Bachelor of Science - Aviation Flight Science

The Aviation Flight Science program emphasizes intellectual as well as technical competencies. The program is geared toward educating future captains and managers—not just training pilots. In the program, students will study general education subjects, the basic sciences, aircraft systems, crew concepts, resource management, advanced aerodynamics, professional flight, airline operations, management and administration, global navigation, and international flight. If they wish, students will also have an opportunity to be involved in faculty research projects geared toward moving the industry forward. The program also features crew concept in the flight training environment, Crew Resource Management—CRM, the use of state-of-the-art simulators and Line Oriented Flight Crew Simulations, computer-based training, and the most advanced flight training equipment with glass cockpit technology including the Avidyne R9 avionics suite and the DFC-100 advanced autopilot. The College of Aviation's advanced curriculum is designed to effectively train students with no previous flight training and to focus on what the airline industry and aviation regulators regard as the critical components of aviation education. Through this revised curriculum, students will move from zero flight experience to degree completion, to employment readiness. Once hired, the only further training required will be for conversion to operating with a specific airline on a specific aircraft. The College of Aviation at WMU strives to remain in touch with the changing needs of the aviation industry so that students can get the training and education they need to be a functional and productive part of it.