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AVIA 286 - Air Traffic Controllers 3-Enroute ATC

Credits: 5
Expands on the foundation of basic control procedures students learned in AVIA 281, and focuses on students aspiring to become air traffic controllers.

Enrollment Requirement: AVIA 282  with a grade of 2.5 or higher.

Course Fee: $100.00

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate knowledge of 7110.65 and the FAR/AIM.
  2. Create ATC clearances.
  3. Demonstrate the correct use of radar and non-radar procedures to effectively and efficiently control air traffic.
  4. Demonstrate awareness of and understanding of fundamental problems involved with coordinating ATC operations in complex and sometimes hazardous operating environments that include nearby mountainous terrain and marginal weather situations that coastal and mountain areas can produce.

Program Outcomes
  1. Prepare for an entry-level position as an Air Traffic Controller in the National Airspace System.
  2. Employ understanding of the integral parts of the global aviation industry through practical application of comprehensive aeronautical principles.
  3. Demonstrate an ability to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary and diverse team of aviation professionals through proficiency in the skills and technology used in the aviation industry.


College-wide Outcomes
  • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
  • Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.



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