Aircraft Operations (BS)
Bachelor of Science (BS) Degree

This degree has been developed to provide students proficiency in all areas of pilot skills up to the certified flight instructor level. Our location, adjacent to world-class LaGuardia Airport, as well as smaller airports suitable for professional pilots, provides a learning environment unsurpassed regarding activities, resources and personnel. Students will be able to investigate first- hand the areas of aeronautical technology, control of single and multi-engine aircraft, air traffic control, human factors, accident investigation, airline procedures, aviation safety, cockpit resource management, aviation law and history.

Students will also have the opportunity to receive education and training while beginning to function as professional pilots. This educational background affords students many entry-level career opportunities in the field of aeronautical technology. Students may follow a professional pilot option, an aeronautical technology studies/private pilot option, or they may easily transfer to the airport management program. Professional pilots would be those who complete at least FLT330 Advanced Aeronautics, FLT242 Advanced Aeronautics Flight Review, and the FAA Commercial Ground and Flight Certificates.

These courses are currently offered as part of the associate in applied science in aircraft operations degree program. The professional pilot's career is further advanced for those in the BS program, as they also include a multi-engine rating and the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Certified Flight Instructor Certificate with their professional pilot option courses.

Note: Flight training, offered in conjunction with the aircraft operations department's degree programs, is available only to students who are enrolled in those specific degree programs.