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Edith Cowan University Joondalup Campus

Comments about Bachelor of Aviation - On Campus - Joondalup - Western Australia

• 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.
• 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.
• Academic title
  Bachelor of Aviation
• 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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