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Entrance Requirements

How to Enroll

  1. Complete and return the UH System Application Form for admissions to the Honolulu Community College Admissions Office.
  2. This program has math and English placement requirements. Follow the information in your acceptance letter for demonstrated placement.

    In order to enter the AERO curriculum, a student must:

    1. take the HCC placement tests and qualify for placement in ENG 22/23/60
    2. take the HCC placement tests and qualify for placement in MATH 27/58/100/115

    OR

    1. Meet the minimum proficiency standards in Communication and Computation established by the HCC Aeronautics Department.
    2. Take the AERO 100 course - or substantiate an awareness about the aviation industry.

    Note that the Associate in Science: Aviation Maintenance Technology degree and the four year degree program options both require AERO 100 to be completed regardless of previous aviation industry awareness.

  3. Due to limited class size it is recommended that all steps be completed as early as possible.
  4. Students planning to apply for transfer credit must arrange to have their official transcripts sent directly from the regionally accredited institution to:

    Honolulu Community College
    Attn: Records Office
    874 Dillingham Blvd.
    Honolulu, Hawaii 96817

Tuition and Fees

All academic classes for the 2005 academic year are scheduled to be taught at a HCC facility; either on the main campus on Dillingham Boulevard or at the HCC Pacific Aerospace Training Center at the Honolulu International Airport. HCC tuition and campus based fees are listed here: http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/tuition/. All tuition and fees are the responsibility of the student.

The approximate cost at Honolulu Community College for the four semester course is $4500. This figure covers the cost of in-state tuition, books, uniforms, tools, and lab fees. The tools purchased during the course are the ones that employers in the aviation industry normally require the new mechanic to already have in their tool box. As part of the preparation for working in the industry, during the last airframe class, students will be expected to taxi an aircraft and communicate with ground control under the direction of a commercial flight school flight instructor at a flight school of their choice for an approximate cost of $50.

Recommendation

It is highly recommended that the student complete PHYS 51V and ICS 100T in preparation for the AERO 130-AERO 137 core series.

Program Requirements

Program Requirements.

Suggested Course Flow

Academic Course 1st Semester 2nd Semester 3rd Semester 4th Semester 5th Semester
 

AERO 100
Intro to Aviation
(3 CR)

ENG 120
Advanced Technical Writing
(3 CR)

Physics 151/L
(4 CR)

MATH 135
Pre-Calculus (3 CR)

ICS 100
Computer Literacy and Application
(3 CR)

AERO 130
General Aircraft Maintenance I
(7 CR)

AERO 131
Advanced General Aircraft Maintenance II
(7 CR)

SP 151
Speech (3 CR)

AERO 132
Powerplant Maintenance I
(7 CR)

AERO 133
Airframe Maintenance I
(7 CR)

Elective
GRP C (3 CR)

AERO 134
Powerplant Maintenance II
(7 CR)

AERO 135
Airframe Maintenance II
(7 CR)

Elective
GRP D (3 CR)

AERO 136
Powerplant Maintenance III
(7 CR)

AERO 137
Airframe Maintenance III
(7 CR)

Total Credits:

81

Aeronautical Maintenance Technology , A.S.

 16 Credits 17 Credits 17 Credits 17 Credits 14 Credits
Certificate of Achievement Exempt 14 Credits 14 Credits 14 Credits 14 Credits
FAA Airframe & Powerplant Certification (A&P) Exempt 14 Credits 14 Credits 14 Credits 14 Credits
(*Must pass FAA Exam)