Aviation: Aviation Management — Non-Flying Track, B.S.

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Minimum Total Credit Hours: 125

Minimum Upper-Division Hours: 40


Overall GPA - Combined and OU: 2.25

Major GPA - Combined and OU: 2.25

Program Code: B090 P047

Major Requirements

Aviation majors must earn a minimum grade of C in aviation courses to be considered passing and move to the next requirement.

Lower-Division Requirements (10 Hours)
AVIA 1111Aviation Orientation1
AVIA 1113Introduction to Aviation3
AVIA 2513The History of Aviation3
AVIA 2613Aviation Safety3
Upper-Division Requirements (24 Hours)
AVIA 3013Career Development for Aviation Professionals3
AVIA 3333Survey of Aviation Law3
AVIA 3513Airport Operations Management3
AVIA 3913Aerospace Contract Administration3
AVIA 3923Aerospace Operational Research3
AVIA 4663Survey of Aerospace Ethical Issues3
AVIA 4713Senior Capstone3
AVIA 4983Airline Management3
Total Credit Hours34

Major Support Requirements

GIS 2023Introduction to Spatial Thinking and Computer Mapping3
ACCT 2113Fundamental Financial Accounting3
ECON 1113Principles of Economics-Macro (Core III-SS)3
ECON 1123Principles of Economics-Micro (Core III-SS)3
ECON 2843Elements of Statistics3
or PSY 2003 Understanding Statistics
FIN 2303Business Finance3
MIS 2113Computer-Based Information Systems3
L S 3323Legal Environment of Business3
MGT 3013Principles of Organization and Management3
MGT 3513Human Resource Management Practice3
MKT 3013Principles of Marketing3
SCM 3113Principles of Supply Chain Management3
Total Credit Hours36

SPECIALIZED AVIATION ELECTIVES

Students are not required to complete specialized aviation electives, but may choose to do so for additional training: AVIA 3103AVIA 4423, or AVIA 4803.

Additional Requirements

  • Maintaining less than a 2.25 GPA, or failure to complete the required math sequence each semester will result in academic probation.
  • The maximum number of aviation hours accepted by transfer is twelve.
  • A maximum of nine hours of aviation may be accomplished through advanced standing.
  • A total of 40 hours of OU coursework must be completed to receive a baccalaureate degree.
  • A maximum of 32 hours of correspondence courses will be accepted.
  • A total of 55 hours of liberal arts coursework is required.
  • To receive the general business minor a 2.50 OU retention, overall retention, and upper-division business GPA is required.

General Education and College Requirements

Courses taken to fulfill the University General Education Requirements must be chosen from the approved General Education course list published in the Class Schedule or at http://www.ou.edu/gened/courses.

UNIVERSITY-WIDE GENERAL EDUCATION (MINIMUM 40 HOURS) AND COLLEGE REQUIREMENTS
Core Area I: Symbolic and Oral Communications
ENGL 1113Principles of English Composition (Core I)3
ENGL 1213Principles of English Composition (Core I)3
or EXPO 1213 Expository Writing
COMM 1113Principles of Communication3
or COMM 2613 Public Speaking
Language (Core I) 10-10
Mathematics
MATH 1643Functions and Modeling for Business, Life and Social Sciences3
MATH 1743Calculus I for Business, Life and Social Sciences 23
Core Area II: Natural Science
Choose one of the following:4
Physical Geography (Core II)
Any approved Chemistry, Physics, or Biology course (Core II)
METR 1014Introduction to Weather and Climate (Core II)4
METR 2603Severe and Unusual Weather3
Core Area III: Social Science 3
P SC 1113American Federal Government (Core III)3
Core Area IV: Arts & Humanities
HIST 1483United States to 1865 (Core IV)3
or HIST 1493 United States, 1865 to the Present
One course from one of the following 3 fields (Core IV) must be upper-division:
Choose one Artistic Forms course3
Choose one Western Culture course3
Choose one World Culture course3
Core Area V: First Year Experience
Choose one course3
Total Credit Hours44-54
1

Students who have completed two years of high school language are exempt from the general education language requirement.

2

Core I—Substitute: MATH 1823, Calculus & Analytic Geom. I 

3

Two courses, 6 hours, of Core III Social Science are required and one course must be P SC 1113ECON 1113 or ECON 1123 will meet the other 3 hours of this requirement under Basic Business.

