High school students have the opportunity to earn six hours
of college credit in space systems engineering thanks to a partnership between
MSU and a national science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)
education organization.
The Institute for Aerospace Education (IAE) is a dual credit
program offered at 32 Kentucky high schools as well as others across the
country. The program is available for any student at a participating high
school who meets MSU’s freshman admission
requirements. The IAE works in
collaboration with high schools, colleges and universities, local and regional
airports and other businesses to provide students with learning opportunities
in:
- Aeronautical engineering
- Space systems engineering
- Aerospace computer engineering
- Airport design/civil engineering
- Flight
- Air traffic control
- Advanced manufacturing
- Unmanned aerial systems
- Aviation management/operations
- Aircraft maintenance
Classes are taken online and through distance learning with
students completing laboratory assignments at their high school under the
guidance of a faculty facilitator.
Jennifer Carter, director of space science for the IAE and a
workshop instructor at MSU, said students learn vital life skills such as
problem solving, time management, teamwork and communication skills through
being involved with the program. “They learn how to think through a problem,
and they learn how to do that by troubleshooting,” she said.
For more information, visit www.iae.aero.
For more information on the space science program at MSU,
visit www.moreheadstateedu/eass.
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