Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)

The UAS concentration is the newest concentration offered by the School of Aeronautics. The student will receive a Private license with Instrument certificate just like the other four concentrations, however, in addition to this, electives are offered from the School of Business and School of Government to help round out the student’s background as UAS brings in a diverse background of ideas. The concentration will have flight classes that will result in the student being qualified to operate two different UAS aircraft along with the most common command and control system currently used in UAS worldwide today. Our graduates are already finding employment in the field that will lead to them being prepared for the surge of UAS operations within the United States once the hurdles to flying within our National Airspace System are delineated and developed.

The first unmanned aerial system class is AVIA 230 - Introduction to Unmanned Aerial Systems. The class is a hybrid of an academic and flight line class. It covers many aspects of unmanned aerial systems such as history, elements of command and control, the National Airspace System and how it relates to UASs, current and planned FAA regulations and directives, varying categories and types of UASs, technology in propulsion, sensors, communications and materials. and the latest operations and challenges currently facing this new growth area in aviation. Along with the academics, training is provided in the Dragon Eye with academics, simulators, and flying the aircraft in restricted airspace close to LU.

The required classes for this new specialization are as follows:

General Aviation Classes:

AVIA 101 History of Aviation

AVIA 102 Aviation Orientation

AVIA 210 Private Pilot Ground I

AVIA 215 Private Pilot Ground II

AVIA 220 Private Flight I

AVIA 225 Private Flight II

AVIA 230 Unmanned Aerial Systems

AVIA 240 GPS Navigation

AVIA 250 Introduction to Space Flight

AVIA 305 Airplane Aerodynamics

AVIA 340 Aviation Weather

AVIA 400 Aerospace Law/Human Factors/Crew Resource Management

AVIA 460 Pilot Interview/Etiquette Techniques

BUSI 223 Personal Finance

Specialization Classes:

GOVT 380 Introduction to Intelligence 

GOVT 381 Intelligence Analysis

GOVT 383 History/Nature of Intelligence Tools

GOVT 483 Military Intelligence

GOVT 484 Strategic Intelligence

CSCI 340/BMIS 340 Studies in Information Security

The rest of the required classes can be located on the Degree Completion Plan (DCP).