Type rating in the Boeing 737 airliner is an available option. The program also emphasizes critical thinking, analytical skills, and oral and written communication skills. A career in airway science flight management leads to the development, administration, and enforcement of safety regulations, including airworthiness and operational standards in civil aviation. The airway science flight management option is approved by the Federal Aviation Administration as an airway science program. While enrolled at ASU students do not receive college credit for flight activity or instruction received at flight schools other than those entities with which the university has currently contracted for such instruction.
Consideration is given for flight experience received before enrollment at the university.
Flight instruction costs are not included in university tuition and fees. Degree Requirements Airway science flight management students are required to complete 128 semester hours with a 2.00 cumulative GPA, including a minimum of 50 semester hours of upper-division courses. All degree requirements are shown on the student's curriculum check sheet. The airway science management option is designed to prepare graduates for managerial and supervisory positions throughout the air transportation industry. An in-depth technical education is included along with broad exposure to business and management courses.