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Bachelor of Aviation
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Objectives
Provides a focussed professional education and graduate status for those entering the aviation industry, especially as pilots.
Includes essential elements required for pilot training up to the level of Air Transport Pilot Licence. The course extends beyond licensing requirements and traditional pilot training to prepare graduates for a range of careers within the aviation industry.
Graduates who have completed all the flight training units will hold a Commercial Pilot Licence together with a Command Instrument Rating in a twin-engine or turbine-powered aircraft, and a Flight Instructor Rating.
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Entry requirements
Satisfactory performance in a TEE mathematics unit or equivalent.
Entry to the Bachelor of Aviation is available to applicants who hold ICAO Commercial or Air Transport Pilot Licences or who are pilots in the military - such applicants may receive advanced standing for a number of units in the course.
Special admission requirements
Entry to the Bachelor of Aviation degree programme is available to applicants who hold ICAO Commercial or Air Transport Pilot Licences or who are pilots in the military. Such applicants may also expect to receive credits for a number of units in the Bachelor of Aviation degree.
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Academic title
Bachelor of Aviation
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Course description
Related careers
Pilot, Regulatory Authority roles, Roles within Aviation Management and Airline Operations
This course is not available for on-campus study by students on an International student visa.
This course structure contains information about the units which comprise the course as well as the credit points required to successfully complete it.
This course comprises a total of 360 credit points / 24 units .
Year One - Semester 1
Unit Description Points
SCA1125 Fundamentals of Flight 15
SCA1126 Light Aircraft Engines, Systems and Flight Rules 15
ENS1154 Introduction to Engineering 15
Physics Unit (see section below)
Year One - Semester 2
Unit Description Points
SCA1208 Aviation Meteorology and Human Factors 15
SCA1227 Light Aircraft Performance 15
MAT1194 Problem Solving and Modelling for Aviation 15
ENS1162 Electrical Engineering 1A 15
Year Two - Semester 1
Unit Description Points
SCA2223 Advanced Aerodynamics and Jet Engines 15
SCY2106 Aviation Security 15
ENM2104 Instrumentation and Measurement 15
ENS2108 Mechanical Science 15
Year Two - Semester 2
Unit Description Points
SCA2422 Instrument Flight 15
SCA2224 Aircraft Systems 15
Elective unit 1
Elective unit 2
Year Three - Semester 1
Unit Description Points
SCA3321 Professional Aeronautical Attitudes and Techniques 15
SCA3412 Heavy Aircraft Performance 15
Elective Unit 3
Elective Unit 4
Year Three - Semester 2
Unit Description Points
SCA3200 Crew Resource Management 15
SCA3612 Advanced Flight Planning 15
ENS2110 Materials and Manufacturing 2 15
ENS4543 Engineering Management 15
Physics Unit. Students who have completed TEE physics should enrol in SCP1111. Students without TEE physics should enrol in SCP1132
Unit Description Points
SCP1111 Physics of Motion 15
SCP1132 Introduction to Physics 15
Elective Units
Four of the following units shall be selected. At least two of the units shall be at second year level or higher
Unit Description Points
SCA1111 Flying Training 1 15
SCA2211 Flying Training 2 15
SCA3311 Flight Instructor Rating 15
SCA3211 Instrument Flying Training 15
MAT1137 Introductory Applied Mathematics 15
ENS1115 Materials and Manufacturing 1 15
SCP1112 Waves and Electricity 15
ENM2210 Engineering Mechanics 15
ENS2159 Engineering Innovation and Ethics 15
ENS3260 Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Systems 15
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