Program Objectives
The objectives of the Aviation program are aligned with the overall mission and goals/ objectives of Abu Dhabi University. The Program’s mission is to provide students with a premium education through a well-prepared curriculum; to equip the graduates with knowledge and technical skills to successfully serve the aviation industry and operate modern aircrafts as competent and professional airline pilots; to prepare the students for postgraduate studies; and to provide them with the deeper and wider appreciation of the ever increasing safety and commercial demands of the civil aviation industry.
The following four program objectives will satisfy constituents needs and fulfill the program’s mission:
- Produce well rounded and highly-competent professional pilots who will possess the theoretical knowledge and technical skills necessary to operate modern aircrafts. All graduates will have high level of competency in relevant areas such as aerodynamics, aircraft operations, human factors, gas turbine engine designs and crew resource management. The robust underpinning theoretical knowledge lays the solid foundation for an enhanced scope of career development structure with the potential to undertake professional development in the current and emerging civil aviation management functions such as flight safety, risk analysis, reliability trending, air accident investigation and novel air traffic management systems.
- Produce graduates with enhanced technical and operational capabilities needed for rigorous analysis of aircraft systems and problems that affect safe and efficient ground and flight operations.
- Prepare operational cadre graduates who are capable of successfully exploiting new potential career opportunities. They will be inspired with the prospect of undertaking continuing professional development towards the achievement of positions of greater responsibility in both multidisciplinary and multi-team environments.
- Produce graduates who repeatedly meet and exceed the demanding aviation industry expectations in terms of leadership and communication skills, ability to form/lead teams and groups, life-long learning attitudes and seeking the chances to promote community values and to pay due debts to society.
Degree Completion Requirements
To graduate with B.Sc. in Aviation, a student needs to successfully complete 113 credit hours of coursework in addition to 8 credit hours of internship for a total of 121 credit hours. The student will get a pilot license if the internship is taken at a flight training institute where the student needs to spend at least 18 months. The student has to pass all required tests taken at the flight training institute before the pilot license is granted.
121 Credit Hours
45 Credit Hours
| COURSE CODE | COURSE TITLE | PREREQUISITE | CREDIT HOURS |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARL100 - A | Communication Skills in Arabic I | No Prerequisite | 3 |
| ARL105 - A | Communication Skills in Arabic II | ARL 100 - A | 3 |
| ENG 100 | English I | No Prerequisite | 3 |
| ENG 105 | English II | ENG 100 (C grade) + UNS 100 | 3 |
| ENG201 | Business & Technical Communications | ENG 105 | 3 |
| ISL100 - A | Islamic Culture | No Prerequisite | 3 |
| ITE100 | Introduction to Information Technology Applications | No Prerequisite | 3 |
| MGT200 | Principles of Management | ENG 105 | 3 |
| MTG100 | College Mathematics | No Prerequisite | 3 |
| NSC201 | Natural Sciences | No Prerequisite | 3 |
| PHI300 | Professional Ethics | ENG 105 | 3 |
| PSY201 | General Psychology | No Prerequisite | 3 |
| SOC201 | UAE & GCC Society | No Prerequisite | 3 |
| STT100 | General Statistics | No Prerequisite | 3 |
| UNS100 | University Study Skills | No Prerequisite | 3 |
70 Credit Hours
| COURSE CODE | COURSE TITLE | PREREQUISITE | CREDIT HOURS |
|---|---|---|---|
| AVS 121 | Private Pilot Operations | TOEFL 500 | 3 |
| AVS 221 | Instrument Pilot Operations | AVS 121 | 3 |
| AVS 231 | Commercial Pilot Operations | AVS 221 | 3 |
| AVS 209 | Aerodynamics | NSC 201, MTG 100 | 3 |
| AVS 211 | Aircraft Engines | NSC 201 | 3 |
| AVS 254 | Aviation Law | SOC 201 | 3 |
| PFT 121 | Flight Lessons I | 60 Credit Hours | 2 |
| AVS 310 | Aircraft Performance | AVS 209, AVS 211 | 3 |
| AVS 350 | Flight Navigation | AVS 310, AVS 221 | 3 |
| AVS 287 | Crew Resource Management | MGT 200, PSY 201 | 3 |
| PFT 221 | Flight Lessons II | PFT 121 | 2 |
| AVS 356 | Systems and Components | NSC 201 | 3 |
| AVS 289 | Airline Management | AVS 287 | 3 |
| AVS 415 | Airport Operations | - | 3 |
| AVS 301 | Introduction to Meteorology | MTG 100, NSC 201 | 3 |
| PFT 321 | Flight Lessons III | PFT 221 | 2 |
| AVS 408 | Flight Safety | 80 Credit Hours | 3 |
| AVS 401 | Aviation Weather | AVS 301 | 3 |
| AVS 357 | Flight Physiology | NSC 201, PSY 201 | 3 |
| AVS 380 | Pilot Career Planning and Interviewing Techniques | 60 Credit Hours | 2 |
| PFT 421 | Flight Lessons IV | PFT 321 | 2 |
| AVS 435 | Electronic Flight Management System | AVS 310 | 3 |
| AVS 472 | Aviation Science of Multi-Crew Flight Operations | AVS 221, AVS 415 | 3 |
| AVS 411 | Jet Transport Systems | AVS 356 | 3 |
| AVS 410 | Air Traffic Management | MGT 200 | 3 |
6 Credit Hours
| COURSE CODE | COURSE TITLE | PREREQUISITE | CREDIT HOURS |
|---|---|---|---|
| OE 1 | Open Elective I | No Prerequisite | 3 |
| OE 2 | Open Elective II | No Prerequisite | 3 |
