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AVIA 203Professional Pilot Program Course 3

Units
0.50
Subject
Aviation

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 5 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course is a continuation of AVIA 102 and provides the required Preparatory Ground Instruction to prepare students for the air exercises to be completed during in-aircraft instruction that is conducted as part of the course. Students will complete flight training required to acquire the Night Rating and acquire additional cross-country Pilot-in-Command time.

Prerequisites

Antirequisites

  • Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in any of the following:
    • AVIA222 - Professional Pilot Program Course 2 (0.50)
    • AVIA243 - Preparatory Ground Instruction 3 (0.25)

Leads to

Fall 2026 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
TUT 10188053 / 5W 17:30–19:20
FLT 00188033 / 5M 17:30–20:20

Winter 2027 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
TUT 10172260 / 5Th 17:30–19:20
FLT 00172250 / 5T 17:30–20:20
FLT 70127040 / 9999Online or by arrangement

Reviewed on UW Flow

92% liked it71% easy100% useful

From 25 ratings and 6 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • Useful course dedicated to the first half of CPL ground school. The night rating FL was really easy, the FM was a quite a bit harder especially the final exam so make sure you get marks early via the quizzes and tests.

    Aug 2023 · liked it · 2 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Pretty easy course on night flying and various nav aids. 90% of the Flight Management portion was PPL stuff

    Jan 2023 · liked it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Holy moly this air law thing is kinda strong

    Apr 2026 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • FM was taught by Sam Yu, who is a great teacher and instructor. He helped a lot in understanding the content for CPL Air Law and Meteorology, making it quite easy to pass in the end. FL was just basic filler content and very birdy.

    Nov 2024 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Flight lab covers night rating stuff, human factors and navigation tools (VOR, GPS, ADF). Your average flight lab nothing to worry.
    Management covers the air law, met and human factors portion of CPL. Try to get higher marks in the quizzes (5) and the human factors test. Taught by Andrew Gu, the met test was brutal :(

    Apr 2024 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

3 posts and comments in 3 threads mention AVIA 203, October 2017 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Fall 2021

Science and aviation questions 3 points, 8 comments

“Hello, I'm interested in the science and aviation program but there are some questions I have about the program. …”

u/Hash_27: “… They count for nothing and become a WD on your transcript ( Avia 102,203 etc) 2) you most likely won’t be able to get in to a coop stream. This is due to to the fact that you are not considered as a coop student to begin with and switching streams is difficult. …”

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Fall 2019

Opinions on GEOG 181 online versus in-person? 4 points, 6 comments

u/Azleron: “… current schedule includes math 127, chem 120 (and Lab), physics 121 (and Lab), AVIA100 and AVIA203. Geography was taken out of my schedule so that AVIA203 could be lit in, but I’m now being offered the choice to take it in-class this term or online winter or spring term. …”

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Fall 2017

Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments

“posting a reply to my comment I find the bot annoying.”

u/Jackhofmann: “PSYCH 483 PSYCH 484 PSYCH 485 PSYCH 486 PSYCH 490R PSYCH 499A PSYCH 499B PSYCH 499C PSYCH 621 PSYCH 630 PSYCH 677A PSYCH 704A PSYCH 704B PSYCH 707 PSYCH 710 PSYCH 714 PSYCH 717 PSYCH 720A PSYCH 721A …”

u/Jackhofmann: “… 336W ARCHL 338W ARCHL 344W ARTS 111 ARTS 122 ARTS 190 ARTS 280 ARTS 365 ASTRN 101W AVIA 100 AVIA 203 AVIA 306 AVIA 310 BASE 32 BASE 34 BASE 36 BASE 42 BASE 44 BASE 46 BE 601 BE 606 BET 100 BET 300 BET 310 BET 320 BET 410A BET 411 BET 412 BET 420 BET 430 BET 600 BET 601 BET 602 …”

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