# Presentation: 098148

##     What if?

**An presentation on educational opportunity for airframe and powerplant mechanics**

## Your instructor

**Bill O’Brien**
**A&P mechanic**
**Inspection Authorization**

## What if, I told you that:

**I found a University, --not a college—but a University that would give you 72 college credits for your FAA Airframe and Powerplant certificate even if the certificate was issued to you in 1950.**

## What if, I told you that:

**The 72 credit hours would be applied to a 84 credit hour, Associate of Applied Science degree in Aviation Maintenance Technology.**

## What if, I told you that:

**The remaining 12 credit could be taken via the **_**internet**_** either at work or at home.**

## What if, I told you that:

**You can finish the 12 credits (4 courses) and get** **the degree in **_**less than a year**_** by taking six credits or two courses per semester.**

## What if, I told you that:

**The cost for the **_**entire course**_** for the four(4), three (3) credit hour courses that will set you back a total of $429.**
**That is not a miss-print. **_***Four hundred and twenty-nine dollars***_** for tuition and fees. **
**Text books are extra.**

## What if, I told you that:

**It gets even better.**
**The university will give you **_**credit**_** for college level courses that you have taken over the years. So instead of 4 courses you might only have to take one or two depending on the weight of your transcripts.**

## What if, I told you that:

**The university is the Eastern New Mexico University at Roswell (ENMU-R)**
**Yeah, that the same town the flying saucer was supposed of crashed back in 47.  **
**Try to get pass the TV and Hollywood ET on a bicycle hype and stay with me.**

## What if, I told you that:

**I went to Roswell on my own time and dime and checked it out.**
**I talked face to face with Jim Primm, Chair of the Aviation Programs.**
**ENMU-R runs the only Part 147 school in New Mexico.**
**ENMU-R teaches a Cessna approved. Citation composite repair course.**

## So what kind of school are we talking about?

**ENMU-R is a professionally run, aviation focused, nationally accredited university.**
**About now you should have a lot of questions. Let me see if I can answer most of them:------------------------**

## Why is the school so cheap if the school is so good?

**The courses cost less than most schools because the ENMU-R charges out of state students the same $35.75 rate tuition/fee per credit hour rate as it charges a New Mexico resident who lives outside of Roswell campus district. **

## Why is the school so cheap if the school is so good?

**The one restriction to get these rates is the student must only carry 6 credit hours or less per semester.**

## Do I have to go to New Mexico?

**All courses can be taken over the internet. You can go to your graduation ceremony if you want and partake of the pomp and ceremony, but it is not mandatory**.

## What kind of courses do I have to take?

**The maximum number of courses is four (4) 3 credit hour courses!**
**UNIV 101: Freshman Seminar----how to research etc.**
**ENG 102:  English Composition**
**COMM 101 Interpersonal Communications**
**Math 107 Intermediate Algebra.**
**Note: Don’t let algebra requirement scare you. If you can do weight and balance you are already doing algebra.**

## Can I use this 2 year degree  towards a 4 year degree?

**Yes, ENMU-R is fully accredited University and their credits and degrees are accepted for transfer everywhere.**

## How many semesters at ENMU-R?

**There are two semesters and a summer session.**
**Spring semester starts in January**
**Summer sessions starts in June**
**Fall semester starts in August**

## How can I make this happen?  5 Steps

_**Step 1:**_** Get off your rump and pull up the ENMU-R web site on your computer at **_[www.roswell.enmu.edu](http://www.roswell.enmu.edu/)_** and check it out for yourself.**
**You can register on this website.**
**It take about 5 working days after you register to be enrolled.**

## How can I make this happen?  5 Steps

_**Step 2:**_** If you have earned any college credits in the past have the college or university send your official transcript to:**
**                ****ENMU-R**
**         ****Office of Admissions,**
**         ****P.O. Box 6000 **
**         ****Roswell, New Mexico 88202-6000**

## How can I make this happen?  5 Steps

_**Step 3:**_** Send a COPY of your  FAA Airframe and Powerplant certificate to ENMU-R Office of Admissions. You can mail it or you can FAX it (505-624-7144)**
**Tell them what degree you have chosen, include your present address (the one on the certificate may be different) and include your mailing address or e-mail. Also include a telephone number where they can reach you. **

## How can I make this happen?  5 Steps

_**Step 4:**_ **After your application and enrollment paper work is done, you may have to take a test. The name of the test is ACCUPLACER. It is a basic skills test (math, English, and reading) you can take the test at a local college by a proctor (there might be a fee). **

## How can I make this happen?  5 Steps

_**Step 4. Continued**_: **If the test determines that you need additional help in these areas, then you can take a remedial class or two to get up to college levels of skill. The remedial classes cost the same $35.75 a credit hour as the other courses.**
**You might not need to take the course if you have 30 college credits which includes some math and English.**

## How can I make this happen?  5 Steps

_**Step 5:**_** You must show professional development. This means you must show ENMU-R that your have constantly updated your skills and knowledge of your profession. **

## How can I make this happen?  5 Steps

_**Step 5: Continued**_**:  For example, getting your IA renewed, taking technical training, participating in the FAA AMT awards program, earning a DME, or a DAR.**

## If you have additional questions contact:

**Jim Primm at:**
**           ****jim.primm@roswell.enmu.edu**

## Summary:

**ENMU-R is limited in the number of Internet students it can enroll.**
**I am going around the country spreading the news about this opportunity. I have written an article on ENMU-R that will be published in AMT magazine in May/June issue.**
**If you like what you heard, it will be in you own best interests to investigate this opportunity as soon as you can.**

## Summary:

**What am I getting out of this? I am making a old dream of mine come true.**
**I figure that if more of us mechanics get a college degree, no pilot, no manager, no nobody is going to call us a “grease monkey” ever again.**
**The ball is in your court, don’t drop it! **