level courses and senior standing
This course addresses requirements to develop comprehensive safety programs for aviation organizations at aviation facilities. Included are the philosophy of operations and support of air transportation; the dynamics of interpersonal relationships; Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC); effective communications techniques; correct procedures for handling FAA, NTSB, and OSHA investigations and reports, and effective proactive management to obtain federal legislation in support of accident prevention, safety, and health programs. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) emergency planning and Disaster Recovery planning are covered. Emphasis is placed on the management of aviation safety programs.

AES 4930-3 Professional Flight Standards Seminar (3 + 0)
Prerequisites: completion of, or concurrent enrollment in, all other Aviation and Aerospace Science core courses and senior standing
This course is a senior-level capstone course for aviation technology majors. It is an academic survey of Crew Resource Management, Organizational Communication, Aviation Psychology, Strategies, Principles and Contemporary Issues in Aviation with a practical emphasis on Advanced Cockpit "Glass" Automation, LOS/LOFT Development, Evaluation and Facilitation. (Senior Experience)

AES 4950-3 Aviation and Aerospace Science Management Strategies (3 + 0)
Prerequisites: completion of, or concurrent enrollment in, all other Aviation and Aerospace Science core courses and senior standing
This capstone course presents a progression of aviation and aerospace management case-based studies designed to emphasize the application of team building, communication, and critical thinking skills in the work environment. Students are required to synthesize and apply their knowledge and skills to each case. The skills and knowledge acquired by students throughout their education in the Aviation and Aerospace Science Department are evaluated in this course. (Senior Experience)