School of Aviation

• Department of Aviation Management

Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Aviation Management (AVM)

The programme is designed to train mangers to operate in the highly competitive and safety conscious environment of the aviation industry. It seeks to prepare future aviation operations managers. FAA regulations are presented and the importance of maintaining compliance is stressed. This covers aspects such as maintenance, safety and scheduling and many of the technical aspects of flying, ground support, supply and provisioning and the international aspect of aviation. Essentially, aviation requires the highest qualities of management combined with a specialist knowledge of the many key areas of the aviation industry.

Aviation Management Courses (AVM)

AVM202 – Introduction to Aviation (3,0)3 6

The students will get an overview about the history of aviation, its main developments, the principal challenges aviation is facing. Some basic knowledge about the principles of flying as well as the latest technological changes and developments will be provided too.

AVM204 – Air Transportation (3,0)3 6

One part will have to cover the Air transportations industry as a whole and includes therefore its different status in the past and present with a special emphasis on future developments. But also the specificities of cargo transport will be discussed. Rules and regulations and the administrative side of Air Transportation will be taught.

AVM301 – Airline Operations (3,0)3 6

This course develops a consolidated understanding of the heavily complex economic and competitive environment in which the airlines are operating. Apart from operations techniques it covers also areas such as new routings, passenger trends and applied marketing.

AVM302 – Airport Management (3,0)3 6

The airport as a very specific place of producing an enormous variety of services requires for its management a wide range covering knowledge (from planning over running it to technical questions as well as customs, PR and emergency planning). The practical training on the spot will take about 1/3 of the total course time.

AVM304 – Airline Dispatch (3,0)3 6

Although the dispatcher is an independent profession within the aviation activities an Aviation Manager will need some basic knowledge about air control, classifications of airspace and airports, the diverse separations and radio communication.

AVM306 – Aviation Law & Legislation (3,0)3 6

Basic topic is the knowledge and understanding of all the relevant ICAO documents (especially the Chicago convention), including the main rules and regulations of the JAA. Also the rights of the passengers (Warsaw declaration), questions of airline litigations etc. will be discussed. There will be included also 3 lectures on the principles of International Law and Business Law.

AVM401 – Aviation Management I (3,0)3 6

This course – having as prerequisites all the relevant course of the first to the third year – applies this knowledge, theories and principles on the specific requirements, circumstances and environment in which aviation is living.

AVM402 – Aviation Management II (3,0)3 6

This course is the continuation of AVM401 and focus - apart from the deepening of the knowledge provided in the first part – mainly on its practical application in form of practical training exercises, role plays and simulations.

AVM403 – Aviation Resource Management (3,0)3 6

This mainly practical course (discussions, training exercises) applies the theoretical knowledge of Aviation Management to real situations in aviation and includes the analysis of error chains, the decision making process and the handling of emergency situations of all kinds.

AVM404 – Contemporary Aviation Issues (3,0)3 6

In order to make the students fit for a growing and permanently changing environment this course confronts them with actual trends, challenges and important changes in their field, including topics from various backgrounds, such as regulations, technologies, politics and ecology.

AVM405 – Air Traffic Control (3,0)3 6

Also the Air Traffic Controller is (like in AVM304) an independent profession within aviation. Given the immense importance of safety and control – especially with a permanently growing transport load in the airspace – the Aviation Manager has to have a basic knowledge of this topic.

AVM406 – Aviation Safety (3,0)3 6

Safety – one of the top priorities of all branches in aviation – will be shown in this course in all its dimensions: safety of the plane, the operations, the control systems, the airport, the passengers on ground etc. The students will learn how to deal with the different exigencies emerging from these different situations and get some knowledge in crisis-management too.

AVM407 – General Aeronautics (3,0)3 6

This course provides the students with some knowledge about the principles of aircraft design, construction and production as well as the operation of aircrafts. It will give the student a better understanding of the planes they will deal with.

AVM420 – Individual Study on Aviation (3,0)3 6

The student will chose an aviation related subject of interest and conduct research in this field. The result will be presented in form of a written thesis of approximately 20,000 – 25,000 words that will require to be defended before a specialist board.