Become a leader in aviation.

Our M.B.A. in Aviation Management is a 36-credit program that combines core business courses with an in-depth understanding of the challenges faced by the air transport industry today. We will prepare you for a career as a manager in marketing/sales, operations, or finance for airports, airlines, fixed base operators, government agencies, and consulting firms. You can also choose to become an air traffic control specialist. Successfully complete our program, plus eight specific undergraduate-level courses in our School of Aviation, and pass a capstone exam and you will be eligible to take the Federal Aviation Administrations air traffic control exam.

Earn your degree on your terms. We understand that you have a busy lifestyle and we want to allow you to earn your M.B.A. in Aviation Management in a way thats convenient for you. In addition to our traditional degree options, you may also choose to enroll in our 16-month Saturday Accelerated M.B.A. Program, evening classes or earn your degree entirely online! Classes are conveniently located at our Rudolph-Oakdale Campus, our Brookhaven Campus, and our Melville Center.

Business core. MGT 6204 Excellence in Organizations: Behavior, Leadership, and Quality MGT 6233 Quantitative Methods in Business ACC 6241 or 6242* Managerial Accounting or Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting FIN 6212 Financial Management MKT 6252 Marketing Management CIS 6261 Information Technologies for Managers
*If you are planning to take the New York CPA exam, contact the School of Business for advisement.

Program requirements. To earn your M.B.A. in Aviation Management, you must complete the following coursework, 36 credits. Please see reverse for complete course descriptions.

Aviation Management concentration. AVM 6361 AVM 6362 AVM 6363 AVM 6364 Economics, Marketing, and Financial Management within the Aviation Industry Strategic Planning/Management within the Aviation Industry Operations Management within the Aviation Industry Government Impact and Current Issues in the Aviation Industry

Select one 6-credit capstone course from the list below. AVM 6392/6393 MGT 6394 MGT 6395/6396 AVM 6397/6398 Internship Global Business Strategy The Management Consulting Experience Thesis

For more information contact 631.244.3266 or mbaopenhouse@Dowling.edu

M.B.A. in Aviation Management course descriptions.

(All courses are 3 credits unless otherwise noted.)

MGT 6204 Excellence in Organizations: Behavior, Leadership, and Quality This course examines organizational behavior with emphasis on fundamental concepts for managerial practice. Special topics include organizational leadership as well as quality and conflict management. MGT 6233 Quantitative Methods in Business This course focuses on the advanced application of quantitative reasoning methods in management science as required to support decision-making situations in business organizations. Emphasis is on the application of linear programming techniques, simulation methods, decision theory, inventory control models, queuing theory, and forecasting methods from an accountants or financial managers perspective. ACC 6241 Managerial Accounting This course introduces the accounting procedures and concepts used to meet the information needs of management. Stress is placed on the identification, accumulation, reporting, and interpretation of cost information for decision-making and control in the general context of a manufacturing operation. In addition, this course enables the student to evaluate and utilize the information supplied to management by the accounting department of a business concern. The purpose of this course is to make the non-accounting major able to understand and use the accountants tools. Prerequisite: 6 credits of undergraduate accounting or completion of accounting/finance seminar. ACC 6242 Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting The purpose of this course is to provide students with an opportunity to investigate the decision-making environment from the public sector or nonprofit entity perspective. Emphasis will be placed on analyzing the consequences and impact of regulations and pronouncements established by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, the U.S. Comptroller, and the Federal General Accounting Office. Emphasis will be placed on fund accounting, budget and control issues, revenue and expense recognition, and issues of reporting for both government and nonprofit organizations. Prerequisite: 6 credits of undergraduate accounting or completion of accounting/finance seminar. FIN 6212 Financial Management This course is designed to provide a broad understanding of financial management. Topics include financial analysis, capital management, capital budgeting, long-term financing, valuation, the measurement of capital costs, determination of capital structures, and analysis of problems relating to growth and reorganization. Prerequisite: ACC 6241 or equivalent. MKT 6252 Marketing Management This course focuses on the challenge and decisions facing the marketing executive. Emphasis is on examination of marketing problems, practices, and principles. Areas of discussion and analysis include product positioning, product line strategy, buying behavior, and developing a marketing plan.

