Aviation - Certified Flight Instructor Rating (Rotor-Wing) (Certificate)

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Program Summary

The Department of Aviation Sciences at Southern Utah University offers a Certificate of Completion in Fixed-Wing and Rotor-Wing platforms. Students complete 30-34 credits to complete this certificate. Students complete 9-13 credits of General Education, and 21 credits of core classes leading to the Certified Flight Instructor Rating (CFI) in either Fixed-Wing or Rotor-Wing platforms. For further information, please visit www.suu.edu/aviation.

Program Information

Students must complete all required AVTN/PILT courses with grades of “C” or better.

General Education Requirements (9-13 Credits)

For this Certificate of Completion, 9-13 credit hours are required in the following areas:

One course in the Written Communication (English) core (ENGL 1010 , ENGL 1010E , or ENGL 2010 )
One course in the Quantitative Literacy (Mathematics) core
One course from the Humanities Knowledge Area (minimum of 3 credits)

Aviation - Certified Flight Instructor Rating (Rotor-Wing) Curriculum (22 Credits)

Aviation Core Courses (13 Credits)

AVTN 1100 - Private Pilot Ground School 4 Credit(s)
AVTN 1250 - Instrument Ground School 3 Credit(s)
AVTN 2100 - Commercial Ground School 3 Credit(s)
AVTN 3340 - CFI Ground School 3 Credit(s)

Rotor-Wing Track (9 Credits)

PILT 1145 - Solo Pilot RW Lab 3 Credit(s)
PILT 1155 - Private Pilot RW Certification Lab 3 Credit(s)
PILT 3301 - 141 FW Initial CFI ASEL Lab 3 Credit(s)