"What Can I Do With a Major in...Aviation Technology?"

The graduate with a degree in Aviation will use the knowledge and skills obtained in the program to:

• Research, prepare and present both oral and written reports on technical or management subjects related to his/her area of specialization.
• Identify, analyze and solve technical or management problems related to his/her field of specialization.
• Function effectively as a participating member of a work group to accomplish a particular goal.
• Demonstrate desirable work habits and professional and conscientious attitudes in his/her particular areas of instruction through participation in professional activities and organizations, and leadership activities both in and out of the classroom.
• Demonstrate a mastery of skill beyond the entry level related to one or more areas of technical, management or marketing specialities in the major area of study.
• Demonstrate technical and general knowledge required in occupational work areas related to the major field of study.

There are two things offered in Aviation

• Flight Operations Management
• Airport Management

Related Career Titles

Related Job Listings/ Job Search Website

Central Career Network - http://ucmo-csm.symplicity.com/students
Air Line Pilots Association - www.alpa.org
Aviation Careers - aviation-careers.com
Plane Jobs - www.planejobs.com
Federal Aviation Administration - www.faa.gov/jobs/
Flite Jobs - www.flitejobs.com
Airline Careers - www.airlinecareer.com
Flight Crew Jobs - www.fcjo.com
Flight International - www.flightinternational.com
NASA - nasajobs.nasa.gov
Landings - www.landings.com/_landings/pages/avionics.html
Aviation Employment - www.aviationemployment.com

Affiliated Organizations

FAA Homepage - www.faa.gov
Aviation Digital Data Service (Weather Information) - adds.aviationweather.gov
Missouri Pilots Association - www.mopilots.org
General Aviation Serving All Americans - www.gaservingamerica.org
Landings.com - www.landings.com
Ninety-Nines Homepage (International Organization of Women Pilots)
www.ninety-nines.org

Airline Groups and Associations
Air Transport Users Council - www.caa.co.uk/auc/default.asp
Airline Association for Benchmarking & Measurement - www.aabm.org
Airline Group of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies
www.agifors.org
Airline Suppliers Association - www.airlinesuppliers.com
Arab Air Carriers Organization - www.aaco.org
Association of European Airlines (AEA) - www.aea.be/AEAWebsite/Presentation_Tier/Pr_Home.aspx
The Board of Airline Representatives in Germany (BARIG) - www.barig.org
European Regions Airline Association - www.eraa.org
Regional Airline Association Represents - www.raa.org
World Airline Entertainment Association - www.waea.org

Airport Groups and Associations
The Airport Association for Benchmarking (TAAB) - www.taab.org
Airport Consultants Council (ACC) - www.acconline.org
Airports Council International (ACI) - www.airports.org
Airports Council International (European Region) - www.aci-europe.org
Airports Council International (North America) - www.aci-na.org
American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) - www.airportnet.org
British Airports Group (B.A.G.) - www.britishairportsgroup.co.uk
The European Union Airport Coordinators Association (EUACA) - www.euaca.org
International Air Transport Association (IATA) - www.iata.org/index.htm
International Association of Airport Executives - www.iaae.org
Iowa Public Airports Association (IPAA) - www.iowaairports.org
The Peachtree DeKalb Airport Association (PDKAA) - www.pdkaa.org
Right to Quiet Society for Soundscape Awareness and Protection - www.quiet.org
Sane Aviation For Everyone, Inc. (S.A.F.E.) - pages.prodigy.net/rockaway/safe.htm
U.S. Citizens Aviation Watch - www.us-caw.org

Airship & Ballooning Groups and Associations
The Airship Association Established - www.airship-association.org
Balloons Over Idaho - www.hotairboi.org
Experimental Balloon and Airship Association (EBAA) - www.myairship.com/ebaa/index.html
FAI Ballooning commission - www.fai.org/~fai/ballooning
Naval Airship Association, Inc. (NAA) - www.naval-airships.org
Flight Attendants.org - www.flightattendants.org
The Skyrage Foundation - www.skyrage.org

