Why Study/Key Benefits

The Bachelor of Aviation Management (Professional) is a four-year professional undergraduate degree designed for students seeking aviation management careers rather than commercial-pilot training. Swinburne describes the degree as developing organisational, regulatory, safety, technical and business-management capabilities for aviation operations, together with professional workplace experience through a paid placement opportunity.

Key benefits include:

• Aviation management study combined with substantial professional experience.
• Choice of Aviation Operations or Uncrewed Aircraft Systems.
• A 12-month paid professional placement opportunity.
• Work-integrated learning involving real aviation-industry problems.
• Projects connected with organisations such as Qantas and Melbourne Airport.
• Development of aviation project-management, global aviation systems, safety and risk-management skills.
• Development of teamwork under pressure, adaptability, resilience and professional workplace skills.
• Preparation for aviation and allied-industry roles without becoming a pilot.

Programme Structure and Subjects/Topics

The professional degree contains 400 credit points comprising eight core units, eight major units, eight elective units and four professional-placement units.

Core units include:

• The Global Aviation System and Regulatory Framework — AVA10001
• Essential Aviation Analytical Skills — AVA10011
• Aviation Project: Blue Sky Ideas — AVA10014
• Aviation Safety and Risk Management — AVA10017
• Aviation Project: Managing Implementation — AVA20024
• Human Factors in Aviation — AVA20025
• Aviation Capstone 1: Project Planning — AVA30008
• Aviation Capstone 2: Project Implementation — AVA30009.

The major component is selected from Aviation Operations or Uncrewed Aircraft Systems.

The professional-placement component for the 12-month placement includes:

• Work Experience in Industry A — WEI20001
• Integrated Professional Placement A – Aviation — AVA20016
• Work Experience in Industry B — WEI20002
• Integrated Professional Placement B – Aviation — AVA20017.

Disciplines/Specialisations

Students can select one of two majors:

1. Aviation Operations

This major focuses on:

• Airline business strategy
• Airline operations management
• Airport planning, operations and management
• Aviation legal and regulatory frameworks
• Airworthiness management
• Advanced aviation data analytics.

2. Uncrewed Aircraft Systems

This major focuses on:

• Remote-pilot skills
• UAV operations
• Aircraft aerodynamics and performance
• UAV design and propulsion
• Communication, navigation and cyber security
• UAV data analysis and visualisation
• Advanced Air Mobility.

Programme Highlights

Important programme-specific features include:

• Four-year professional bachelor's degree.
• 400 credit points.
• Two aviation majors.
• 12-month paid placement opportunity.
• Aviation-industry projects.
• Work-integrated learning.
• Qantas and Melbourne Airport industry-linked project exposure.
• Aviation safety and risk management.
• Aviation project management.
• Aviation analytics.
• Human factors.
• Advanced Air Mobility and UAV-related study.
• Professional workplace skills.

Career Outcomes

Swinburne identifies career opportunities including:

• Aviation consultant
• Airport manager
• Airline operations manager
• Remote pilot / drone operator
• Airspace integration specialist
• Aviation regulatory analyst.

For the Aviation Operations major, Swinburne additionally lists:

• Aviation regulatory and safety services manager
• Aviation consultant
• Airline ground operations manager
• Airport manager
• Airline operations manager.

For the Uncrewed Aircraft Systems major, career opportunities include:

• Remote pilot / drone operator
• Uncrewed Aircraft Systems technician
• Aviation regulatory analyst
• Airspace integration specialist
• Aerial surveyor
• Aerial cinematographer.

International Student Visa Requirements

The course is CRICOS registered under code 120881H, and its published campus is Hawthorn.

For an international student intending to study in Australia, the relevant visa is generally the Student visa (Subclass 500), subject to the student's circumstances and current Department of Home Affairs requirements.

The general requirements include:

• A valid Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE).
• Enrolment in an eligible registered course.
• Satisfaction of the Genuine Student requirement.
• Satisfaction of applicable health and character requirements.
• Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC), unless an exemption applies.
• Compliance with Student visa conditions.