Free Electives

Eleven hours if exempt from language; one hour if language must be taken. Free electives may include any specialized aviation courses. A combined maximum of five hours of physical education activity courses may be used to meet degree requirements.

Information Concerning General Rules, Regulations and Minimum Requirements for Undergraduate Degrees

Total Hours: A minimum of 120 semester hours acceptable toward graduation must be completed.
Upper-Division Hours: A minimum of 40 upper- division semester hours acceptable toward graduation must be completed. OU courses numbered 3000 or above are upper- division. Transfer work is counted as lower-division or upper-division credit depending on the level at which it was offered at the institution where it was earned. Two-year college work is accepted only as lower-division credit.
Senior Institution Hours: A minimum of 60 semester hours applied toward graduation must be earned at senior (4-year) institutions.
Residency:

  • A minimum of two semesters must be spent in residence in the College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences.
  • At least 36 of the last 48 hours must be completed in residence at OU.

Individual Studies: No more than six hours of independent study or directed readings may be applied toward degree requirements.
Grade Point Averages: Students must earn a minimum overall 2.25 for each of the following: Combined Retention GPA (all college grades), OU Retention GPA, GPA for all major courses, and GPA for all major courses taken at OU.

Suggested Semester Plan of Study

Plan of Study Grid
Freshman
First SemesterCredit Hours
ENGL 1113 Principles of English Composition (Core I) 3
MATH 1643 Functions and Modeling for Business, Life and Social Sciences 3
AVIA 1111 Aviation Orientation 1
AVIA 1113 Introduction to Aviation 3
HIST 1483
United States to 1865 (Core IV)
or United States, 1865 to the Present
3
First-Year Experience (Core V) 3
 Credit Hours16
Second Semester
ENGL 1213
Principles of English Composition (Core I)
or Expository Writing
3
MATH 1743 Calculus I for Business, Life and Social Sciences 3
COMM 1113
Principles of Communication
or Public Speaking
3
AVIA 2513 The History of Aviation 3
ECON 1113 Principles of Economics-Macro (Core III) 3
 Credit Hours15
Sophomore
First Semester
METR 1014 Introduction to Weather and Climate (Core II) 4
ACCT 2113 Fundamental Financial Accounting 3
ECON 2843 Elements of Statistics 3
P SC 1113 American Federal Government (Core III) 3
Artistic Forms (Core IV) 3
 Credit Hours16
Second Semester
AVIA 3513 Airport Operations Management 3
GIS 2023 Introduction to Spatial Thinking and Computer Mapping 3
ECON 1123 Principles of Economics-Micro 3
GEOG 1114 Physical Geography (Core II) 4
Or any approved Chemistry, Physics, or Biology course (Core II)
AVIA 2613 Aviation Safety 3
 Credit Hours16
Junior
First Semester
FIN 2303 Business Finance 3
MIS 2113 Computer-Based Information Systems 3
AVIA 3333 Survey of Aviation Law 3
AVIA 3913 Aerospace Contract Administration 3
AVIA 4663 Survey of Aerospace Ethical Issues 3
 Credit Hours15
Second Semester
METR 2603 Severe and Unusual Weather 3
MGT 3013 Principles of Organization and Management 3
MKT 3013 Principles of Marketing 3
L S 3323 Legal Environment of Business 3
AVIA 3013 Career Development for Aviation Professionals 3
 Credit Hours15
Senior
First Semester
AVIA 3923 Aerospace Operational Research 3
AVIA 4983 Airline Management 3
MGT 3513 Human Resource Management Practice 3
Western Culture (Core IV) 3
World Culture - Upper-Division (Core IV) 3
Free Elective 3
 Credit Hours18
Second Semester
SCM 3113 Principles of Supply Chain Management 3
AVIA 4713 Senior Capstone 3
Free Elective 8
 Credit Hours14
 Total Credit Hours125
  • For those students who did not successfully complete two years of the same language in high school, ten hours of free electives will be replaced with two semesters of the same college-level language.
  • For those students pursuing the General Business Minor, successful completion of ECON 2843 is required
  • This plan of study should not be used in lieu of academic advisement.