Gliding Organizations
Soaring Association of Canada - www.sac.ca
Vintage Sailplane Association - www.vintagesailplane.org
Vintage Sailplane Association (Classic Division) - www.classicsailplane.org
Women Soaring Pilots Association - www.womensoaring.org
Soaring Society of America - www.ssa.org

Hang Gliding and Ultralight Organizations
British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association (BHPA) - www.bhpa.co.uk
Hawaiian Hang Gliding Association, Ltd. - www.windlines.net/hha/index.htm
Irish Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association (IHPA) - www.ihpa.ie
US Hang Gliding Association - www.ushga.org
United States Ultralight Association, Inc. (USUA) - www.usua.org

Helicopter Organizations
American Helicopter Society International - www.vtol.org
Australian Sports Rotorcraft Association - www.asra.org.au
Bell 47 Helicopter Association - www.bell47helicopterassociation.org
Eastern Region Helicopter Council, Inc. - www.erhc.org
Navy Helicopter Alumni Association - www.navhelo.org
Popular Rotorcraft Association - www.pra.org
Vietnam Helicopter Flight Crew Network - www.vhfcn.org

Historical & Preservation Associations
The Aircraft Engine Historical Society - www.enginehistory.org
American Aviation Historical Society (AAHS) - www.aahs-online.org
Antique Aeroplane Association of Australia - www.antique-aeroplane.com.au
The Army Aviation Heritage Foundation - www.armyav.org
The Arrow Alliance - www.arrow-alliance.com
Belgian Aviation History Association - www.baha.be
Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation - www.spiritoffreedom.org
Canadian Aviation Historical Society - www.cahs.com
The Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation - www.lindberghfoundation.org
The Collings Foundation Founded - www.collingsfoundation.org
First Flight Centennial Foundation - www.firstflightcentennial.org
The First Flight Society - www.firstflight.org
The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery - www.tighar.org
Latin American Aviation Historical Society - www.laahs.com
The National Aviation Hall of Fame - www.nationalaviation.org
The Replica Fighters Association - www.replicafighters.org
The Society of Air Racing Historians - www.airrace.com
The Yakkes Foundation - www.yakkes.com

Homebuilt and Experimental Aircraft Groups and Organizations
Experimental Aircraft Association Activities - www.eaa.org
EAA Chapter Websites - www.eaa.org/chapters/default.asp
EAA Warbird Squadron No.9 - www.squadron9.org
The Netherlands Society of Amateur Aircraft - www.xs4all.nl/~nvav
The Popular Flying Association - www.pfa.org.uk
Popular Rotorcraft Association - www.pra.org
The Replica Fighters Association - www.replicafighters.org
Sport Aircraft Association New Zealand (SAANZ) - www.saa.org.nz

Humanitarian & Charitable Aviation Organizations
The Air Care Alliance - www.aircareall.org
Angel Flight, Inc. - www.angelflight.com
Angel Flight East - www.angelflighteast.org
Angel Flight Georgia - www.angelflight-ga.org
Corporate Angel Network - www.corpangelnetwork.org
Life Line Pilots - www.lifelinepilots.org
Piedmont Silver Eagles Charitable Funds, Inc. - www.piedmontsilvereagles.org
World-Flight 2003 - www.world-flight.org

Maintenance Organizations
The Aeronautical Repair Station Association - www.arsa.org
Association for Women in Aviation Maintenance - www.awam.org
Canadian Aviation Maintenance Council - www.camc.ca
International Aerospace Africa - www.aerospaceafrica.com
Pacific Aircraft Maintenance Engineers Association (PAMEA) - www.pamea.com/index.html
Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) - www.pama.org

Medical Organizations
Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS) - www.aams.org
National EMS Pilots Association - www.nemspa.org
Turkish Civil Aviation Medicine Association - www.hvtd.org

Military Organizations
The Air Force Association - www.afa.org
Naval Helicopter Association - www.navalhelicopterassn.org
RAF Benevolent Fund - www.raf-benfund.org.uk
Sabre Pilots Association Of the Air Division Squadrons (SPAADS) - www.spaads.org

Modeling Organizations
Aerospace Modelmakers International - https://www.modelmakers.org/default.lasso
The International Plastic Modelers Society (USA) - www.ipmsusa.org
International Scale Soaring Association (ISSA) - www.soaringissa.org

