Graduate Degree Programmes

M.Sc Aviation Management

Programme Overview

The Master of Science in Aviation Management has been developed in response to industry need and is designed to emphasize the application of modern management concepts, methods and tools to the challenges of the aviation industry and business in general. The curriculum is designed to provide graduates capable of discharging the senior management responsibilities of this dynamic and rapidly changing industry.

Target Groups and Admission Requirements

Admission to the programme will be open to persons who satisfy either of the following two sets of entry requirements.

Entry Requirements for Degreed Applicants:

Applicants under this category should possess:

A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent from a university or college acceptable to the UWI. Such applicants should possess at least a Lower Second Class honours degree; and,
At least three (3) years working experience, preferably in the aviation industry.

Entry Requirements for Non-Degreed Applicants:

Bearing in mind the fact that currently, most persons in the industry in the Caribbean who hold middle management and supervisory positions are holders of either technical

certificates and/or diplomas as opposed to degrees, per se, it is also proposed that entry to the programmes will be permitted to persons who:

Hold technical certificates/diplomas approved by the respective regional Airports Authorities and other regional regulatory Air Transportation Bodies for supervisory/managerial appointments;
Have at least five (5) years managerial experience in the aviation industry; and,
Are successful at an interview to be conducted by a Selected Panel to be determined by the Campus Committee on Graduate Studies.

Further, it is proposed that persons admitted under this category shall not normally comprise more than twenty-five percent (25%) of any given cohort.

In addition to the above requirements, preference will be given to persons nominated by the Airports Authority of Trinidad and Tobago and the other Airports Authority in the English speaking Caribbean.

Pre-requisites

The curriculum for the programme assumes a prerequisite knowledge base in the areas of:

Introductory Statistics
Financial Accounting Principles
Economics

Thus, persons who are admitted whose prior training does not include adequate coverage of these areas will be required to satisfy Departmental requirements by taking and passing workshop modules offered by the Department, or alternatively, pursuing undergraduate courses offered in these areas in the Faculty of Social Sciences. Such pre-requisite courses do not count towards the credit requirements of the degree programme.

Enrolment

So as to allow for the effective management of the programme, enrolment will be limited to at most 20 persons in any cohort.

Programme Content

The M.Sc. in Aviation Management is a forty two (42)-credit programme comprised as follows:

Business Core Courses (18 credits)

AVMT 6000 – Operations Research/Management Science (3 credits)

MGMT 6007 – Business Research Methodology (3 credits)

AVMT 6001 – Accounting for Business Decisions (3 credits)

AVMT 6002 – Airline Financial Management (3 credits)

AVMT 6003 – Organizational Behaviour (3 credits)

AVMT 6004 – Strategic Management (3 credits)

Applications in Aviation Courses (15 credits)

AVMT 6005 – Strategic Marketing Management in Aviation (3 credits)

AVMT 6006 – Information Technology Management (3 credits)

AVMT 6007 – Advanced Aviation Economics (3 credits)

AVMT 6008 – Airline Operations Management (3 credits)

AVMT 6009 – Airport Operations and Management (3 credits)

Internship/Project Report (6 credits)

Students must complete an internship and submit a professional report pertaining thereto. This will be worth 6 credits. The applicable courses here are AVMT 6110 – Graduate Research Project and AVMT 6011 – Graduate Internship in Aviation Business Administration.

Electives (3 credits)

Students must select one (1) course from among the courses listed below. Each of these courses is worth 3 credits:

AVMT 6012 – Airline Marketing

AVMT 6013 – Aviation Law and Insurance

AVMT 6014 – Airline/Airport Relations

AVMT 6015 – Quality Management in Airline Operations

AVMT 6001 – Strategic Human Resource Management

AVMT 6016 – Aviation Labour Relations

Fee Structure

For a part-time student, a fee of $30,000 per year covering 21 credits or seven courses will be charged.
For a full-time student, the fee for the 42-credit programme will be $60,000.
Repeating students who are required to do over a course entirely will be charged a fee of $5,000 per course.

Programme Facilitation

In the delivery of the programme, facilitators will be drawn from the Department of Management Studies; and where appropriate from other Departments in the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Faculty of Engineering; local industry experts as adjunct faculty; and personnel from the John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Canada who will be contracted to do several of the specialist courses.

Programme Schedule

This programme is to be delivered on either a part-time basis over two academic years or on a full-time basis over one calendar year. For purpose of this programme, the academic year is to be divided into three (3) trimesters as follows:

Trimester 1 - September to December

Trimester 2 - January to May

Trimester 3 - June to July

Part-Time Delivery

During Trimesters 1 and 2 (the regular semesters) students will do two (2) courses per semester. During the period June to July, students will be expected to attend on a full-time basis and do three courses.

Full-Time Delivery

Alternatively, the programme could be offered on a full-time basis over a twelve (12) month period of three trimesters as follows:

Trimester 1 - 5 courses (15 credits)

Trimester 2 - 5 courses (15 credits)

Trimester 3 (Summer Period) - 4 courses (12 credits)

The suggested course sequence is as follows:

Part-Time Delivery

Year 1 - Trimester 1

AVMT 6003- Organizational Behaviour
AVMT 6001- Accounting for Business Decisions

Year 1 - Trimester 2

AVMT 6000 -Operations Research
AVMT 6002- Airline Financial Management

Year 1 - Trimester 3

AVMT 6005- Strategic Marketing Management in Aviation
AVMT 6001- Business Research Methodology
AVMT 6007- Advanced Aviation Economics

Year 2 - Trimester 1

AVMT 6006- Information Technology Management
AVMT 6004- Strategic Management

Year 2 - Trimester 2

AVMT 6008- Airline Operations Management
AVMT 6009- Airport Operations Management

Year 2 - Trimester 3

Internship/Project Report (AVMT 6110- Graduate Research Project and AVMT 6011- Graduate Internship in Aviation)
Plus 1 elective drawn from the list of electives earlier specified

Full-Time Delivery

Trimester 1

AVMT 6003- Organizational Behaviour
AVMT 6001- Accounting for Business Decisions
AVMT 6000- Operations Research/Management Science
AVMT 6002- Airline Financial Management
AVMT 6005- Strategic Marketing Management in Aviation

Trimester 2

AVMT 6001- Business Research Methodology
AVMT 6007- Advanced Aviation Economics
AVMT 6006- Information Technology Management
AVMT 6009- Airport Operations Management
AVMT 6008- Airline Operations Management

Trimester 3

AVMT 6004- Strategic Management
Internship/Project Report (AVMT 6110- Graduate Research Project and AVMT 6011- Graduate Internship in Aviation)
Plus 1 elective drawn from the list of electives earlier specified

Delivery Mode

Courses offered by facilitators from overseas will be delivered in an intensive fashion over 5-6 days. In such cases, however, the relevant exams will be held at he end of the semester when University exams are scheduled. Where coursework projects are involved, these will be scheduled over the regular semester.

Further, whenever possible, courses offered by local facilitators will also be offered in an intensive fashion over 5-6 days. The Airports Authority recommends this as, in so doing, fuller participation will be assured bearing in mind the thin staffing levels on which most regional airports operate.