Apr 7, 2021
The Aeronautics, Engineering, and Aviation Business pathway is a groundbreaking opportunity for students interested in aviation, air traffic control, aeronautical science, engineering, physics, and military and civilian aviation. Aeronautics, the newest IBCP pathway at the Western International School of Shanghai, enables students to engage in career-related learning while still in high school. WISS is exceptionally proud to be the 4th IBCP school worldwide to offer this exciting and competitive partnership with ERAU in Aeronautics.
This exciting pathway gives students an edge on the competition by allowing them to gain practical and applicable skills in a booming field that genuinely interests them. For students in the aeronautics pathway, the sky is the limit, quite literally. The lifelong and applicable skills that students gain through this pathway will enable them to work in aeronautics, with jobs ranging from pilot to flight engineer to defense industry design, amongst many exciting options.
Students gain knowledge in the classroom with riveting courses such as WEAX 201, a course in meteorology that includes applications to flight, and ENGR 101, an introduction to the interdisciplinary aspects of the engineering of aerospace systems! These incredibly advanced college-level courses give WISS IBCP students a head start. They will allow students to progress to higher education with 24 university credits already achieved by the end of Grade 12.
The support for students taking such rigorous courses is paramount, and to best support our CP-Aeronautics students, WISS has set up a mentorship system that will give students the guidance they need.
