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Degrees

Bachelor's Degrees

Aeronautical Science

Aeronautical Science is the professional pilot program at Embry-Riddle. It offers the most advanced flight training curriculum of any university in the world. Combining in-flight training with rigorous academic study, Embry-Riddle's aeronautical science degree program, which features extensive work in the most sophisticated planes and simulators anywhere, prepares the graduate for a career as an airline, military, or corporate pilot. Even if you are considering a career as an astronaut, Aeronautical Science at Embry-Riddle is the best place to start.

Aeronautics

The Aeronautics Degree was conceived and developed specifically for people who work or have worked in aviation careers. The curriculum was designed to build upon the aviation knowledge and skill students bring with them from their training and experience. The combination of a student's aviation learning, the required and elective courses in Aeronautical Science, Business, Computer Science, Economics, Communication, Humanities, Social Science, Mathematics, Physical Science, along with professional development prepare graduates for career growth and increased responsibility.

Aerospace Engineering

The Aerospace Engineering program at Embry-Riddle is the largest in the United States and is recognized as the nation's premier program by U.S. News and World Report. The curriculum provides you with specific aerospace design skills and a broad exposure to theory, modern analysis, measurement, and communications and computational techniques essential to the profession. The ABET accredited curriculum focuses on vehicle design for air, space, land, or water. Before graduating from the program, you will be able to combine scientific theory with practical application and be capable of applying economic analysis to the completion of a vehicle design project. Embry-Riddle is the first university in the nation to have students work with a revolutionary stereolithography laser-modeling process. Within hours, students can create 3-D composite plastic models using CAD (computer-aided design) instructions. This enables them to mold their prototype, test it, and fly it in our wind and smoke tunnels.

Applied Meteorology

Working toward a degree in this area, you will study and simulate atmospheric and climatological conditions for the purpose of predicting and interpreting weather. Graduates will be qualified for jobs in aviation and aerospace, radio and television, and business and government operations.

Aviation Business Administration

The general education block of courses within the Business Administration program is designed to give graduates a well-rounded background essential to their success in the business world. You may select concentrations in Aviation Management, Airport Management, Airline Management, International Air Transport Management, Flight Operations, or General Management. Not all concentrations are offered at both campuses.

Aviation Environmental Science

The Aviation Environmental Science program gives students precisely the knowledge and technical skills needed to tackle the environmental and safety problems found in the aviation and aerospace industry.The AES degree features two areas of concentration: applied environmental science and environmental management. The AES degree is like no other environmental program in the world. The program will allow its graduates to ensure their employing companies become environmentally aware and compliant and advise businesses and local government agencies on crucial environmental issues.

Computer Engineering

Computer engineers are in high demand the world over. The program at Embry-Riddle is a unique application of Embry-Riddle's traditional strengths in computer science and engineering and the emerging field of distance education. Students acquire a broad background in computing machinery, concentrating on programming languages, circuit theory, embedded control systems, real-time systems and software engineering. A bachelor's degree in computer engineering prepares the student for life and work in the 21st century through the curriculum's emphasis on information technologies.

Electrical Engineering

Embry-Riddle will prepare you for a career in electrical engineering by providing you with a broad background in circuit theory, communication systems, computers, control systems, electromagnetic fields, energy sources, and systems, materials, and electronic devices. With an emphasis on design, the culmination of the program is a senior year capstone project that teams electrical engineering students with students from the aerospace and software engineering programs to build an aerospace system or subsystem.

Global Security and Intelligence Studies

The Global Intelligence and Security program will develop the problem solving and critical thinking skills needed for dealing with these important global issues: terrorism, information warfare, transportation security, illicit trafficking networks, corporate security, population dislocations, natural disasters, widespread epidemics, international crime, and homeland security. The comprehensive curriculum will cover technical, political, and economic security concerns, as well as international criminal justice systems and law enforcement.

Interdisciplinary Studies

The Interdisciplinary Studies program provides the raw materials to design your future as an innovator and a leader. Start with core courses in the humanities, geography, international studies, philosophy, ethics, and psychology. Then select and combine three minors from the classes offered in our other degree programs. Choices include air traffic control, business administration, aviation safety, weather, computer applications, computer-integrated manufacturing, computer science, environmental studies, flight, human factors, humanities, logistics, mathematics, communications, psychology, secondary education, and space studies.

Mechanical Engineering

The Mechanical Engineering Degree Program at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Prescott Campus provides a strong undergraduate education with a focus on the design of propulsion systems or robotic systems such as autonomous ground, air or space vehicles. The curriculum combines a strong emphasis on the fundamentals of engineering with integrated analysis and design topics. Numerous hands-on lab and design experiences provide students the opportunity to use their knowledge, test their analysis, and work in a team environment. This prepares an Embry-Riddle graduate with the tools, experience, and education to be effective in the workplace whether that is in industry, government, or academia.

Space Physics

The Bachelor of Science in Space Physics is an applied physics program designed to prepare graduates to work in space- and aerospace-related industries. Students will explore the fundamental forces of nature through experimental investigation of atomic, nuclear, and elementary particle systems. They will study the "micro" and "macro" universe through the use of high-precision detectors.