UVU FAA Certificate Credits
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Cessnaflyer
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Did you call them?
ppragman
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They gave me about 30 or so? Can't remember.
bc2209
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Yeah I did he said around 30-40 but didn't sound very sure and I couldn't find a number online. Just wanted to put it out there and see what others had.
v1valarob
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By my count, 24. I started when I already had an ATP and a few type ratings. My degree is for professional pilot. I was given credit for:
It was a few semesters ago now, but they said they can only give you so much credit for experience. I believe what they did was count it toward the higher level classes, and then make you take the lower level classes like private pilot, and instrument. But if you have the experience already then you just take a final exam that counts as your final grade.
- AVSC 3600 Crew Resource Management
- AVSC 1240 Ground Instrument Pilot
- AVSC 2300 Ground Commercial Pilot
- AVSC 2310 Flight Commercial Pilot
- AVSC 2440 Ground Multi Engine
- AVSC 2450 Flight Multi Engine
- AVSC 3300 Jet Transport Systems
- AVSC 3400 High Altitude Navigation / International Flight Ops
- AVSC 4300 Ground ATP
It was a few semesters ago now, but they said they can only give you so much credit for experience. I believe what they did was count it toward the higher level classes, and then make you take the lower level classes like private pilot, and instrument. But if you have the experience already then you just take a final exam that counts as your final grade.
ppragman
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Also, how many credits do you currently have?
bc2209
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I have around 20 general requirement classes that I took at a community college.
bLizZuE
Calling for engine starts en français
Since you already have credits, take note: they will only give you up to 25% of a degree with either transfer or experiential credits. Meaning, if you already have 20 credits, assuming they accept the all as transfer, you'll only be eligible for another 9 credits of experiential credit (assuming the credit hour requirement for the degree hasn't changed).
The aviation classes are more expensive than the general education classes, you might be well served to take the experiential credits for the higher cost aviation classes and simply retake some general education classes. The aviation classes are available for testing out of, however, in my experience; it was better to simply take the class and do the work at an accelerated pace rather than risk a low test score which would become your final grade for the class. If you just do all the homework and do well in the class, you can then take the final like everyone else and even if you don't ace the final, your overall grade will still be high.
If that doesn't make any sense, sorry, UVU educated.
The aviation classes are more expensive than the general education classes, you might be well served to take the experiential credits for the higher cost aviation classes and simply retake some general education classes. The aviation classes are available for testing out of, however, in my experience; it was better to simply take the class and do the work at an accelerated pace rather than risk a low test score which would become your final grade for the class. If you just do all the homework and do well in the class, you can then take the final like everyone else and even if you don't ace the final, your overall grade will still be high.
If that doesn't make any sense, sorry, UVU educated.
ppragman
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I would actually recommend choosing a different pathway than UVU - I enjoyed UVU and got my BS there, but I didn't learn a lot that I wouldn't have learned flying around as a professional pilot.
Honestly, while you'll get some experiential credit, it's honestly not really going to help you do anything other than check the box for airline BrandX - and honestly, unless you're an RJ captain and check airman and not having the degree is the only thing holding you back...well, I can't say that I'd recommend UVU.
Honestly, you're still 3 to 5 years (depending on your pace) from graduation anyway - so why not study something that would give you a bit of diversity in case you can't fly at some point, or you decide that you don't want to fly any more.
I've gone back to school to study math at IUE (been doing that for over a year now), here's the list of programs that they offer. I did a lot of research before I went back to school - in particular I looked at ASU - they have a lot of good online programs - most notably an ABET accredited EE program - they're expensive though, at around $500/credit. The only thing that turned me away from that is cost - if you don't care (i.e. have a rich uncle) then go for it - it looked like an excellent program. Similarly, Oregon State University had some bad ass programs - that were reasonably priced for distance programs.
There's a lot more distance education available out there than there used to be when I started going to college (all the way back in 2006! EGADS I'm gettin' old!). After the second BS in math is done, I'll likely go on to do a masters - hopefully though I can do that "in a classroom" instead of online.