Our Program
We offer a comprehensive program at the undergraduate level, specifically the Bachelor of Science in Aviation (BSAV). This carefully structured BSAV program is designed to thoroughly prepare the next generation of aviation professionals who aspire to pursue entry-level careers within the aviation industry, ensuring they are well-equipped with the essential skills and knowledge necessary for successful workforce entry. Additionally, this degree is customized to serve as an excellent opportunity for professionals already engaged in the industry, to supplement their academic credentials typically associated with a Bachelor’s degree. The degree's specialization focuses on various aspects of flight operations, providing students with a well-rounded education in this critical field. Other specializations are in the works, and will be launched in the near future.
Students and Faculty of the Institute have responsibilities as well as rights. Academic policy is clearly articulated in the Institutional Catalog as well as in the Student and Faculty Handbooks. Academic policy is safeguarded through the Academic Standards Committee and supervised by the Chief Academic Officer of the Institution. In non-academic matters students and faculty are able to communicate complaints directly to the Office of the Chief Executive Officer of the Institution. In both academic and non-academic matters, students have the right to appeal faculty as well as administration decisions through a process described in the Student Handbook. The New England Aeronautical Institute does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, physical disability, or veteran status in the administration of all its educational policies. The Institute is an organization that respects Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in all its activities.
Program Information
The Bachelor of Science in Aviation (BSAV) program aids its graduates to effectively develop the competencies they need towards their aviation careers by teaching them about industry best practices at the global level and instilling them analytical skills. The program facilitates graduates to develop lifelong learning habits, which enable them to deal with change both within the local and international aviation operational and business environments. Graduates of the program gain a thorough understanding about local and international aviation operations and management.
Emphasizing the strong focus of effective and efficient operations in tightly regulated, complex and demanding aviation business environments, the BSAV curriculum is designed to create the aviation leaders of tomorrow who will engage in industry endeavors. As part of the curriculum, we encourage students to interact and exchange experiences with their professors and expert business professionals who will teach the program.
The program’s curriculum is broken down in three parts: a. General Education (10 courses, 40 credits); Aviation Major (10 courses, 40 credits); Aviation Specialization – Flight Operations (10 courses, 40 credits). In addition to credited courses, each part of the program contains a non-credit professional development experience, designed to support the unit’s learning objectives.
The professional development experiences of the academic program will lead the beginning of each academic year (General Education – year 1, Aviation Major – year 2 – Aviation Specialization – year 3) in creating a common frame of reference for the students to toward the attainment of the unit’s goals and supporting the institutional mission and academic program objectives.


Program Objectives
The objectives of the Bachelor of Science in Aviation are:
- Provide individualized, technologically advanced, and cutting-edge education in the operational and managerial aspects of the global aviation industry;
- Cultivate an interdisciplinary and globally focused pedagogical approach based on systems thinking in understanding and solving aviation problems based on the highest standards of sustainability-based thinking, ethical behavior, and academic theory always considering the safety and security of aviation as their highest priorities;
- Enhance the ability of students to engage in actions that contribute to their communities through their roles as individuals and aviation professionals with understanding of community needs, issues, and priorities;
- Instill in students attitudes and skills for effective communication, lifelong learning and leadership as members of the global aviation economy.
General Education
In order to assure that all NEAI students have higher education level competency in the essential areas of critical thinking, bibliographic and digital research, writing, oral communication, quantitative literacy, and a broad liberal arts basis for understanding themselves and the evolving social and natural environment, they must successfully complete 40 credits of general education.
Science and Quantitative Skills
SQS 100: Algebra [4 credits]
SQS 110: Physics [4 credits]
Communication and Information Literacy
CIS 100: Rhetoric and Composition [4 credits]
CIS 110: Information Literacy and Technology [4 credits]
CIS 120: Effective Communication [4 credits]
Critical Thinking
CTH 100: Rationality and Logic [4 credits]
CTH 200: Global Literary Critique [4 credits]
Interdisciplinary Understanding of the World (Civic Engagement Modules)
IUW 210: Ethics [4 credits]
IUW 200: Sustainability [4 credits]
IUW 390: Ideation [4 credits]
[See course Descriptions]
Aviation Major - Core
AVC 100: Fundamentals of Aviation [4 credits]
AVC 110: Risk and Safety Management [4 credits]
AVC 210: Global Air Transportation: Law and Organization [4 Credits]
AVC 220: Sustainability and Aviation [4 Credits]
AVC 230: Airlines [4 Credits]
AVC 240: Airports [4 Credits]
AVC 250: Air Traffic Management [4 Credits]
AVC 260: Advanced Air Mobility [4 Credits]
AVC 300: Special Topics in Aviation [4 Credits]
AVC 490: Strategic Management Capstone [4 Credits]
[See course descriptions]
Specialization
AVF 310: Human Factors in Aviation [4 credits]
AVF 320: Flight Operations [4 Credits]
AVF 350: Fundamentals of Aerodynamics [4 credits]
AVF 351: Aircraft Flight Performance [4 credits]
AVF 360: Aircraft Automation Systems [4 credits]
AVF 370: Aircraft Engines [4 credits]
AVF 380: Aviation Law [4 credits]
AVF 400: Meteorology [4 credits]
AVF 410: Introduction to Flight Planning [4 credits]
AVF 420: Aircraft Navigation [4 credits]
[See course descriptions]
