# ATAT 101 Theory of Flight > # [[T101 Home| ◀️ ]]  [[T101 Home|Home ]]  [[T101 Week 1| ▶️ ]]               [[QR T101 INTRO| 🌐]] > # Course Introduction >- [[T101 Intro#Support|Support]] >- [[T101 Intro#Testing and Grades|Testing and Grades]] >- [[T101 Intro#🔹Mandatory Projects|Mandatory Projects]] ##### What In this course you will learn about the basic science that makes controlled flight possible for fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft. ##### Why You intend to have a career in aviation. Knowing how an aircraft flies is fundamental to your abilities to work in an aviation environment, and will enable you to apply your technical knowledge to the tasks required to troubleshoot and maintain aircraft correctly. #### Support ##### Your Professor Your professor will introduce themself during your first class session, and give instructions as to how the course will run and how and when they can be contacted. ##### Student Study Guide This document that you are reading now is the key document for this course. Every lesson in this course is provided here in this study guide, complete with audiovisual support and references. Hovering over links will allow you to preview, and after getting used to it a little, you should be able to find key information very easily. You may assume if you're asked a question on a quiz or test that it is answered in this Student Study Guide. ##### Textbook The main textbook for this course is the [[AMT General Handbook TOC|Federal Aviation Administration (US) Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook - General]], specifically [[AMT General Handbook Ch5_1|Chapter 5]]. This is available at these links, as well as being fully integrated with the Student Study Guide, referring you to the textbook in the context of the lesson. ##### Weekly Classes We will meet in the classroom on campus every week, as per your student schedule. Your attendance is required and will be tracked. Any changes or cancellations will be announced on the front page of the eCentennial course shell. To ensure a productive session, you are asked to do the following: - Study the week's material in the Student Study Guide and do the weekly practice quizzes. - Be prepared to ask your questions in class as necessary. - Arrive on time #### eCentennial Support ##### Course Announcements Any course announcements or updates will be provided on the front page of the course shell in eCentennial. Emails will not be sent out unless absolutely necessary. In other words, if you want to know what is going on with this course, check the front page. This is for two reasons: - You always know where to get the latest and most accurate information about the course - It reduces email traffic and the risk of you missing an announcement ##### Quizzes The weekly practice quizzes on eCentennial are a critical learning activity on this course. After each lesson, you are required to take a quiz on eCentennial. This offers you several key benefits - Let's you know how you are doing - Your score on the quiz let's you know if you are performing well enough for accreditation level scores. - Let's the Prof know how you are doing - The scores of the class will show which topics need to be reviewed or emphasized. Both of these benefits are yours before the tests and exams. They are part of the learning process, and the scores don't count. They are simply a way to find out where we need to work. - Optimize your study time - Rather than simply reading powerpoints or study guides, quizzes help you to surgically apply your precious study time. When preparing for tests or exams on this course, you can concentrate on the areas of the course that you are having difficulty with. A key feature of the quizzes is that for wrong answers, you are told where to go in the courseware to correct yourself: - PRO TIP: When you are finished with the quiz, open the feedback on questions that you answered incorrectly to be sent directly to the section of the SSG that will explain the question. - In most cases, this will be sufficient for you to understand the material. However, if after this you still don't understand the question or the concept, your professor is always there to help. - Clarify expectations - By doing the quizzes, you will understand clearly what you are expected to know on this course, and how you may be asked to demonstrate that knowledge on a test or exam. - There is a lot of supporting material offered here. Not every word is testable. The quizzes help you to get an idea of the depth and level of detail that you are required to achieve. ##### Testing and Grades >NOTE: Holidays and snow days or other unexpected events may cause a change to this plan. You will be informed via the front page of the Course Shell in eCentennial if there are any changes to the schedule for any reason. There are a total of 6 graded tests on this course. - Week 2 - Assignment 1: Covers Week 1 material, 5 multiple choice questions, 5% of total mark. - Week 3 - Assignment 2: Covers Week 2 material, 5 multiple choice questions, 5% of total mark. - Week 4 - Midterm Test: Covers Weeks 1,2,3 material, 30 multiple choice questions, 30% of final mark. - Week 5 - Assignment 3: Covers Week 4 material, 5 multiple choice questions, 5% of final mark. - Week 6 - Assignment 4: Covers Week 5 material, 5 multiple choice questions, 5% of final mark. - Week 7 - Final Test: Covers all course material, 50 multiple choice questions, 50% of final mark. ###### The questions on quizzes and tests are distributed as follows: [[Test Question Distribution.png|➡]] ![[Test Question Distribution.png|350]] All tests are a random sampling of questions testing your knowledge of all of the applicable course objectives. Note that acronyms that you learn on this course are testable as well. Terms and acronyms are linked to the [[T101G|course glossary]] throughout the course to help you with this. #### 🔹 Mandatory Projects There are no Mandatory Projects for this course. #### Lab Component There is no lab component to this course, but schedule and availability permitting, there will be a hangar tour to support the learning objectives of the course. ### Course Outline You may view or download the course outline from the course shell. #### Approach and Objectives By understanding the following topics, you will have achieved the learning outcome for this lesson. Consult your course outline for other details of this course. #### Course Learning Objectives The student will reliably demonstrate the ability to: CLO 1. Identify, explain and apply (as applicable to course learning objectives): - the CARs related to the overhaul, repair, required inspection or modification of an aeronautical product, or the removal of a component from or its installation on an aeronautical product. CLO 2. Identify, explain and apply (as applicable to course learning objectives): - the relevant/required WHMIS, HFIM and SMS processes or procedures CLO 3. Explain theory of flight applicable to fixed and rotary wing aircraft CLO 5. Explain flight controls including primary, secondary, and auxiliary controls ##### Main Topics To achieve the Course Learning Outcomes, the course is comprised of 6 lessons that correspond to the weeks of the course. See the entire course [[T101T|here]], or hover over a given week to see the material covered. [[T101 Week 1|Week 1]] [[T101 Week 2|Week 2]] [[T101 Week 3|Week 3]] [[T101 Week 4|Week 4]] [[T101 Week 5|Week 5]] [[T101 Week 6|Week 6]] ---