Professional Pilot Technology, Associate in Science

The Associate  in Science in Professional Pilot Technology degree program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned  with  challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the Transportation Distribution and Logistics career cluster; provides technical skill proficiency, and includes competency-based applied learning that  contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and  problem-solving skills, work  attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of the Transportation Distribution and Logistics career cluster.

Pasco-Hernando State College’s associate in science in professional pilot technology degree program focuses on the community's need for a highly-skilled, well-trained, and technically-competent aviation workforce that is designed to prepare students for employment in aviation fields as pilots.

PHSC will offer a certificate that can be earned and applied to the associate in science degree in professional pilot technology.

The associate degree requires the completion of 64 credit hours. It consists of 18 general education hours and 46 program core and specialized courses.

VA funding approved effective August 16, 2021.

Program Code: AS-PPT

General Education Courses

CGS 1100Microcomputer Applications

3 cr.

ENC 1101English Composition I

3 cr.

Any Area II Mathematics course listed in the Associate in Science Degree Program Requirements

3 cr.

Any Area III Natural Sciences course listed in the Associate in Science Degree Program Requirements

3 cr.

AMH 2020History of the United States II

3 cr.

or

POS 2041American Federal Government

3 cr.

Any Area V Humanities course listed in the Associate in Science Degree Program Requirements

3 cr.

Total Credit Hours:18

Program Courses

ASC 1010Foundations of Air Transportation

3 cr.

ASC 1210Aviation Meteorology

3 cr.

ASC 1310Aviation Regulations

3 cr.

ATT 2640Advanced Aircraft Turbo-Prop and Turbine Operations

3 cr.

ASC 1610Aircraft Systems & Components

3 cr.

AVM 2441Aviation Safety and Human Factors

3 cr.

AVM 1440Airport/Aviation Security

3 cr.

ATF 2620Commercial Pilot Simulator

2 cr.

ATF 2400Multi-Engine Flight

1

ATF 2305Instrument Pilot Flight

3 cr.

ATT 1100Pilot Theory

3 cr.

ATT 2110Commercial Pilot Ground School

3 cr.

ATF 2201Commercial Pilot I

2 cr.

ATF 2202Commercial Pilot II

2 cr.

ATF 2203Commercial Pilot III

2 cr.

ATT 1120Instrument Pilot Ground School

3 cr.

ATT 1820Introduction to Air Traffic Control

3 cr.

SLS 2401Career Enhancement

1 cr.

Total Credit Hours:46

Total Credit Hours: 64