Pilot and Owners Groups
Air Canada Pilots Association (ACPA) - www.acpa.ca
Aircraft Owners and Pilots - www.aopa.org
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association of Australia - www.aopa.com.au
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) Switzerland - www.aopa.ch/
American Yankee Association - www.aya.org
Associated Airtanker Pilots - www.airtanker.com
Associazione Nazionale Piloti Aviazione Commerciale (Italy) - www.anpac.it
Australian Federation of Air Pilots - www.afap.org.au
Austrian Cockpit Association - www.aca.or.at
Belgian Cockpit Association - www.beca.be
British Airline Pilots Association - www.balpa.org
California Pilots Association - www.calpilots.org/html
Canadian Owners and Pilots Association (COPA) - www.copanational.org
Canadian Seaplane Pilots Association - www.seaplanes.org/
Caribbean Air Line Pilots' Association - www.caribbeanalpa.com
Cessna Pilots Association Technical - www.cessna.org
The Cherokee Pilots' Association - www.piperowner.com
EEA Warbirds of America - www.warbirds-eaa.org
European Cockpit Association - www.eca-cockpit.com
European Sport Pilot Association - www.esparacing.com
Hellenic American Pilots Association - www.ahepa.org/ahepa/
I Fly America Association - www.iflyamerica.org
International Association of Natural Resources Pilots (IANRP) - www.ianrp.org
International Council of Aircraft Owner and Pilot Associations (IAOPA) - www.iaopa.org
International Federation of Air Line Pilots Associations - www.ifalpa.org
Irish Airline Pilots Association - www.ialpa.net
Mooney Aircraft Pilots Association (MAPA) - www.mooneypilots.com/
The National Broadcast Pilots Association - www.nbpa.rotor.com
National Gay Pilots Association - www.ngpa.org
The Ninety-Nines, Inc. - www.ninety-nines.org
Norsk Flygeerforbund (Norway) - www.norskflygerforbund.no
OV-10Bronco.Net - www.ov-10bronco.net
Piedmont Silver Eagles, Inc. - www.piedmontsilvereagles.org
The Popular Flying Association - www.pfa.org.uk
Red River Valley Fighter Pilots Association - www.eos.net/rrva
Seaplane Pilots Association (SPA) - www.seaplanes.org
Sindicato Español de Pilotos de Líneas aéreas (Spain) - www.sepla.es
Sindicato dos Pilotos da Aviação Civil (Portugal)
Sport Aviation Association - www.sportaviation.org
Ultralight Pilots Association of Canada (UPAC) - www.upac.ca
US Airways Pilots Web Site - www.alpa.org
U.S. Association of Flying Clubs - www.usafc.org
Vereinigung Cockpit (Germany) - www.vcockpit.de/start.php
Vereniging van nederlandse Verkeervliegers (Netherlands) - www.vnv-dalpa.nl

Safety Organizations
Aviation Safety Alliance - www.aviationsafetyalliance.org
Aviation Safety Institute - www.aviationsafetyinstitute.com/
The International Federation of Airworthiness (IFA) - www.ifairworthy.org
Flight Safety Foundation - www.flightsafety.org
Maintenance And Ramp Safety Society (MARSS) - www.marss.org
National Air Disaster Alliance/Foundation - www.planesafe.org
National Safe Skies Alliance - www.nssa-safeskies.org
SAFE Association - www.safeassociation.com

