AVAT13010 - Aerodynamics and Aircraft General Knowledge (Air Transport Pilot Licence)

General Information

Unit Synopsis

Aerodynamics and Aircraft General Knowledge (Air Transport Pilot Licence) will provide you with advanced knowledge of transonic and supersonic aerodynamics, and heavy aircraft power plants and systems. You will cover the aeronautical knowledge requirements of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority Air Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) aircraft general knowledge syllabus. You will study high speed aerodynamics and aircraft electrical and mechanical systems. Ice and rain protection systems will be examined. You will also study navigation and automatic control systems.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 3
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Prerequisites: AVAT12006 Aerodynamics (Commercial Pilot Licence) and AVAT12007 General Aeronautical Knowledge (Commercial Pilot Licence).

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2024

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Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 0.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 22.22% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

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Better prepare students for the exams
Recommendation
Restructuring of the unit should continue to give students a better understanding of the topic as well as a change in the final exams. Further work should incorporate interactive components to assist with the understanding of this subject material required to pass the CQU and CASA exams.
Action Taken
Unit is being redeveloped.
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Unit lecturer was not able to teach the material after the term had started
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The lecturer is redeveloping the material, which should improve the quality of the learning process and understanding of the high-level content.
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