The associate degree in airport management is intended to prepare students to work in airports and related client businesses. There are three major international and several regional airports in the tristate area. Airports create numerous ancillary occupations and businesses, all of which require qualified personnel.
This program provides a strong combination of liberal arts, math and science, general management and airport management courses. The liberal arts foundation is intended to strengthen students’ general awareness of issues in recent history and politics; in particular, it aims to develop their written and verbal communication skills. Additionally, it includes math and science courses to enhance numeracy and further analytical abilities.
The general management courses build on the skills derived from the English and math foundation to prepare students in the various functional areas of management and business-accounting, finance, economics, public relations and planning. The airport management courses expand the lessons of the general management courses to apply them to the functions and duties of various agents in an airport environment. This degree program gives students a variety of options in general management as well as aviation, which is a field with substantial career opportunities.
Students may also complete the Safety Management Systems Certificate , Supply Chain Management (SCM) Certificate or other certificate programs as described in the “Certificates” section.
Students may complete the Air Traffic - Collegiate Training Initiative as described in the AT-CTI section.
Program Objectives
Graduates will:
Be prepared for careers in airports and related businesses; for entry-level positions of administrative responsibility in public or private enterprises or managing agencies; and for entry at the junior level into baccalaureate programs in this and related fields.
Student Learning Outcomes
The airport management program learning outcomes are as follows. Graduates will be able to:
- Describe the introductory concepts of traditional areas of business and general management.
- Utilize current knowledge, issues and decision-support tools used in the airport industry.
- Demonstrate effective oral and written communication via multiple channels of exchange, ethics and interaction.
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