Air Traffic Control (ATC) Courses
ATC 200 Introduction to Air Traffic Control
- Units:1
- Hours:18 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:None.
- Catalog Date:August 1, 2025
This introductory course is designed for students considering a career in air traffic control. The class is a prerequisite for acceptance into ATC 300-Basic Air Traffic Control 1. The course will give an overview of air traffic control as a career, and will provide guidance for prospective students regarding the requirements for being hired as a controller.
To be hired as a controller, the requirements listed below must be met.
(1) Must be a US citizen and speak English clearly.
(2) Must be under 31-years-old by the tentative job offer after graduation.
(3) Have one year of full-time work experience (full-time defined as a 40 hour work week), or a full 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree, or any combination of education and experience equaling one year of full-time work experience.
(4) Pass the Security Clearance AT-CTI (Tier 3) and Contract Tower (Tier 2).
(5) Pass the Class 2 Airman's Medical Exam recommended to enter program and a FAA endorsed medical and psychological examination upon graduation.
(6) Successful qualifying score on the FAA administered Air Traffic Skills Assessment (ATSA) test prior to completion of the program.
ATC 299 Experimental Offering in Air Traffic Control
- Units:0.5 - 4
- Prerequisite:None.
- Catalog Date:August 1, 2025
This is the experimental courses description.
ATC 300 Basic Air Traffic Control Part 1
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:ATC 200 with a grade of "C" or better
- Catalog Date:August 1, 2025
This course provides lecture on the fundamental concepts of air traffic control operations. Areas such as airports, airport markings, airport operations, airport lighting, roles of various FAA organizations, FAA history, air traffic management systems, the National Airspace System (NAS), types of separation used by air traffic control, NOTAMS(Notices To Air Missions), radar systems, FAA orders, FAA publications, aircraft manuals, LOAs(letters of agreement), and SOPs(standard operating procedures) will be taught and tested.
ATC 301 Basic Air Traffic Control Part 2
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:ATC 300 with a grade of "C" or better
- Catalog Date:August 1, 2025
This course provides lecture on the fundamental concepts of air traffic control operations. Areas such as the basic principles of flight, basic flight instruments, simple flight controls, and beginning aerodynamics, wake turbulence requirements and procedures, aircraft types, designators, and characteristics, recognition of aircraft identifiers and classifications, special use airspace and airspace classes, and Federal Air Regulations from FAA Title 14 and FAA Title 14 Part 91 will be taught and tested.
ATC 302 Basic Air Traffic Control Part 3
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:ATC 301 with a grade of "C" or better
- Catalog Date:August 1, 2025
This course provides lecture on the fundamental concepts of air traffic control operations. Areas such as basic navigation, radio and satellite navigation, pilot's environment, (Visual Flight Rules) VFR and (Instrument Flight Rules) IFR charts, (Standard Instrument Departures) SIDS and (Standard Terminal Arrivals) STARS, approaches, emergencies, and search and rescue, will be taught and tested.
ATC 303 Basic Air Traffic Control Part 4
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:ATC 302 with a grade of "C" or better
- Catalog Date:August 1, 2025
This course provides lecture on the fundamental concepts of air traffic control operations. Areas such as basic aviation weather, hazardous weather, current weather (Meteorological Aerodrome Reports, (METARs)), forecasts and advisories, PIREPs, basic communications, Air Traffic Control (ATC) clearances, and ATC strip marking will be taught and tested.
ATC 310 Enhanced Air Traffic Control Terminal 1
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:ATC 300, 301, 302, and 303 with grades of "C" or better
- Catalog Date:August 1, 2025
This course provides lecture on the fundamental concepts of Terminal Air Traffic Control operations. Areas such as tower cab training, aircraft characteristics and recognition, human factors in ATC, fatigue awareness, disseminating weather, intro to ASOS, terminal controller and tower controller equipment, Academy Airport layout, Academy Airport airspace, instrument procedures, and airport conditions, airport usage, and airport lighting will be taught and tested.
ATC 311 Enhanced Air Traffic Control Terminal 2
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:ATC 310 with a grade of "C" or better
- Catalog Date:August 1, 2025
This course provides lecture on the fundamental concepts of Terminal Air Traffic Control operations. Areas such as strip marking, airport conditions, airport lighting, Academy Airport, Academy airspace, Flight Data Input/Output(FDIO), Automated Terminal Information Service(ATIS), flight data, and clearance delivery will be taught and tested.
ATC 312 Enhanced Air Traffic Control Terminal 3
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:ATC 311 with a grade of "C" or better
- Catalog Date:August 1, 2025
This course provides lecture on the fundamental concepts of Terminal Air Traffic Control operations. Areas such as general control procedures, position relief briefings, ground control duties, taxi and ground movement rules, wind shear, and local control duties will be taught and tested.
ATC 313 Enhanced Air Traffic Control Terminal 4
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:ATC 312 with a grade of "C" or better
- Catalog Date:August 1, 2025
This course provides lecture on the fundamental concepts of Terminal Air Traffic Control operations. Areas such as VFR arrivals, VFR departures, IFR arrivals, IFR departures, wake turbulence, visual operations, runway incursions, fatigue, and human factors in aviation will be taught and tested.
ATC 320 Enhanced Air Traffic Control En Route 1
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:ATC 300, 301, 302, and 303 with grades of "C" or better
- Catalog Date:August 1, 2025
This course provides lecture on the fundamental concepts of En Route Air Traffic Control operations. Areas such as Aero Center airspace, radio and interphone usage, holding procedures, vertical, lateral, and longitudinal separation, board management, radar procedures, military operations, computer equipment and messaging, and En Route Automation Mondernization (ERAM) procedures will be taught and tested.
ATC 321 Enhanced Air Traffic Control En Route 2
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:ATC 320 with a grade of "C" or better
- Catalog Date:August 1, 2025
This course provides lecture on the fundamental concepts of En Route Air Traffic Control operations. Areas such as holding aircraft, altimeter settings, arrival and approach procedures, map testing, vertical, lateral, and longitudinal separation, initial departure separation, visual separation, and fatigue awareness will be taught and tested.
ATC 322 Enhanced Air Traffic Control En Route 3
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:ATC 321 with a grade of "C" or better
- Catalog Date:August 1, 2025
This class will familiarize the student with non-radar air traffic control. Simulated non-radar scenarios will be taught and tested.
ATC 323 Enhanced Air Traffic Control En Route 4
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:ATC 322 with a grade of "C" or better
- Catalog Date:August 1, 2025
This course provides lecture on the fundamental concepts of En Route Air Traffic Control operations. All aspects of radar air traffic control such as radar identification, radar handoffs, radar point outs, radar separation and safety alerts, radar vectoring, military operations, position relief briefings, computer equipment and message entry, voice switching and control systems, and radar scanning and awareness will be taught and tested.
ATC 499 Experimental Offering in Air Traffic Control
- Units:0.5 - 4
- Prerequisite:None.
- Catalog Date:August 1, 2025
This is the experimental courses description.
