SUAS (DRONES) Field Technician

Associate in Applied Science | Joint degree in partnership with Atlantic Cape Community College

This program prepares students for a career as a small-unmanned aircraft systems technician. Upon successful completion of the program students will demonstrate basic proficiency in the area of small UAS operations, general maintenance and repair, the use of a small UAS for the collection of and pre- and post-processing of aerial images and videos, and geospatial data collection.

Students complete the first-year courses at SCC, then transfer to ACCC to complete the second-year courses.

    FIRST SEMESTER
    COURSE CODE COURSE NAME CREDITS FEES TUITION TOTAL
    CSC115 Computer Applications 3 $0.00 $597.00 $597.00
    ENG101 English Composition I 3 $0.00 $597.00 $597.00
    CHOICE ACC131, AGR101, BUS103, BUS205, CSC131, CRJ101 VARIES VARIES VARIES VARIES**
    HUM/SOC-ELEC Humanities/Social Science Elective VARIES VARIES VARIES VARIES**
    OPEN-ELEC Open Elective VARIES VARIES VARIES VARIES**
    Subtotal: VARIES*
    * - Subtotal is cost before any anticipated financial aid is applied.
    ** - Choice/Elective tuition and fees may vary depending upon actual course selection.

     

    SECOND SEMESTER
    COURSE CODE COURSE NAME CREDITS FEES TUITION TOTAL
    CHOICE ENG102 or ENG122 3 $0.00 $597.00 $597.00
    CHOICE CGA101, ENS160, BUS Elective VARIES VARIES VARIES VARIES**
    GENED-ELEC General Education Elective 4 VARIES VARIES VARIES**
    GENED-ELEC General Education Elective 4 VARIES VARIES VARIES**
    Subtotal: VARIES*
    * - Subtotal is cost before any anticipated financial aid is applied.
    ** - Choice/Elective tuition and fees may vary depending upon actual course selection.

     

    THIRD SEMESTER (at Atlantic Cape Community College)
    COURSE CODE COURSE NAME CREDITS FEES TUITION TOTAL
    AVIT140 Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operation-Multi-Rotor 3 ACCC FEES ACCC TUITION ACCC TOTAL
    AVIT185 Remote Sensing Using sUAS 4 ACCC FEES ACCC TUITION ACCC TOTAL
    ENGR125 Introduction to Electronics 4 ACCC FEES ACCC TUITION ACCC TOTAL
    GIST101 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems 4 ACCC FEES ACCC TUITION ACCC TOTAL
    Subtotal: ACCC TOTAL*
    * - Subtotal is cost before any anticipated financial aid is applied.

     

    FOURTH SEMESTER (at Atlantic Cape Community College)
    COURSE CODE COURSE NAME CREDITS FEES TUITION TOTAL
    AVIT225 Mobilizing a Drone-Powered Economy 3 ACCC FEES ACCC TUITION ACCC TOTAL
    AVIT245 Professional sUAS Operations 3 ACCC FEES ACCC TUITION ACCC TOTAL
    AVIT250 sUAS Maintenance & Repair 4 ACCC FEES ACCC TUITION ACCC TOTAL
    AVIT263 Aerial Video Production 1 ACCC FEES ACCC TUITION ACCC TOTAL
    AVIT290 Unmanned Aircraft Systems Capstone Project 1 ACCC FEES ACCC TUITION ACCC TOTAL
    ENVL122 Agricultural Technology 3 ACCC FEES ACCC TUITION ACCC TOTAL
    Subtotal: ACCC TOTAL*
    * - Subtotal is cost before any anticipated financial aid is applied.

     

    Total Program Cost: VARIES**

    * - Tuition is based on the current in-county rate.
    ** - Tuition and fees may vary depending upon actual course selection.