Aviation Management

(3AERO-MGT)

Fast Facts About

the Program
Type: Technical
Degree/Certificate:
Associate of Applied
Science (A.A.S.),
Certificate of Technology
Duration: Two to five
terms

Program Information Career Opportunities For More Information

Are your dreams of the high-flying variety? Graduates of the aviation management program Call Center: 281-998-6150
If so, the San Jacinto College aeronautical pursue careers as: General Email:
technology program may be what you’re looking • Airport director information@sjcd.edu
for to get your feet off the ground. The aviation
industry needs pilots, expert technicians, skilled • Airline station manager
dispatchers, and other aviation professionals in San Jacinto College
• Airport operations officer
order to fly. At San Jacinto College you will study Central
everything from flight theory and meteorology • District operations manager
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to business law and human resources. With your • Fixed base operation manager
Pasadena, Texas 77505
degree in hand you’ll be well prepared to work • Fixed base operations general manager
in airport and airline management, aviation sales 281-998-6150, ext. 1865
and services, or for a government agency. • Fixed base operations owner
The San Jacinto College aviation management • Corporate flight manager
program: • Aviation department manager
• Prepares students for work in managerial • Director of flight operations
roles at airports, airlines, aviation
manufacturers, general aviation companies, • Airport planner
and within government agencies. • Aviation planner
• Offers career training in aviation • Transportation planner
maintenance, aviation flight, avionics
technology, air traffic control, and aircraft Earning Potential
operation support.
Administrative Services Manager*
• Prepares students to transfer to a four-year
university to earn a bachelor’s degree. Aircraft mechanic and service technician median
salary: $65,655**
Additional Information *Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

**Source: www.texas.wages.com
The San Jacinto College aviation program has an
articulation (transfer) agreement with Embry-
Riddle Aeronautical University.
All discipline specific courses must be passed
with a grade of B or better to graduate with this
degree.

Revised 12/2014 An equal opportunity institution

 Aviation Management (3AERO-MGT)
First Term Credit
AVIM 1301 Introduction to Aviation Management.........................3
AIRP 1311 Flight Theory............................................................................3
AIRP 1307 Aviation Meteorology............................................................3
AIRP 1347 Human Factors in Aviation..................................................3
ENGL 1301 Composition I.........................................................................3
Subtotal 15
Second Term Credit
AIRP 1301 Air Navigation..........................................................................3
*MATH 1333 Contemporary Mathematics or
MATH 1314 College Algebra.............................................................3
AVIM 2339 Aviation Marketing................................................................3
AIRP 1345 Aviation Safety.........................................................................3
AVIM 2331 Airline Management.............................................................3
Subtotal 15
Third Term Credit
AIRP 1451 Instrument Ground School ................................................ 4
ACCT 2301 Accounting Principles I........................................................3
BUSI 2301 Business Law I...........................................................................3
HRPO 2301 Human Resource Management.......................................3
**Behavioral/Soc Sci Elective...................................................................3
Subtotal 16
Fourth Term Credit
Speech..............................................................................................................3
ENGL 2311 Technical Report Writing or
ENGL 1302 Composition II.................................................................3
AIRP 2433 Aircraft Systems ..................................................................... 4
**Humanities or Fine Arts..........................................................................3
AVIM 2335 Airport Management............................................................3
Subtotal 16
Associate of Applied Science Degree Total 62
Capstone Experience: Aviation Business Plan
*College Preparatory courses (those courses beginning with 0) do not apply toward the associate
degree.

** Courses which satisfy this requirement are listed in the Humanities and Fine Arts and Behavioral
and Social Sciences sections of the Transfer Core Curriculum.

Note: For complete program descriptions, please refer to the San Jacinto Community College District Catalog online at www.sanjac.edu/catalog.

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