Aviation Commercial Pilot AA&S DTA map

Students desiring admission into the Commercial Pilot Training program must meet appropriate admission requirements. Contact the Aviation Department at 509.793.2241 or aviation@bigbend.edu for specific admission requirements.

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

  • Milestone CoursesThese courses are key to your success!

FAA Approved Core:

  • AVF 111:Pre-Flight Ground School
  • 1 Credit
  • AVF 112: Private Pilot Ground School
  • 5 Credits
  • AVF 113: Meteorology
  • 5 Credits
  • AVF 114: Theory of Flight
  • 5 Credits
  • AVF 117: Aviation Emergency Preparedness & Response
  • 1 Credit
  • AVF 141: Private Pilot Flight (Stage 1)
  • 4 Credits
  • AVF 142: Private Pilot Flight (Stage 2)
  • 4 Credits
  • AVF 143: Private Pilot Flight (Stage 3)
  • 4 Credits
  • AVF 190 (if needed): Flight (Alternate)
  • 0-4 Credits
  • AVF 221: Commercial Pilot Ground School
  • 5 Credits
  • AVF 223: Instrument Ground School
  • 5 Credits
  • AVF 225 (optional): Effective Communication in Flight Instruction
  • 5 Credits
  • AVF 251: Commercial Pilot Flight (Stage 4)
  • 4 Credits
  • AVF 252: commercial Pilot Flight (Stage 5)
  • 4 Credits
  • AVF 253: Commercial Pilot flight (Stage 7)
  • 4 Credits
  • AVF 254: Night Flying
  • 1 Credit
  • AVF 261: Instrument Flight (Stage 6)
  • 4 Credits
  • AVF 290 (if needed): Flight (Alternate)
  • 0-4 Credits

Additional Courses for AA&S Transfer Degree:

  • Additional Breadth (select with advisor)
  • 5 Credits
  • ENGL&102: English Composition II
  • 5 Credits
  • Humanities (select with advisor)
  • 5 Credits
  • Humanities (select with advisor)
  • 5 Credits
  • Lab Science (select with advisor)
  • 5 Credits
  • Natural Science (select with advisor)
  • 5 Credits
  • PEH (select with advisor)
  • 3 Credits
  • Social Science (select with advisor)
  • 5 Credits
  • Social Science (select with advisor)
  • 5 Credits
  • Specified Elective (select with advisor)
  • 5 Credits
  • Specified Elective (select with advisor)
  • 5 Credits

General Education Requirements:

  • CMST&220: Public Speaking
  • 5 Credits
  • ENGL&101: English Composition I
  • 5 Credits
  • FAD 150: Industrial First Aid
  • 2 Credits
  • PSYC&100: General Psychology
  • OR
  • SOC&101: Intro to Sociology
  • 5 Credits
  • MATH& (any college-level SQR course)
  • 5 Credits

Diversity Course Requirement:

You must complete one diversity course as part of your degree.

Diversity Course Options

  • ART&100: Art Appreciation
  • CMST 225: Intercultural Communication
  • ENGL 223: Banned Books in Literature: A Cultural Approach
  • ENGL 225: Chicanx Literature
  • ENGL 261: Women’s Literature
  • HIST&215: Women in US History
  • HIST&219: Native American History
  • HUM 108: Intro to Gender Studies
  • HUM 205: Diversity French/German Cinema
  • HUM 214: Diversity Issues: Race, Class & Gender
  • HUM 220: Diversity in Education
  • MUSC 170: History of Jazz
  • MUSC 175: Music of the World
  • POLS&203: International Relations
  • REL 201: World Religion
  • SOC 204: Gender & Power
  • SOC 220: Marriage and the Family
  • SOC&201: Social Problems

Total Credits Required: 90

Suggested Schedule and checklist

Quarter 1 (Fall)
Quarter 2 (Winter)
Quarter 3 (Spring)
Summer (if needed)
Quarter 4 (Fall)
Quarter 5 (Winter)
Quarter 6 (Spring)
Summer

Suggested Schedule:

  • ENGL&101: English Composition I
  • CMST&220: Public Speaking
  • AVF 111: Preflight Ground School
  • AVF 112: Private Pilot Ground School
  • AVF 141: Private Pilot Flight (Stage 1)

To Do:

  • Apply for FAFSA or WASFA for next year
  • Set up your Bankmobile account
  • Get familiar with your CTCLink student homepage
  • Meet with your advisor
  • FAA Private Pilot Written Exam

Suggested Schedule:

  • Any college level SQR
  • ENGL&102: English Composition II
  • AVF 113: Meteorology
  • AVF 142: Private Pilot Flight (Stage 2)
  • AVF 117: Aviation Emergency Preparedness

To Do:

Suggested Schedule:

  • FAD 150: Industrial First Aid
  • PSYC&100: General Psychology OR SOC&101: Intro to Sociology
  • PEH 178: Principles of Fitness OR PEH 100: Lifetime Wellness
  • AVF 114: Theory of Flight
  • AVF 143: Private Pilot Flight (Stage 3)

To Do:

  • Work with Chief Instructor to determine need for summer flight
  • AVF 190: Flight (Alternate) If Needed
  • Social Science : Select with advisor
  • Humanities: Select with advisor

Suggested Schedule:

  • AVF 223: Instrument Ground School
  • AVF 251: Commercial Pilot Flight (Stage 4)
  • Lab Science: Select with advisor
  • Humanities: Select with advisor

To Do:

  • Update your education plan with your advisor
  • FAA Instrument Rating Written Exam
  • Apply to transfer institution
  • Apply for FAFSA or WASFA for next year

Suggested Schedule:

  • AVF 221: Commercial Pilot Ground School
  • AVF 252: Commercial Pilot Flight (Stage 5)
  • Social Science: Select with advisor
  • Additional Breadth: Select with advisor

To Do:

  • Apply for graduation (After enrolling in your final quarter of classes)
  • FAA Commercial Pilot Written Exam

Suggested Schedule:

  • AVF 261: Instrument Flight (Stage 6)
  • AVF 253: Commercial Pilot Flight (Stage 7)
  • AVF 254: Night Flying
  • Science: Select with advisor

To Do:

  • Order cap and gown
  • Attend graduation
  • Explore employment opportunities
  • FAA CFI Written Exams (Optional)
  • AVF 290: Flight (Alternate) If Needed
  • Specified Elective: Select with advisor
  • Specified Elective: Select with advisor

Commercial Pilot AAS DTA Pre-Requisite Flow Chart

Start by meeting with your advisor to determine which course to take first based on your placement scores.

Math Pathway

DVS 080: College Transitions Math → MATH 094: Intro to Algebra → MATH 098: Intermediate Algebra I → MATH&107: Math in Society or MATH&146: Intro to Statistics or PHIL&120: Symbolic Logic (W, Sp)

English Pathway

ENGL 99: English Skills + CSS 106: Reading Skills → ENGL&101: Composition I → ENGL&102: Composition II

AVF Ground School Courses

AVF 111: Pre-Flight Ground School (F) → AVF 112: Private Pilot Ground School (F) → AVF 113: Meteorolgy (W) → AVF 114: Theory of Flight (Sp) → AVF 223: Instrument Ground School (F) and AVF 221: Commercial Pilot Ground School (W)

AVF Flight Courses

AVF 141: Private Pilot Flight Stage 1 (F) → AVF 142: Private Pilot Flight Stage 2 (W) → AVF 143: Private Pilot Flight Stage 3 (Sp) and AVF 254: Night Flying (F, W, Sp) → AVF 251: Commercial Pilot Flight Stage 4 (F) → AVF 252: Commercial Pilot Flight Stage 5 (W) → AVF 261: Instrument Flight Stage 6 (Sp)→ AVF 253: Commercial Pilot Flight Stage 7 (Sp)

Limited Availability Courses Without Prerequisites

AVF 117: Aviation Emergency Preparedness & Response (W)

KEY: F = Fall, W = Winter, Sp = Spring, Su = Summer

Tips

  • Cumulative GPA must be 2.0 or higher
  • Meet with your advisor each quarter to make sure you are on track!
  • Instead of PEH 178 or 100 you can take 3, 1-credit PEH activity courses
  • Complete MATH 098 before taking AVF 114
  • Night flying can be completed throughout the program. You must enroll in and complete AVF 254 before completing the program.

