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  • Location:
    Joondalup
  • Study Mode:
    Full-time
    Part-time
  • Delivery Mode:
    On-campus
  • Duration:
    3 years full-time or equivalent part-time
  • Faculty:
    Computing, Health and Science
  • School:
    Engineering
  • Code:
    Y25
  • CRICOS:
    077137B
  • Indicative ATAR (TER):
    65

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Bachelor of Science (Aviation)

This course structure contains information about the units which comprise the course as well as the credit points required to successfully complete it.

The Bachelor of Science (Aviation) consists of 360 credit points (24 units) and is divided into the following two areas taken over three years of full-time, or part-time equivalent, study:

  • Aviation core units (18 units, 270 cpts)
  • Minor and/or Electives (6 unit minor, 5 unit minor + 1 elective, 4 unit minor + 2 electives, or 6 electives; 90 cpts)



Year One - Semester 1
UnitDescription Points
SCA1125Fundamentals of Flight 15
SCA1113Aircraft Propulsion 1 15
SCA1116Aviation Legislation and Regulatory Frameworks 15
MAT1137Introductory Applied Mathematics*15
 


* Students who have not passed WACE Mathematics 3A/3B (or equivalent) are required to successfully complete the bridging unit MAT1108 Foundations of Mathematics before they can enrol in MAT1137 Introductory Applied Mathematics.

Year One - Semester 2
UnitDescription Points
SCA1229Aviation Meteorology 15
SCA1114Light Aircraft Performance 15
SCA1115Air Navigation 15
SCA1117Human Factors in Aviation 15
 


Year Two - Semester 1
UnitDescription Points
SCY2106Aviation Security 15
SCP1111Physics of Motion^15
Minor or Elective
Minor or Elective
 


^ Students who have not passed WACE Physics 3A/3B (or equivalent) are required to successfully complete the bridging unit SCP1132 Introduction to Physics before they can enrol in SCP1111 Physics of Motion.

Year Two - Semester 2
UnitDescription Points
SCA2422Instrument Flight 15
SCA2212Advanced Aerodynamics 15
SCA2224Aircraft Systems 15
Minor or Elective
 


Year Three - Semester 1
UnitDescription Points
SCA3321Professional Aeronautical Attitudes and Techniques 15
SCA3322Aircraft Propulsion 2 15
SCA3412Heavy Aircraft Performance 15
Minor or Elective
 


Year Three - Semester 2
UnitDescription Points
SCA3200Crew Resource Management 15
SCA3612Advanced Flight Planning 15
Minor or Elective
Minor or Elective
 


Elective Units
It is recommended that the six minor or elective units be selected from the following areas of study, units taken from outside these areas must be approved by the course coordinator. At least four units must be from the same study area and at least three of the units must be at second year level or higher. Business Engineering Computing Languages Mathematics Physics Security Science NOTES: (1) The positions of the Minor or Elective Units in the program of study can vary to match availability, timetabling and any prerequisite requirements.


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