Commercial Aviation Leadership @ UWin
Begin flight training as early as your first week of school.
Leadership focus with mentorship and learning courses that are beneficial to students want to become flight instructors.
200 hours of flight training over four years
Earn university credits for flying!
Train for many different certifications, including PPL, CPL, Group 1 Instrument Rating, Multi Initial Rating, and Night Rating
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Spread your wings and fly! Take advantage of the growing demand for pilots to serve as leaders in aviation and aerospace. Your academic education is coupled with flight training, run by our industry partner, Journey Air, at the Windsor International Airport. We’ll put you in a plane in your first week of school.
Sample Courses: Practicum in Professional Development (Flight Training), Atmosphere and Climate, Learning Organizations: Management and Leadership, Introduction to Business
Career Tracks: Airline pilot, corporate pilot, charter pilot, medevac pilot, flight dispatcher, flight, instructor, aeronautical engineer, airport manager, air safety specialist
Course Requirements: One of Physics/SPH4U, Advanced Functions/MHF4U, Calculus & Vectors/MCV4U or Math of Data Management/MDM4U. English/ENG4U.
Minimum Average: 70%
Mean Average: 79%
Note: Transport Canada Category 1 Medical Certificate; Transport Canada Formal Aviation Language Proficiency Demonstration; Supplementary Application Form: short essay questions.
* Average over six Grade 12 academic courses.
Learn more about Course EquivalenciesCourse Requirements: One of Grade 12 Physics, Grade 12 Advanced Functions, Grade 12 Calculus & Vectors or Grade 12 Math of Data Management. Grade 12 English.
Minimum Average: 70%
Mean Average: 79%
Note: Transport Canada Category 1 Medical Certificate; Transport Canada Formal Aviation Language Proficiency Demonstration; Supplementary Application Form: short essay questions.
* Applicants educated outside of Canada must submit evidence of education equivalent to the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) with six Grade 12 academic courses. Grades will be converted to Ontario equivalent grades.
Learn more about Country Equivalencies"The Commercial Aviation Leadership program has provided me with a well-rounded education and leadership skills that I will take with me as I pursue my dream of flying for a commercial airline.”
Jessica Garant
BA (Honours) in Liberal Arts and Professional Studies: Commercial Aviation Leadership
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The University of Windsor sits on the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations, which includes the Ojibwa, the Odawa, and the Potawatomi. We respect the longstanding relationships with First Nations people in this place in the 100-mile Windsor-Essex peninsula and the straits – les détroits – of Detroit.