CIT accepting applications for pilot BA degree

Cork Institute of Technology School of Business (CIT) is now taking applications from commercial pilots for its two-year online Bachelor of Arts degree in international business with aviation studies for the academic year 2019-2020.

The degree was designed and created specifically forcommercial pilots in conjunction with the aviation industry includingconsiderable input from major airlines and the Atlantic Flight Training Academybased in Cork. Through a process called Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL),this B.A. recognises the extensive learning involved in becoming a pilot to acommercial level. The RPL process values comprehensive prior learning, andthrough rigorous and quality-assured means, the programme equates this to yearsone and two of a four-year degree.

As many pilots lack opportunities to gain degrees due to thenature of their work, online learning is a key enabler that makes this courseaccessible to pilots worldwide. Progression within airlines can be dependent onhaving a degree and this programme opens up numerous roles in the aviationindustry to graduates. “In effect it will allow for the development of captainsof business beyond the cockpit, while adding more value within it,” said Dr.Pio Fenton, head of Marketing & International Business at CIT.