Southern Illinois University
on the campus of Palomar
College
Palomar College is pleased to announce that
Southern Illinois University (SIU) is now offering a Bachelor of
Science degree in Aviation Management on the Palomar College campus.
This program is open to students from Palomar College and students
from other colleges in the area as well as military personnel and
citizens of the community.
Assuming a student enters the SIU program with
the proper lower division course work, he/she can complete the 4
year degree in Aviation Management is as little as 16 months.
For more specific information, please click on
the appropriate selection below.
Bachelor of Science in
Aviation Management – program overview
SIU Program Advisor at
Palomar College
Preparation for
transfer from Palomar College to SIU
Link to
Southern Illinois University Carbondale - Aviation Department
Homepage
Bachelor of Science in Aviation Management – program overview
Palomar College and the Aviation Sciences
discipline are very pleased that you will now be able to earn a 4
year degree in Aviation Management from one of the nation’s leading
universities in aviation on the campus of Palomar College in San
Marcos, CA. A new Southern Illinois University (SIU) class starts
every 6 weeks and a student may join the program at the start of any
class.
The 4 year degree requires a minimum of 120
units of college credit. These 120 units are broken down as follows:
University Core Curriculum = 41 units.
These courses are often referred to as “general education
courses” by many students. This requirement may be reduced to as
few as 30 units for students who transfer to SIU with a 2 year
degree in a technical or aviation related area. This is known as
the “Capstone Option”. Under this option, students must make up
the difference in units by having an additional 11 units of
career electives (below). If one intends to transfer from
Palomar College to SIU, it is important to talk with the SIU
program advisor as well as a Palomar College counselor to make
certain that the courses taken at Palomar College will satisfy
both the Palomar College 2 year degree requirement as well as
the SIU Core Curriculum requirement. It is very important that
the appointments with the SIU program advisor and the Palomar
College counselor be accomplished as early as possible so that
one takes the appropriate “general education” courses. Military
personnel and students transferring from colleges other than
Palomar College should make an appointment with the SIU program
advisor to have their previous “general education” course work
evaluated. It is sometimes possible to earn this credit with
specialized testing such as CLEP or DANTES.
Aviation Management Major = 48 units. These are the classes that
you will be taking from Southern Illinois University on the
campus of Palomar College. The courses are offered in a 16 month
sequence. A new student may start the program with any one of
the 16 courses offered by SIU – in other words, a qualified
student may start at any point in the sequence of 16 courses and
does not have to wait until the next 16 month sequence. The 16
courses are offered every other weekend for the 16 month period
– Saturday and Sunday typically from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM each
day.
Approved Career Electives = 31 units. Many of these units will
be fulfilled through the previously earned 2 year (associate)
degree. These units can also be earned by holding FAA pilot
certificates, previous aviation experience, military experience,
or specialized industry training. 12 of these units must be
“upper division” and are frequently credited based on FAA pilot
certificates held. If the “Capstone Option” is used, the 11unit
reduction in the Core Curriculum courses must be made up in this
area so that a student has the required 120 units for the
awarding of the Bachelor of Science degree in Aviation
Management.
SIU
Program Advisor at Palomar College
You may contact the SIU program advisor,
Richard Jennings, for information on the SIU Bachelor of Science degree in
Aviation Management by calling him at (760) 744-4600, by emailing
him at richard.jennings@siu.edu , or by going
to room NS-110F on the Palomar College campus.
The SIU program advisor can assist you in evaluating how much of
your previous college course work, military experience, flight
experience, or life experience can be credited toward your 4 year
degree in Aviation Management.
Preparation for transfer from Palomar College to SIU
Palomar College and Southern Illinois
University have an articulation agreement that specifies the courses
that SIU will accept from Palomar College toward their Bachelor of
Science Degree in Aviation Management. A copy of these courses is
available from the SIU program advisor, Jerry Houser (Aviation
Sciences) at Palomar College, or the counseling office at Palomar
College.
If a student is considering transferring from Palomar College to SIU,
it is strongly suggested that the student obtain a copy of the
courses contained in this articulation agreement as soon as
possible. For maximum efficiency, it is vital that a student take
courses (especially “general education” courses) that will apply to
both the 2 year (Associate of Science) degree at Palomar College was
well as the 4 year (Bachelor of Science) degree at Southern Illinois
University. Failing to do this may require a student to take
additional courses at Palomar College prior to transferring to SIU.
The SIU program advisor at Palomar College can assist students with
the selection of the proper courses.
If a student is transferring with college credit from a college
other than Palomar College, he/she should schedule an appointment
with the SIU program advisor at Palomar College as soon as possible
to have his/her transfer credits evaluated for transferability into
the SIU program. |
