Flight Instructor, Certificate

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