The drone technology certificate of achievement program is designed to prepare students to take the Federal Aviation Administration Part 107 commercial drone pilot exam and for entry into careers that employ generalized or specialized applications of drones. Students will select an area of business, industry, or government to apply drone piloting, data acquisition, data processing.

To earn the certificate of achievement students must complete the following courses with a “C” grade or higher.

Students completing this program will be able to...

- explain the basics of drone flight preparation.

- demonstrate how to download and post-process data acquired with a drone.

- describe UAS laws, air space regulations, and licensing.

- demonstrate the procedures for analyzing data obtained during a drone flight.

- demonstrate how the data obtained from drone is ap- plied in a selected profession.

- explain the how data acquired by drone is used in geospatial applications.