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 1100 | Microcomputer Applications | 3 cr. |
| ENC 1101 | English 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. |
| | Any Area IV Social and Behavioral Sciences course listed in the Associate in Science Degree Program Requirements | 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 1010 | Foundations of Air Transportation | 3 cr. |
| ASC 1210 | Aviation Meteorology | 3 cr. |
| ASC 1310 | Aviation Regulations | 3 cr. |
| ATT 2640 | Advanced Aircraft Turbo-Prop and Turbine Operations | 3 cr. |
| ASC 1610 | Aircraft Systems & Components | 3 cr. |
| AVM 2441 | Aviation Safety and Human Factors | 3 cr. |
| AVM 1440 | Airport/Aviation Security | 3 cr. |
| ATF 2620 | Commercial Pilot Simulator | 2 cr. |
| ATF 2400 | Multi-Engine Flight | 1 |
| ATF 2305 | Instrument Pilot Flight | 3 cr. |
| ATT 1100 | Pilot Theory | 3 cr. |
| ATT 2110 | Commercial Pilot Ground School | 3 cr. |
| ATF 2201 | Commercial Pilot I | 2 cr. |
| ATF 2202 | Commercial Pilot II | 2 cr. |
| ATF 2203 | Commercial Pilot III | 2 cr. |
| ATT 1120 | Instrument Pilot Ground School | 3 cr. |
| ATT 1820 | Introduction to Air Traffic Control | 3 cr. |
| SLS 2401 | Career Enhancement | 1 cr. |
| Total Credit Hours: | 46 |
Total Credit Hours: 64