Flight Instructor

Flight Instructor

Spring Registration Callout

The Flight Instructor Certificate provides students with an opportunity to obtain the knowledge, expertise, and aeronautical proficiency necessary to meet the requirements for a commercial rating with an airplane or a helicopter category and a single-engine land class rating, and a flight instructor certificate with an airplane category rating and single-engine class rating.

Students are required to have proof of U.S. citizenship or TSA approval and have a valid second-class medical certificate to enroll in this program. A second application is required for admission to this program. 

For further information, contact aviation operations chair, Timothy Cwik.

Degree requirements
Courses Credits
GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES - 6 credits
Mathematics-Science-Technology (3 credits)  
CISM125-Introduction to Computers
3
Social Science (3 credits)  
PSYC101-General Psychology 3
TOTAL GENERAL EDUCATION CREDITS
6

PROGRAM COURSES 23-26 credits

Select Airplane or Helicopter:

     AIRPLANE (26 credits)  
        ATCT120-Aviation Weather
3
        AVIT110-Aeronautical Knowledge
3
        AVIT210-Private Pilot Airplane
4
        AVIT240-Instrument Pilot Airplane
2
        AVIT276-Fundamentals of Flight Instruction
3
        AVIT278-Airplane Flight Instructor
1
        AVIT280-Commercial Pilot Airplane
4
        PSYC213-Educational Psychology
3
        Free Elective (meet with faculty advisor before making selection)
3
 
   HELICOPTER (23 credits)  
       ATCT120-Aviation Weather
3
       AVIT255-Instruction Pilot Helicopter
4
      AVIT265-Commercial Pilot Helicopter
5
      AVIT276-Fundamentals of Flight Instruction
3
      AVIT282-Helicopter Flight Instruction
2
      PSYC213-Educational Psychology
3
      Free Elective (meet with faculty advisor before making selection)
3
TOTAL PROGRAM CREDITS
23-26
TOTAL CREDITS REQUIRED FOR CERTIFICATE
29-32
(FLTI) EFFECTIVE Fall 2019  

Gainful Employment Disclosure - Airplane

Gainful Employment Disclosure - Helicopter