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College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology
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College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology

127 Aeronautics and Technology Building
Tel: 330-672-2892
E-mail: caest@kent.edu
Web: www.kent.edu/caest

The Aviation Weather minor is for students wishing to gain a deeper understanding of weather and its physical and operational effect on aviation operations. Students will gain knowledge of the national weather information and forecasting system as well as radar and satellite imagery and interpretation, weather information systems, thunderstorms and severe weather and information available to a crew in flight. 

Students graduating with this minor will be able to access, interpret and make application of weather tools as related to making decisions regarding aviation operations, including non-flight operations. 

 

Attribute Legend: DD Diversity-Domestic; DG Diversity-Global; ELR Experiential Learning; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity, writing-intensive and the experiential learning requirements.

MINOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (24 credits)
Attribute Course Title Credits
  AERN 25250 Elements of Aviation Weather 3
  AERN 25251 Weather Information Systems 3
  AERN 25252 Thunderstorms and Severe Weather 3
  AERN 35021 Radar and Satellite Weather Information 3
  AERN 35022 Weather Strategy for Aircrews 3
  GEOG 31062 Fundamentals of Meteorology 3
  GEOG 31064 Principles of Climatology 3
  GEOG 41066 Climate Change and Its Impacts 3
MINIMUM TOTAL 24