Aviation Maintenance, A.A.S.

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(Code 1471)

Students must be admitted to the School of Missionary Aviation Technology (SMAT) program, before entering Montcalm Community College’s program (MCC).

MCC offers this program in conjunction with the SMAT in Ionia, Michigan. To gain admittance to SMAT’s program, students should contact SMAT directly, or see an MCC counselor to learn more about SMAT’s admission process.

The Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) Mechanics program is a one-year comprehensive program offered by SMAT. The program is FAA approved and provides training and preparation for the FAA written, oral, and practical mechanics tests. Students take all aviation maintenance courses from SMAT, and take all general education courses from MCC. Students must pass all SMAT courses with a grade of “C” or better. Once all SMAT coursework is complete, students are awarded 40 credits at MCC as the AVMA295 transfer course.

Upon completion of this 67-credit program students will receive an Associate of Applied Science Degree from MCC.

Prerequisite courses may apply to this program.

General Education Requirements

Written Communication

The following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Courses prepare students to meet MCC’s General Education Goal of Demonstrating Competence in Written Communication, choose one:

ENGL 100 - Freshman English I 3 credit
ENGL 101 - Freshman English II 3 credit

Oral Communication

The following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Courses prepare students to meet MCC’s General Education Goal of Demonstrating Competence in Oral Communication, choose one:

COMM 210 - Speech 3 credit
COMM 220 - Interpersonal Communication 3 credit

Laboratory Science

The following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Courses prepare students to meet MCC’s General Education Goal of Demonstrating Knowledge of the Natural World and Application of Scientific Methods, choose one:

PHYS 101 - Physical Science 4 credit
PHYS 230 - College Physics I 4 credit

Mathematics

The following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Courses prepare students to meet MCC’s General Education Goal of Demonstrating Competence in Basic Computational Methods and Mathematical Concepts and Applications, choose one:

MATH 102 - Mathematical Investigations 4 credit
MATH 159 - College Algebra 4 credit
MATH 180 - Precalculus 5 credit
MATH 190 - Elementary Statistics 3 credit
MATH 250 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry I 4 credit
MATH 251 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry II 4 credit

Social Science

The following courses prepare students to meet MCC’s General Education Goal of Demonstrating Competence in Local, National, and Global Citizenship, two required:

Take POLI 240 or POLI 110 (POLI 110 does not meet Michigan Transfer Agreement requirements)

AND

Choose one:

ANTH 260 - Cultural Anthropology 3 credit
ECON 215 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 credit
ECON 216 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 credit
HIST 250 - United States History to 1865 3 credit
HIST 251 - United States History Since 1865 3 credit
PSYC 120 - General Psychology 3 credit
SOCI 230 - Sociology 3 credit
SOCI 235 - Social Problems 3 credit
Click here for additional courses that fulfill MCC’s Social Science requirement but may have limited transferability.

Humanities and Fine Arts

Choose two of the following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Courses (from different disciplines, only one can be a foreign language):

CHNS 130 - Elementary Mandarin Chinese I 4 credit
CHNS 131 - Elementary Mandarin Chinese II 4 credit
ENGL 195 - Introduction to Literature 3 credit
ENGL 200 - American Thought & Literature I 3 credit
ENGL 201 - American Thought & Literature II 3 credit
ENGL 220 - British Literature to 1798 3 credit
ENGL 221 - British Literature since 1798 3 credit
ENGL 265 - Introduction to Film 4 credit
FREN 120 - Elementary French I 4 credit
FREN 121 - Elementary French II 4 credit
GERM 101 - German I 4 credit
GERM 102 - German II 4 credit
MUSI 101 - Music Appreciation 3 credit
PHIL 220 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 credit
PHIL 221 - Philosophy of World Religions 3 credit
PHIL 222 - Bioethics 3 credit
SPAN 130 - Elementary Spanish I 4 credit
SPAN 131 - Elementary Spanish II 4 credit
Click here for additional courses that fulfill MCC’s Humanities & Fine Arts requirement but may have limited transferability.

Program Requirements

Courses taken from the School of Missionary Aviation Technology

(www.smat.edu)

SMAT Program and Courses

Maintenance I

AVI 140
AVI 141
AVI 142
AVI 143
AVI 144
AVI 145
AVI 146
AVI 147
AVI 148
AVI 150
AVI 151
AVI 152

Credits awarded at MCC: 15

Maintenance II

AVI 153
AVI 154
AVI 155
AVI 156
AVI 157
AVI 158
AVI 159
AVI 160
AVI 161
AVI 162
AVI 163
AVI 170
AVI 171
AVI 172

Credits awarded at MCC: 15

Maintenance III

AVI 173
AVI 174
AVI 175
AVI 176
AVI 177
AVI 178
AVI 179
AVI 180
AVI 181

Credits awarded at MCC: 10

MCC Program Requirement

CMIS 101 - Computer Literacy 3 credit
OR
CMIS 115 - Introduction to Computer Information Systems 3 credit

Note:

Students must complete all courses at SMAT with a C or better.

Students must complete all three SMAT maintenance programs to be awarded credit.

Students are awarded 40 credits for AVMA 295 after successfully completing Maintenance I, Maintenance II, Maintenance III, and all AVI courses with a C or better at the School of Missionary Aviation Technology.

AVMA295-Aviation Maintenance Transfer Credit
(40 credit, 20 lecture, 20 lab)
Curriculum for this course is delivered by the School of Missionary Aviation Technology. To receive credit for this course, students must complete all related courses for Maintenance I, Maintenance II, and Maintenance III from the School of Missionary Aviation Technology (www.smat.edu) with a grade of C or better

Note:

Minimum of 60 unduplicated credits (100 level or higher) required for all associate degree programs.