Aviation Sciences

Gil Sinclair, Chair
Main Office: 1219 Aviation Education Center
Telephone: (269) 964-6993
Fax: (269) 964-6473
Main campus: 2232 Kohrman Hall
Telephone: (269) 387-0676

Academic Faculty:
Blair Balden
Lori Brown (Punta Gorda)
Mervin Elliott
Jeremy Hierholzer
Kevin High
Willem Homan
Geoffrey Lindenberg
Terrance Michmerhuizen
William Rantz
Vladimir Risukhin
Gail Y. Rouscher
Geoff Whitehurst (Punta Gorda)
Lisa Whittaker

Flight Faculty:
Stephen Hasenick
G. Patrick Langworthy
Dennis McFall
Dominic Nicolai
Ryan Seiler
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 Technical Operations - 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 2^nd class medical certificate is required (1^st class is recommended). Enrollment in flight and flight theory courses is subject to a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.5 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 SAT score of 1070 or 21 on the ACT. Transfer students without a WMU GPA will be considered if they have earned a GPA of 2.5 or better from their prior institution (3.0 from a community college). Once the student meets these requirements, the student will be eligible to be placed in the flight training courses by the flight operations staff.