About This Certificate
The Aviation Education Post-Bachelor’s Certificate is designed for aviation professionals who want to strengthen their instructional, training, and educational leadership skills in aviation settings. It supports pilots, dispatchers, maintainers, aviation managers, and UAS professionals who teach, train, or mentor others—or who want a formal credential to enhance instructional effectiveness.
This 12-credit, fully online certificate emphasizes practical teaching strategies tailored to technical aviation environments, helping professionals improve how they communicate, design training, and assess learning in real-world aviation contexts.
What You Will Learn
Students completing this certificate gain skills in:
- Instructional design for aviation training environments
- Effective teaching and communication strategies
- Learner assessment and feedback techniques
- Curriculum development for technical and professional aviation settings
ADVISING
At a Glance
College: S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney College of Agriculture & Natural Resources
Department: Aviation Technology Department
USU Locations:
- Logan campus
- Statewide campuses
- USU Online
Program Requirements
Career And Outcomes
Career Opportunities
- Aviation instructor or ground school instructor
- Flight or dispatcher training coordinator
- Airline or corporate training specialist
- Safety and training support roles
- Collegiate or workforce aviation instructor
USU Locations
*This degree is available at various USU locations.
- Beaver
- Bicknell
- Blanding
- Brigham City
- Castle Dale
- Cedar City
- Delta
- Ephraim
- Heber City
- Junction
- Kanab
- Kaysville
- Moab
- Montezuma Creek
- Monticello
- Monument Valley
- Nephi
- Orem
- Panguitch
- Park City
- Price (USU Eastern)
- Richfield
- Roosevelt (Uintah Basin)
- Salt Lake
- St George
- Tooele
- Tremonton
- Vernal (Uintah Basin)
- Wendover
**This degree is 100% available online. USU is a SARA-approved institution offering fully online programs nationwide; please visit USU's state authorizations for details.
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