Limited Availability Courses Without Prerequisites:

  • AVF 117: Aviation Emergency Preparedness & Response (W)

Which Quarter can I begin?

The flight program begins Fall quarter, though nonflight courses may be started any quarter.

Program Modality

Flight courses are on campus. Some other courses are offered on-campus, online, or hybrid (part on-campus, part online).

Length of Program

90 Credits = 6 Quarters* if you take 15 credits each quarter

*Your specific route may take longer than 6 quarters depending on the number of credits you take each quarter and where you start in your math and English pathways.

Career Outlook

The Commercial Pilot Training program combines course work in flight training along with other ground school courses to prepare students for obtaining a commercial pilot certificate with instrument rating. To meet these requirements, most students require more than six quarters to complete the training. Additional ratings for flight instructor, instrument flight instructor, multi-engine, and seaplane may be earned through special arrangements

Future Education Opportunities

Because most airlines and major corporations give hiring preference to pilots with a four year degree, most aviation students choose to obtain the two-year transfer degree in order to complete their Bachelor’s degree. This gives BBCC flight students more option and the flexibility to choose from a broader list of academic subject in which to major. Flight students choosing this degree option will have to take more credit hours to graduate than non-flight students.

Certificate Options

Commercial Pilot Certificate of Achievement
Aircraft Solo Certificate of Accomplishment
Private Pilot Certificate of Accomplishment
Commercial Pilot Certificate of Accomplishment
Instrument Pilot Certificate of Accomplishment
Flight Instructor (CFI) Certificate of Accomplishment
Flight Instructor Instrument (CFII) Certificate of Accomplishment
Sea Plane Certificate of Accomplishment
Multi-Engine Certificate of Accomplishment
Simulator Training Certificate of Accomplishment
Multi-Engine Instructor (MEI) Certificate of Accomplishment
ATP: Multi-Engine Certificate of Accomplishment
  • AVF 111 – AVF 261
  • PSYC&100: General Psychology OR CMST&220: Public Speaking
  • ENGL&101: English Composition I
  • MAP 117: Applied Math for Workforce OR any college level SQR
  • FAD 150: Industrial First Aid
  • SOC&101: Intro to Sociology

Total Credits: 79

  • AVF 111: Preflight Ground School
  • AVF 141: Private Pilot Flight (Stage 1)

Total Credits: 5

  • AVF 112: Private Pilot Ground School
  • AVF 113: Meteorology
  • AVF 142: Private Pilot Flight (Stage 2)
  • AVF 143: Private Pilot Flight (Stage 3)

Total Credits: 18

  • AVF 114: Theory of Flight
  • AVF 221: Commercial Pilot Ground School
  • AVF 251: Commercial Pilot Flight (Stage 4)
  • AVF 252: Commercial Pilot Flight (Stage 5)
  • AVF 253: Commercial Pilot Flight (Stage 7)
  • AVF 254: Night Flying

Total Credits: 23

  • AVF 223: Instrument Ground School
  • AVF 261: Instrument Flight Instruction (Stage 6)

Total Credits: 9 (2 quarters)

  • AVF 225: Effective Communication in Flight Instruction
  • AVF 270: Flight Instructor

Total Credits: 9

  • AVF 271: Flight Instructor Instrument Airplane

Total Credits: 2

  • AVF 272: Sea Plane Flight

Total Credits: 2

  • AVF 275: Multi-Engine Flight

Total Credits: 2

  • AVF 276: Simulator Training/Instrument Training

Total Credits: 1

  • AVF 291: Multi-Engine Instructor

Total Credits: 2

  • AVF 292: Multi-Engine

Total Credits: 1

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