B.S. in Aeronautical Management Technology
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Air Transportation Management
The Air Transportation Management concentration provides students with a comprehensive analysis of the aviation industry. Throughout the program, students study the concepts, theories and strategies involved in aviation policy and law, airline administration and management, as well as airport planning and design.
The curriculum focuses on providing students with the knowledge and skills necessary to address and manage the unique elements affecting air transportation, such as economic, environmental, organizational, political and regulatory. This program enables students to review the implications of these conditions from a historical perspective, analyze the issues in the current environment, predict their impact on the future of the industry and develop successful management strategies.
What You Can Do With This Degree
The program of study is interdisciplinary in nature and prepares the aeronautical career-oriented student for positions such as air traffic control specialist, air carrier manager, airport manager and general aviation operations manager.
Graduates of the Air Transportation Management concentration have been successful in obtaining a variety of positions in the aviation industry as well as with government agencies at the federal, state and local levels.
Courses Associated With This Degree
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AMT 308 Air Transportation
- Description: Studies the historical and international development of air transportation and its social, political, and economic impact upon global interrelationships.
AMT 350 Aircraft Design and Logistics Management
- Description: Fundamental aircraft design principles, including performance factors associated with mission profiles and the identification of basic logistical support requirements.
AMT 396 Aviation Professional
- Description: Career focus for management and flight students, including internships, writing, interviews, and employment search in aviation industry.
AMT 408 National Aviation Policy
- Description: Examines aviation and airspace policies and policy process, including agencies involved in formulation, implementation, and evaluation of aviation policy.
AMT 410 Aviation Safety and Human Factors
- Description: Aviation accident prevention, human factors, life support, fire prevention, accident investigation, and crash survivability. Development and analysis of aviation safety programs.
AMT 489: Airline Administration
- Description: Administrative organizations, economics of airline administration, operational structure, and relationship with federal government agencies.