Enrollment Requirements - Aeronautical Technology
All students must have the approval of the Aeronautical Department chair before enrolling in flight courses. Fees for flight courses will be in addition to normal college tuition and fees and are subject to contractual and federal aviation regulation changes.

  1. To be eligible for the A.A.S. degree, all flight courses after the private must be completed through the College approved flight contractor for College credit, with the following exceptions:
    1. Students who have obtained a private, commercial, instrument and/or multi-engine rating prior to their first admission to the San Jacinto College Central Pilot Program may apply for advanced placement testing and/or course substitution according to the following guidelines:
      1. Up to 16 semester hours of credit may be awarded by advanced placement testing for the following courses: AIRP 1215, 1255, 1301, 1311, 1451, 2239, 2250, 2251, and 2337. Students must apply for and complete an advanced placement test before completion of the first semester of enrollment in aviation courses.
      2. In addition to receiving authorization for a maximum of 16 semester hours of advanced placement credit, students may petition the department chair for approval to take substitute courses for required courses in the curriculum for which they have earned certain certifications and/or ratings prior to entering San Jacinto College. Substitute courses are listed below and are acceptable, with department chair approval, in specific options in which the course is not included as a requirement.
      3. The following courses are acceptable in specific options in which the course is not included as a requirement:
        ACCT 2301, ACCT 2302, AIRP 1341, AIRP 1345, AIRP 2242, AIRP 2243, AIRP 2251, AIRP 2331, AIRP 2333, AIRP 2336, AIRP 2352, AIRP 2353, AIRP 2357, AVIM 2335, AVIM 2337, AVIM 2339, BMGT 1301, BMGT 1303, BMGT 1313, CHEM 1411, CHEM 1412, DFTG 1405, DFTG 2417, ECON 2301, ECON 2302, ELPT 1311, ENGL 1302, HRPO 1311, HRPO 2301, ITSC 1301, ITSC 1305, ITSC 1309, ITSC 1310, ITSC 1318, ITSC 1329, ITSC 1331, MATH 1314, MATH 1316, MATH 1324, MATH 1325, MATH 2312, MATH 2318, MATH 2320, MATH 2413, MATH 2414, MATH 2415, MRKG 1311, PHYS 1401, SPAN 1411, SPAN 1412, SPAN 2311, SPAN 2312, TMTH 1313 and TMTH 1315
      4. All flight course requirements must be verified by an Aeronautical Department examination of the student’s log book.
      5. An in-flight evaluation conducted by the San Jacinto College Central flight contractor must verify that the student meets FAR Part 141 curriculum requirements. The student must pay the cost of in-flight evaluation.
    2. Students who provide documentation of total flight hours accumulated prior to their admission to the San Jacinto College Central Pilot Program, who have obtain this training at a FAR Part 141 certified school, may apply for transfer of up to one-half of those hours into the San Jacinto College Central Pilot Program toward flight course requirements.
    3. Students who provide documentation of total flight hours accumulated prior to their first admission to the San Jacinto College Central Pilot Program, who have obtained this training under a FAR Part 61, may apply for transfer of up to one-fourth of those hours into the San Jacinto College Central Pilot Program toward flight course requirements.
  2. Students may elect to contract directly with the College approved flight contractor for flight instruction and pay the cost of that instruction to the contractor. Such students would petition the Aeronautical Department chair for approval to take other credit courses which would substitute for the required flight courses in the degree program. Students who choose this arrangement may not be eligible for College financial assistance.
  3. The College may withdraw any student from a flight course for the following reasons:
    1. Student’s failure to conform to published FAA regulations.
    2. Student’s failure to conform to the flight contractor’s college approved course syllabus, and college approved safety rules and regulations as published in the Flight Student Handbook.
    3. Student’s involvement in one or more FAA reportable accidents or incidents.
  4. The College may, upon the flight contractor’s recommendation, refuse to enroll a student in a subsequent flight course.
  5. A student who is denied enrollment in, or is withdrawn from a flight course, may appeal this decision following the sequence specified for grade appeal in the student handbook.
  6. Students should complete a flight course within the semester of enrollment in the course. Students who fail to complete the requirements of a course within that semester may receive the temporary grade of I; however, at the end of one calendar year from the initial enrollment in the course, should the requirements for the course still not have been met, students will no longer be eligible to draw upon flight fees on deposit with the College, and a permanent grade will be awarded.
  7. Flight students who receive an I for an incomplete flight grade, may withdraw with a grade of W, only until the last day of the eighth week of the next long semester following the semester in which the I was incurred.
  8. Students will be allowed to enroll in a maximum of two flight courses per registration period.
  9. Aviation students must maintain a grade point average of at least 2.0 in all aviation courses. Students enrolled in flight courses must earn a grade of C or above in order to progress to the next flight course.
      Hazelwood Tuition Exemption (Section 54.203, Education Code)

      In addition to the preceding stipulations, the following conditions apply to students seeking exemption from payment of flight fees under the provisions of Section 54.203, Education Code.

    1. The exemption does not apply to flight fees associated with:
      1. Private Flight, AIRP 1215 or
      2. Flight courses designed to prepare students for FAA pilot certifications or ratings which they possess.
    2. Students may enroll in each flight course following AIRP 1215 only one time under the exemption.