Business & Commercial Aviation
This major is designed to prepare a student for a career as a commercial pilot. Flight courses provide ground and flight instruction for the Private Pilot Certificate as well as advanced training leading to the attainment of the instrument rating and the Commercial Pilot Certificate with ratings for single and multi-engine aircraft. Supportive courses in business, computers, liberal arts, and Bible are included as an integral part of the student's preparation to serve God as a professional pilot.
Curriculum Highlights
Freshman
Principles of Accounting I & II
Basic Flight
Basic Ground School
Sophomore
Cross-Country Flight
Principles of Macroeconomics
Principles of
Microeconomics
Aviation Meteorology
Aviation Safety &
Survival
Principles of Management
Advanced Cross-Country
Flight
Principles of Marketing
Junior
Instrument Ground School
Introduction to Commercial Maneuvers
Business
Law
Corporate Finance
Commercial Ground School
Senior
Flight Instructor Ground School
Fixed Base Operations
Management
Airport Management
Corporate Flight Department
Management
Management Policies
For further details see complete major information:
Business & Commercial Aviation Personal Opportunity Profile
You may also contact Admissions (1.800.BJ.AND.ME) to receive a printed copy of this information.
Key Courses
Instrument Ground School In this course you will study the theory of instrument flying, rules and procedures governing instrument flight, operational techniques including communications, en route navigational aids, instrument approach procedures, distance measuring equipment, radar, and emergency procedures.
Instrument Flight Here you will have the opportunity to take instrument flight training in the new Diamond airplanes and flight simulators. You will develop professional skills such as IFR cross-country flights, holding procedures, radar procedures, use of instrument landing systems, and air traffic control procedures.
Aviation Safety and Survival This course will be essential to your future in aviation. You will study the history of aviation safety, the causes and prevention of accidents, and survival techniques using actual survival equipment.
Principles of Management In this elective course you will develop an understanding of how the management process actually works. You will learn how to plan, organize, direct, and control the process of management; and you will develop an appreciation for the roles of leadership and communication in the management field.
Career Opportunities
Our graduates are presently working in a variety of areas including these:
- U.S. Air Force
- Air taxi owner/operator/pilot
- Aircraft mechanic
- Corporate pilot
- Flight instructor
- Commercial airline pilot
- Mechanic Instructor
- Missionary Pilot/Mechanic