Aerospace Studies
The Aerospace studies degree was created specifically as a response to calls by American corporate leaders for graduates who understand both technology and human beings. Our program has answered that call. Aerospace Studies is a broad, flexible, interdisciplinary education that makes students more adaptable and able to transfer from or to other more specialized degree programs.
Students start with core liberal arts courses in the humanities, international studies, philosophy, ethics, and psychology. Then they select three minors from classes offered in other degree programs.
Choices for minors include air traffic control, business administration, aviation safety, weather, humanities, and space studies, to name a few. By choosing core courses and combining three minors, students design their own degree program. Such combinations as security or air traffic control with psychology and safety, for example, or space studies with computer science and psychology, are useful in the aerospace industry.
In their senior year, students will demonstrate what they have learned by completing a research project or a co-op/internship in industry. Aerospace Studies students have recently completed internships in a variety of areas:
- Flight Safety (American Airlines)
- Launch Operations (Boeing Company)
- Marketing Intern (Dolphin Airlines)
- Mentor (Big Brothers Big Sisters)
- Assistant Engineer (Intelsat)
- Safety Intern (NTSB)
- Accident Investigator (NTSB)
- Camp Counselor (US Space Camp)
