North Carolina A&T State University innovates with new aerospace major

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) -- As you’ve gone through life, someone or something has probably introduced you to the oxymoron that the only constant is change.

North Carolina A&T State University embraces that and is always innovating.

That latest iteration of that is how they’ve adapted their curriculum to create a new major they call Aerospace.

It fits well with the economic development wins in their home region of the Piedmont Triad, with companies like JetZero, Boom Supersonic, HondaJet and Marshall Aerospace all choosing the region for major job development.

A&T has reworked its academic offerings to reflect that.

“For the last 20 years, the mechanical engineering department has been having a mechanical engineering degree with an aerospace option, where some of our students take aeros