Go To Uni, Earn a Degree In Drones

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday March 19, 2013 @09:36AM from the with-a-minor-in-launching-hellfire-missiles-remotely dept.

New submitter KernelMuncher writes "Curricula and research projects related to drones are cropping up at both large universities and community colleges across the country. In a list of 81 publicly-funded entities that have applied for a certificate of authorization to fly drones from the Federal Aviation Administration, more than a third are colleges... Schools — and their students — are jockeying for a position on the ground floor of a nascent industry that looks poised to generate jobs and research funding in the coming years. 'We get a lot of inquiries from students saying, "I want to be a drone pilot,"' says Ken Polovitz, the assistant dean in the University of North Dakota's John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences."

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Needing a degree? by chrism238 · 2013-03-19 09:48 · Score: 5, Funny

Surely it doesn't require a degree to become a drone pilot - just an enthusiasm for video games and a morality bypass?
Drones, you say? by Inf0phreak · 2013-03-19 10:00 · Score: 2, Funny

I can get a diploma in Zerg showing I can drone hard? Awesome...
*Reads submission again*... oooh. That kind of drones. That's a lot less awesome.

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