Sporting Bodies
The Aero Club of South Africa - www.aeroclub.org.za/
American Powered Parachute Association - www.chute-out.com
Australian Sports Rotorcraft Association (ASRA) - www.asra.org.au
Recreational Aviation Australia - www.auf.asn.au
Auxiliary-powered Sailplane Association - http://www.motorglider.org/
Aviation Society of Ireland - www.iol.ie/~asire
British Aerobatic Association - www.aerobatics.org.uk
Danish Ultralight Flying Association - www.dulfu.dk
Europe Air Sports - www.europe-airsports.fai.org
European Civil Aviation Conference - www.ecac-ceac.org
Experimental Aircraft Association - www.eaa.org
Experimental Balloon and Airship Association - www.myairship.com/index.html
Fédération Aéronautique Inernationale - www.fai.org/~fai
FAI International Gliding Commission (IGC) - www.fai.org/~fai/gliding
Federation Francaise de Vol a Voile - www.ffvv.org
Gliding Federation of Australia - www.gfa.org.au
Hang Gliding Federation of Australia (HGFA) - www.hgfa.asn.au
International Aerobatic Club - www.iac.org
The Parachute Association of Ireland - www.thepai.ie/PAI/index.html
The Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom - www.royalaeroclub.org
Sport Aircraft Association New Zealand (SAANZ) - www.saa.org.nz

Trade and Professional Organizations
Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) - www.aia-aerospace.org
Aerospace Industries Association of Canada (AIAC) - www.aiac.ca
The Air and Expedited Motor Carriers Association (AEMCA's) - www.aemca.org
Air Transport Action Group - www.atag.org/content/default.asp
Air Transport Association (ATA) - www.airlines.org
Air Transport Association of Canada (ATAC) - www.atac.ca/
Airborne Law Enforcement Association - www.alea.org
Aircraft Electronics Association - www.aea.net
Airforwarders Association - www.airforwarders.org
American Bar Association's Air & Space Law Forum - www.abanet.org/forums/airspace
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics - www.aiaa.org
Association of British Travel Agents - www.abtanet.com
Association of Corporate Travel Executives - www.acte.org
The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) - www.auvsi.org
Australian Parachute Federation (APF) - www.apf.asn.au
Aviation Crime Prevention Institute - www.acpi.org
California Alliance for Advanced Transportation Systems (CAATS) - www.caats.org
Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO) - www.canso.org
The Commercial Aviation Association of Southern Africa (CAASA) - www.caasa.co.za
Eurocontrol - www.eurocontrol.be/index1.html
European Association of Aerospace Industries (AECMA) - www.aecma.org
European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) - www.ebaa.org
European Civil Aviation Conference - www.ecac-ceac.org
European Aviation Suppliers Association - www.easo.aero
Farnborough Aerospace Consortium - www.fac.org.uk
Freedom to Fly - www.free2fly.dial.pipex.com/
General Aviation Manufacturers Association - www.gama.aero/home.php
German Aerospace Industries Association - www.bdli.de/bdli/index.html
Groupement des Industries Françaises Aéronautiques et Spatiales (French Aerospace Industries Association) - www.gifas.asso.fr
The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) - www.tiaca.org
International Air Carriers Organisation - www.iaca.be
International Air Rail Organisation (IARO) - www.iaro.com/index2.shtml
International Aviation Handlers' Association (IAHA) - www.iaha.info/home/index.html
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) - www.icao.int
International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences (I.C.A.S.) - www.icas.org
International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers Association (IFATCA) - www.ifatca.org
International Federation of Air Traffic Safety Electronics Association (IFATSEA) - www.ifatsea.org
The International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading - www.istat.org
Kenya International Freight & Warehousing Association - www.middleastlogistics.com/kifwa.htm
Miami Maintenance Management Council - www.mmmc.com
National Aeronautic Association - www.naa-usa.org/website
National Air Transportation Association (NATA) - www.nata.aero/
National Aircraft Finance Association (NAFA) - www.nafa-us.org
National Aircraft Resale Association - www.nara-dealers.com
The National Agricultural Aviation Association (NAAA) - www.agaviation.org
National Business Aviation Association, Inc. - www.nbaa.org
National Business Travel Association (NBTA) - www.nbta.org
North West Aerospace Alliance (NWAA) - www.aerospace.co.uk
Ohio Aerospace Institute - www.oai.org
Ontario Aerospace Council - www.ontaero.org
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) - www.pata.org.uk
Panhellenic Electronic Engineers Union of Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority
www.hcaa-eleng.gr
The Parachute Industry Association (PIA) - www.pia.com
Royal Aeronautical Society - www.raes.org.uk
Professional Women Controllers, Inc. (PWC) - www.pwcinc.org
RTCA - www.rtca.org
The Society of British Aerospace Companies Ltd. - www.sbac.co.uk
United States Aerospace Industry Representatives in Europe (USAIRE) - www.usaire.org
The Washington Aviation Association - www.washington-aviation.org

