Future Professional Pilots

Curriculum Guideline

Effective Date:
Program code
AAFPP
Discontinued
No
Program
Faculty
Humanities & Social Sciences
Department
Humanities & Social Sciences
Credential type
Associate Degree
Transcript title
Arts - Associate Degree
Date of first offering
Start term
200210
End term
201520
Credential
Associate Degree in Arts
Length of program
Four semesters
Credits
60.00
Admissions requirements

General College Admission Requirements

Curriculum framework

Required Courses

Students will take the following core courses in Climate, Psychology, and Commerce/Business as part of their Associate of Arts degree:

GEOG 1110(Weather and Climate)
GEOG 1170(Introductory Cartography)
PSYC 1100(Introduction to Psychology I)
PSYC 1200(Introduction to Psychology II)
A math or statistics course (MATH 1234PSYC 2300, or GEOG 2251)

Three UT courses from the Faculty of Commerce and Business, such as:  
ACCT 1110Principles of Accounting I
BUSN 1210Management Essentials
BUSN 1320Business Law I
BUSN 2275Business Strategy and Simulation
BUSN 3401Principles of International Business
BUSN 3350Human Resource Management
GEOG 2210 (Climatology), PSYC 2360 (Cognitive Psychology), and a Human Factors course (in development) will be recommended at the second year level.

 

Two Pathways

For students interested in Aviation, two areas within the Arts which are relevant to the aviation environment are:

Geography
Psychology

Below is the 4 semester curriculum framework for the general required (and recommended) courses as well as those that would fulfill 3rd year entry requirements for either a major in Geography or Psychology.

Curriculum Framework for AA for Future Professional Pilots

1. General Focus

SEMESTER 1

SEMESTER 2

Course

Credits

Course

Credits

PSYC 1100
GEOG 1110
Arts 1st year elective
English 1st year elective1
Humanities elective

3
3
3
3
3
15

PSYC 1200
GEOG 1120 
Math or Statistics2
Humanities elective
English 1st year elective

3
3
3
3
3
15

SEMESTER 3

SEMESTER 4

Course

Credits

Course

Credits

GEOG 2210
2nd year Arts elective
2nd year Arts elective
2nd year Arts elective
Commerce/Business elective (UT)4

3
3
3
3
3
15

2nd year Arts elective
2nd year Arts elective
2nd year Arts elective
Commerce/Business elective (UT)5
Commerce/Business elective (UT)5

3
3
3
3
3
15

1ENGL 1130 recommended
2One of: MATH 1234, PSYC 2300 or GEOG 2251
3PHIL 1101 recommended
4Recommended: ACCT 1110, BUSN 1210, BUSN 1320, BUSN 2275, BUSN 3401, BUSN 3350

5PSYC 2360 recommended

2. Geography Focus

SEMESTER 1

SEMESTER 2

Course

Credits

Course

Credits

GEOG 1100
GEOG 1110
English elective (ENGL 1130
Arts 1st year elective
Humanities elective

3
3
3
3
3
15

GEOG 1120
PSYC 1100
Humanities elective (PHIL 1101
English 1st year elective
Commerce/Business elective (UT)

3
3
3
3
3
15

SEMESTER 3

SEMESTER 4

Course

Credits

Course

Credits

GEOG 2210
GEOG 2213
PSYC 1200
2nd year Arts elective
Commerce/Business elective (UT)

3
3
3
3
3
15

GEOG 2251
GEOG 2212
2nd year Arts elective (Human Factors) 
2nd year Arts elective
Commerce/Business elective (UT)

3
3
3
3
3
15

** note if students want to transfer to a BA in Geography at SFU they will also have to take GEOG 1120.

3. Psychology Focus

SEMESTER 1

SEMESTER 2

Course

Credits

Course

Credits

PSYC 1100
GEOG 1110
English elective (ENGL 1130
Humanities elective
Arts 1st year elective

3
3
3
3
3
15

PSYC 1200
GEOG 1120
Humanities elective (PHIL 1101
English elective (1st year)
Arts 1st year elective

3
3
3
3
3
15

SEMESTER 3

SEMESTER 4

Course

Credits

Course

Credits

PSYC 2300
PSYC 2360
2nd year Arts elective (GEOG 2210
Commerce/Business elective (UT) 
Commerce/Business elective (UT)

3
3
3
3
3
15

PSYC 2301
One of PSYC 2315, 2341 or 3330 
2nd year Arts elective
2nd year Arts elective
Commerce/Business elective (UT)

3
3
3
3
3
15

 

The following are the general requirements for an Associate of Arts Degree at any B.C. college:

6 credits (2 courses) first-year English electives

6 credits (2 courses) first-year Humanities electives

6 credits (2 courses) first-year Social Sciences electives

6 credits (2 courses) first-year Arts electives

18 credits (6 courses) second-year Arts electives in 2 or more subject areas

3 credits (1 course) first-year Lab Science elective

3 credits (1 course) first-year Math, Statistics or Computing Science elective

3 credits (1 course) first-year Math, Statistics or Science elective

9 credits (3 courses) other University Transfer electives

Note: "English" courses include courses in Communications, Creative Writing and Print Futures that transfer to one of the B.C. research universities (SFU, UBC, UBC-O, UVic or UNBC) as English credit. "Arts" courses are available in the Faculty of Languages, Literature, and Performing Arts, and the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. They are designated as "humanities" or "social sciences" in the Associate of Arts Course Classifications table below. Courses in Economics and Mathematics also may be used as Arts electives toward an Associate of Arts Degree. Please see the Associate of Arts Course Classifications table below for further information.

Definitions

A course is defined by the subject for which it is granted transfer credit at one of the research universities (SFU, UBC, UBC-O, UNBC, or UVic).

  1. An Arts course is defined as any course in a subject area for which there is a Baccalaureate of Arts Degree at one of the research universities.
  2. A Science course is defined as any course in a subject area for which there is a Baccalaureate of Science Degree or Baccalaureate of Applied Science Degree at one of the research universities. 
    The requirements specified above are intended to provide breadth of exposure to a variety of disciplines in both Arts and Sciences. In some instances there may be some ambiguity as to whether a course is in the Humanities or Social Sciences and is an Arts course or a Science course. Most Physical Geography and Mathematics would be designated as Science courses.
  3. A course in an "other" area is defined as any course in a subject area for which there is a Baccalaureate Degree other than in Arts, Science or Applied Science at one of the research universities.
  4. first-year course is defined as a course that has assigned or unassigned transfer credit at the 100-level at one of the research universities.
  5. second-year course is defined as a course that has assigned or unassigned transfer credit at the 200-level or higher level at one of the research universities.
  6. laboratory science course is one in which a substantial component of instruction involves the study of natural phenomena, either in the laboratory or in the field.