2024 - 2025 MCPS High School Course Bulletin

TRN2026 Explor Aviation Aerospace

0.5 credit per semester

This core aerospace and aviation course provides the foundation for the specialized courses within the program of study. It is designed to give students a clear understanding of career opportunities in aviation and aerospace and the critical issues affecting the aviation system. Students also will begin to drill down into the various sectors of aviation and the parts that make up the aviation and aerospace ecosystem. They will discover how advances in aviation created a need for regulation, and will learn about the promulgation of civil aviation oversight. Students will explore modern day innovations and will develop their own innovative ideas to address real-world challenges facing the aviation industry. They will be exposed to a variety of career options in aviation and aerospace and take an in-depth look at the opportunities available.

9 - 10 - 11 - 12
No repeats for credit

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