CIS 6261 Information Technologies for Managers This course studies the application of computer-based information technology to the solution of business problems. The course will provide the student with the background, concepts, and skills necessary for informed professional use of computer resources. Students will demonstrate the application of business software to support personal, group, and organizational productivity. AVM 6361 Economics, Marketing, and Financial Management within the Aviation Industry This course provides a comprehensive analysis of airline economics, marketing, and financial management. Principles of macro and microeconomics will be introduced as they pertain to course material. Market and cost structures, utilization of equipment and human resources, and pricing models will be explored. Financial management will be examined from the perspective of equipment purchase versus leasing, investment options, and mergers and acquisitions. AVM 6362 Strategic Planning/Management within the Aviation Industry This course is designed to provide the student with an integrated analysis of strategic planning and management within the aviation industry. It is presumed that the student has an understanding of the fundamentals of planning. Students will review those fundamentals and focus on planning as an ongoing process of information exchange. Special attention will be paid to the elements of decision analysis and the analysis of management problems involving decisions under conditions of uncertainty. The course will stress the importance of adjusting planning concepts and management philosophies in order to keep pace with the dynamic elements impacting the industry. Prerequisite: AVM 6361. AVM 6363 Operations Management within the Aviation Industry This course provides an introduction to the components and characteristics that comprise operations management. Although both services and manufacturing industries will be presented in a common conceptual framework independent of a particular industry, focus will be on the service industry in general and on the air transport industry in particular. Capacity, process, quality, and workforce problems will be addressed. Applicable case studies will be used to illustrate the theories and principles developed in lectures. AVM 6364 Government Impact and Current Issues in the Aviation Industry This course examines the evolution of government involvement/impact within the aviation industry and provides a comprehensive analysis of current aviation issues encompassing both national and international perspectives. Particular attention is paid to the interrelatedness of these issues and the interaction among industry stakeholders.

AVM 6392/6393 Internship, 6 credits Dowling College offers an internship experience for two semesters under the supervision of the instructor and sponsorship of a firm. Internship options are limited in number depending on the needs of the sponsoring firms. In the Internship Project, the student will be required to identify, analyze, and offer alternative solutions to a business problem in an actual business environment. The students performance will be evaluated by the firms management and the business faculty. Grading is pass/fail. AVM 6392 is the first course toward an internship experience. Prerequisite: 24 graduate credits in business studies. MGT 6394 Global Business Strategy, 6 credits Management simulation is an operational training program using computer models and simulation. Several teams of players, each representing a business firm, make decisions about pricing, production, advertising, finance, etc. The computer keeps track of the accounting records and the net impact of the decisions made by the competing companies. By utilizing this technique, students apply the concepts and principles acquired in their course of study to a simulated business environment. Prerequisite: 30 graduate credits in business administration or permission of the instructor. MGT 6395/6396 The Management Consulting Experience Course, 6 credits This course brings real-world decision-making into the academic environment. Working in project teams, students are faced with problems related to the management of an organization and develop solutions based upon the knowledge gained from previous coursework and research targeted at the problem assigned. The problems addressed are drawn from current industrial issues and are presented and supervised by representatives from both regional and national organizations. Project teams interface with both faculty and the industry representative throughout the course, and provide realistic and usable results in the form of written reports, research papers, and oral presentations using technology as a tool to enhance the process. This is a capstone course option for students enrolled in our M.B.A. programs. Prerequisite: Completion of 24 graduate credits, including all M.B.A. core courses. AVM 6397/6398 Thesis, 6 credits The student who wishes to conduct advanced research in an area of interest may elect to write a thesis under faculty supervision. This enhances the students powers of quantitative and qualitative analysis as well as formal exposition. The topic for research must ordinarily be a current problem in business and must lend itself to empirical analysis. Library research, personal interviews, opinion surveys, and other methods will be used to analyze the problem. The finished thesis will be evaluated by a faculty committee and be kept on permanent file in the library. Grading is pass/fail. MGT 6397 is the first course toward a final thesis project. Prerequisite: 24 graduate credits in business studies.