University of New South Wales - UNSW

Honours in Aviation

The Department of Aviation is proud to be able to offer a Honours in Aviation as part of its comprehensive suite of industry-relevant degrees. It is available as either a one year full-time or two year half-time program, both delivered internally.

The course introduces students to major research areas through a course of advanced lectures and a major research thesis of not more than 20,000 words. Through the taught component of this course, students will critically examine academic and industry developments within aviation with particular emphasis towards the chosen area of their thesis. The research thesis will examine and area of research significance as permitted by the Head of Department. Student must have attained a high credit average throughout the final year of their Bachelor program to be admitted into this course.

Specialisation will be encouraged in the areas of aviation safety and human factors, commercial airline management and aviation meteorology.

Recents projects have included:

The Development of Cabin Crew Behavioural markers for Safety-Critical Tasks
Risk Homeostasis Theory and its Implications for the Aviation Industry
The Introduction of A380 Operations
Modelling the Expansion of Virgin Blue in the Australian Domestic Airline Environment
Performance Measurement of Air Traffic Management Systems
Comparison of direct and indirect routes in regards to long-haul flights
Development of aviation in the middle east and in particular the gulf region; and its effect on the european aviation industry
Effects of caffeine on pilot performance
The changing role of the air transport pilot

How to Apply

For further information about the Honours program, please contact:

Prof. Jason Middleton - Head of Department
Department of Aviation
The University of New South Wales
Sydney, NSW 2052
Australia

Tel. +61 2 9385 6757 (internationally) or 02 9385 6757 (within Australia)
Fax. +61 2 9385 6637 (internationally) or 02 9385 6637 (within Australia)
E-mail. J.Middleton@unsw.edu.au