Aviation

Gil Sinclair, Chair
Main Office: 1510 Aviation Education Center (Battle Creek)
Telephone: (269) 964-6993
Fax: (269) 964-6473

Academic Faculty:
Blair Balden
Patrick Benton
Lori Brown
Mervin Elliott
Martin Grant
Kevin High
Willem Homan
William Rantz
Vladimir Risukhin
Geoff Whitehurst
Lisa Whittaker

Flight Faculty:
Stephen Hasenick
G. Patrick Langworthy
Mike Ludwiczak
Dennis McFall
Dominic Nicolai
Gail Y. Rouscher
Ryan Seiler
Steven Tkachuk
Jim Whittles

Curricula

The College of Aviation offers the following curricula:

Aviation Flight Science - Bachelor of Science
Aviation Science and Administration - Bachelor of Science
Aviation Maintenance Technology - Bachelor of Science

Admission to Aviation Curricula

Students who meet the WMU admission criteria will be placed in their major by the College of Aviation. To begin pilot training a Chief Flight Instructor approved application is required. Also a FAA 2nd class medical certificate is required. Enrollment in flight and flight theory courses is subject to a minimum grade point average of 2.0 or better earned at Western Michigan University. Entering freshmen without a WMU grade point average will be considered if they have earned a high school GPA of 3.0 and an ACT score of 21 or 970 on the SAT. Transfer students without a WMU GPA will be considered if they have earned a GPA of 2.0 or better from their prior institution (2.5 from a community college). Once the student meets these requirements, the student will be placed in the flight training courses by the College Coordinator of Student Data.