Training and Education Organizations
The Aerospace Education Alliance - www.aeawings.org
Aerospace Education Foundation (AEF) - www.aef.org
The Air League - www.airleague.co.uk
Association of Aerospace Universities (AAU) - www.aau.ac.uk
The Greater Houston Association of Flight Instructors - www.ghafi.org
National Association of Flight Instructors - www.nafinet.org
National Aviation and Space Education Alliance - www.nasea.org
The National Intercollegiate Flying Association (NIFA) - www.nifa.ws
The North American Trainer Association - www.northamericantrainer.org
University Aviation Association - uaa.auburn.edu/msie.htm

Unions and Employee Groups
Air Logistics Aircrew Union - local107.org
The Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AFMFA) - www.amfanatl.org
Airline Dispatchers Federation - www.dispatcher.org
Airline Employment Assistance Corps - www.avjobs.com/index.asp
Airline Pilots Association - www.alpa.org
Association of Flight Attendants, AFL-CIO - www.afanet.org
Australian Federation of Air Pilots - www.afap.org.au
Delta Air Line Pilots Association - www.alpa.org/dal/DesktopDefault.aspx
Leeward Islands Air Line Pilots' Association (LIALPA) - www.candoo.com/lialpa
National Air Traffic Controllers - www.natca.org
Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) - www.patco81.com
Professional Pilots Federation (PPF) - www.ppf.org
Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) - www.speea.org

Women's Organizations
Association for Women in Aviation Maintenance (AWAM) - www.awam.org
International Aviation Womens Association (IAWA) - www.iawa.org
The Ninety-Nines, Inc. - www.ninety-nines.org
Professional Women Controllers, Inc. (PWC) - www.pwcinc.org
Tulsa Ninety-Nines - www.tulsa99s.org
Women in Aviation, International - www.wai.org
Women Soaring Pilots Association - www.womensoaring.org
Soaring Society of America - www.ssa.org

Four-Year Academic Plan

Aviation Technology - Airport Management: B.S. Degree - http://www.ucmo.edu/majors2007/print/4yearplan.cfm?ftd=13
Aviation Technology - Avionics: B.S. Degree -   http://www.ucmo.edu/majors2007/print/4yearplan.cfm?ftd=14
Aviation Technology - Flight Operations Management: B.S. Degree -     http://www.ucmo.edu/majors2007/print/4yearplan.cfm?ftd=15
Aviation Technology - Maintenance Management: B.S. Degree -    http://www.ucmo.edu/majors2007/print/4yearplan.cfm?ftd=16
Aviation Technology - Professional Pilot B.S. Degree -     http://www.ucmo.edu/majors2007/print/4yearplan.cfm?ftd=17
Aviation Technology - Systems Design Technology: B.S. Degree -     http://www.ucmo.edu/majors2007/print/4yearplan.cfm?ftd=18

Career Library Resources

Airline Director Binder
Airline Pilot Interviews
Careers in Focus-Transportation Opportunities
Career Opportunities in Aviation & The Aerospace Industry
Checklist for Success: A Pilots Guide to the Successful Airline Interviews
Opportunities in Airline Careers
Opportunities in Federal Government and Careers
Opportunities in Transportation Careers
UCM Aviation Contacts


Disclaimer:
The career paths listed are those which are commonly associated with this area of study and in no way does this site attempt to suggest that these are all of the career paths possible. Some of the career paths listed may require additional education, training, development, licenses and/or certifications. Listings of resources such as job listings, web links, professional organizations, library publications, and other information found on this page are believed to be accurate and true at the time published. The "What Can I Do With A Major In..." database is reviewed and updated every year in July. While no list is truly exhaustive, if you feel something should be added, deleted, changed or updated on this page, please contact the Office of Career Services by e-mail at careers@ucmo.edu and an out-of-cycle change will be completed.

Who Can Help Me

Valery Johnson
Career Development Coordinator
College of Science and Technology