Welcome to ASM 292, a Bachelor level course in the curriculum for the Degree, Bachelor in Aviation Management. I am pleased to offer you this course. Airport Management is an essential course for this degree program which designed to provide general information about the airport management system in the aviation industry. It is planned as a professional capstone for any of the many of technical people who work or would like to work in aviation industry, including pilots, maintenance technicians, air traffic controllers, engineers, airport managers, avionics specialists and others in aviation related fields as your profession relates one way or another with airport management. This course provides you with a deep and broad knowledge of the history and rapid growth of the aviation system and Airport Management.
The events of the September 11 attack have changed our world. The Aviation Industry and governments are in historical need of Aviation Safety & Security professionals. Breyer State University is proud to present this course as part of the requirements for Aviation Management Degree, which enables you to academically prepare to participate in Aviation Management.
This is an eight-semester hour course. This course is allotted ten weeks of time. You must complete all of the requirements for the course successfully by the end of the ten-week period. The first day of week one will begin the day that you register for the course, or the day which you notify me that your text book have arrived and you are ready to begin your studies. Please be cognizant of the time frame. It is rare that extensions of time are permitted, unless you have a good justification. Upon successful completion of this course, you will be awarded eight semester hours of credit.
There is one (1) required textbook for this course.
Book 1: Airport Planning and Management, 5th Edition. Wells, Alexander. McGraw-Hills: ISBN # 71413014.
Once your textbook arrives, please begin reading the text. You may proceed as rapidly or as paced as you desire. Your final examination will cover all of the material in this textbook.
As you read the texts, you may certainly want to underline or highlight important concepts, theories, modalities, etc. You may take your own notes, although note taking is not a requirement for this course.
After you have completed the textbook, and are ready to take your mid term and final examinations, please notify me and request access to the exams. Please remember that your final exam must be completed by the end of the tenth week. No exceptions.
There are two examinations for this course, mid-term and final. The exams cover the material in the book, "Airport Planning and Management". The final examination must be taken by the end of the tenth week in the course.
Both examinations are programmed and are located in the classroom for this course. The examinations are "open book" objective type. You will have three days to complete your exam, once you access it from the classroom. To access the exams, you must send me an email and request to have access to the exam. I will then program your access in. You will receive an email back from me telling you that you are now authorized to go ahead and access your exam. To access, you will come into the classroom, click on testing, and click on the exam you are taking. You will need your User ID and PASS WORD to access the exam. The exam will appear on your screen. Once you access the exam, you have 72 hours to submit your answers. The program provides me the date and exact time that you accessed the exam. The program also notifies me of the exact date and time that you submit your answers. Thus, the program is timing you. When you are ready, go back into the classroom and click in your responses and then click submit. In a short time following you will receive the exam in your email box with your computed score. You will also know what questions, if any, that you missed, and what the correct answer is. I too receive the copy of your exam and your score.
There is no written assignment for this course.
The grading scale for this course is as follows:
90-100% = A
80-89% = B
70-79% = C
Below 70% = Fail
You are encouraged to communicate with me. I am available as a teacher, coach, and mentor to assist you in meeting your goals for this course. Primarily, communication is through email. However, I am also available for conversation by telephone if you would like. Our classroom for this course has a "chat" room. I am also very willing to meet with you one-on-one in the chat room at your request. From time to time, depending on how many students are enrolled in this course at a particular time, we will have some scheduled group chats. You will receive more detailed information at the time such chat sessions are scheduled. Please keep my email address handy so that you can contact me. If during your time in this course you change your email address, please be sure to notify me right away.
It is permissible for you to accelerate in this course. You may choose to take the midterm examination prior to the fifth week in the course, and/or take the final examination prior to the tenth week in the course. This is acceptable. Just notify me whenever you are ready for an exam, and you will be given access. There is NO mandate to accelerate. This is an individual choice that I will honor.
Professor Degife is a Ph.D. in Christian Leadership with Christian Leadership University (CLU). He has also completed Education Specialist Degree Program studies with Central Missouri State University (CMSU), Warrensburg, Missouri. After graduating his Master of Science in Aviation Safety from CMSU, Professor Degife worked for a government agency with responsibility to ensure the safety and security of the air transportation system. In his professional and academic efforts, Professor Degife received several awards of achievements.
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
1). Discuss the significance of the Kelly Act of 1925; Air Commerce Act of 1926.
2). Describe the purpose of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938.
3). Summarize the role of the federal government in providing airport aid during World War II.
4). Describe the events leading up to passage of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958.
5). Distinguish between the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 and the Airport and Airway Revenue Act of 1970.
6). Recognize the size and scope of the airport system in the United States.
7). Explain the FAA method of classifying airports.
8). Discuss the economic role of airports.
9). Summarize several major current issues in airport system development.
10). Identify 10 prominent airport information sources and briefly describe their primary function.
11). Describe the five major factors included in the Inventories stage.
12). Identify the three basic types of forecasting methods used by airport planners.
13). Discuss the purpose of the demand/capacity analysis stage.
14). Distinguish between non-depreciable and depreciable investment.
15). Summarize the market for airport bonds in recent years.
16). Describe the competitiveness of airport bonds from the standpoint of bond ratings, interest costs, and defaults.
17). Understand the relationship between capacity, demand, and delay.
18). Compare the "administrative management' and "demand management" approaches to reducing delay.
19). Summarize five administrative management approaches to controlling demand.
20). Describe how demand management relies on the price mechanism in determining airport access.
21). Discuss some of the factors affecting the use of demand management alternatives.
22). Discuss several technological advances designed to improve air traffic guidance and surveillance.
If you have any questions regarding this program, you may contact the instructor at Peachcooper@yahoo.com
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