Distinguishing Features

Designed to Build Leaders 

We have designed our curriculum and our instruction techniques to build leaders. Key characteristics such as technical proficiency, ethical decision-making, team-building, interpersonal communication, and social responsibility are cultivated throughout the program.

Post-graduate Structured Mentoring Program 

We don't stop at the graduation ceremony! We know that it takes a lot more than a solid undergraduate degree to actually become a leader in the field. Therefore, we are committed to providing a 12-year program (once a year workshop) to our alumni so that they may be specifically prepared for leadership positions.

Actual Flight Instruction Experience

Students who choose the Flight Education minor will have the opportunity to flight instruct for us for an entire year. This is a supervised instruction experience designed to not only prepare better flight instructors, but also to prepare the future Check Airmen and Standards Captains. As a result of this opportunity, our students will graduate with a lot more flight hours.

Learner-Centric Education 

Problem-Based Learning (PBL) is a well-known technique to provide a learner-centric education. Students who learn under the PBL methodology are known to be able to demonstrate deeper understanding of their domain as well as related disciplines, effective communication and teamwork skills, and engage in questions of ethics and social responsibilities. Ultimately, these students develop the intellectual curiosity, confidence, and engagement that will lead to lifelong learning.

Over 80 Years of Leadership in Aviation Education 

Parks College was founded on August 1, 1927. Since then, we have educated thousands of men and women who have served the aviation/aerospace industry around the world, made us proud, and always looked back at Parks as the place where they earned their wings. New students have the opportunity to benefit from our past laurels and the responsibility to build our future.