Curriculum
The program consists of 90 credit hours or 60 credit hours above a Master's degree. Of those 90 hours, a minimum of 48 hours must be completed at Embry-Riddle. The program also requires, as a prerequisite to all courses in the program, a graduate-level, minimum 3-hour course in Descriptive and Inferential Statistics. (MSA 605, MAS 605, ASCI 605, MSF 600, or TMGT 503 fulfills this requirement.)
Core Courses (24 hrs)
| DAV 711 Foundations of Aviation | 3 Credit Hours |
| DAV 712 Aviation Safety Management Systems | 3 Credit Hours |
| DAV 713 The Economic Environment of Aviation | 3 Credit Hours |
| DAV 714 The Legal Environment of Aviation | 3 Credit Hours |
| DAV 721 Advanced Quantitative Research Methods in Aviation | 3 Credit Hours |
| DAV 722 Qualitative/Mixed Methods Research in Aviation | 3 Credit Hours |
| DAV 723 Advanced Multivariate Parametric and Nonparametric Statistics | 3 Credit Hours |
| DAV 724 Advanced Quantitative Research Methods and Modeling Techniques | 3 Credit Hours |
Operations Cognate (12 Credit Hours)
| DAV 731 The National Air Traffic System — Research Trends & Issues | 3 Credit Hours |
| DAV 732 Strategies for Organizational Dynamics in Aviation | 3 Credit Hours |
| DAV 733 Globalization and the Aviation Environment | 3 Credit Hours |
| DAV 735 Current Practices and Future Trends in Aviation | 3 Credit Hours |
