Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology – Curriculum
Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology Curriculum
The curriculum for the bachelor’s degree Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology provides students with the sophisticated technical knowledge and skills needed to excel in a fire and safety career.
Discover the advanced techniques for responding to fire safety issues, study fire dynamics and combustion, learn the procedure for responding to industrial and community disasters, and more. The Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology degree focuses on the advanced techniques for responding to fire safety issues, learning how to work with architects, engineers, and officials to investigate fire damage, examining protective measure to determine why they fail, and designing and implementing new effective measures for the future.
Program Requirements:
- Core Courses: 48 hours
- Supporting Course Requirements: 41 hours
- General Education Requirements: 27 hours
- University Requirements: 4-6 hours (GSD 101 ; HEA 285)
Total Curriculum Requirements: 120-122 hours
Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology Core Courses
- FPSET Core Courses
- FSE 101 – Fire Prevention
- FSE 120 – Fire Behavior and Combustion
- FSE/OSH 200 – Applied Fire and Safety Analysis
- FSE 221 – Fire Protection Systems
- FSE 300W – Technical Report Writing for Emergency Services
- FSE/OSH 305 – Hazardous Materials
- OSH 261 – Principles of Occupational Safety and Health
- OSH 410 – System Safety Analysis
- FSE 224 – Human Behavior in Fire
- FSE 322 – Fire Protection Structures and System Design
- FSE 350 – Fire Arson and Explosion Investigation I
- FSE 355 – Fire Dynamics
- FSE 360 – Fire Protection Hydraulics and Water Supply
- FSE 445 – Advanced Structural Fire Protection
- FSE 480 – Industrial Fire Safety
- FSE 481 – Fire Protection Design
Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology Supporting Courses
- FPSET Supporting Courses
- BIO 101- Essentials of Biology
- CHE 111/111L – General Chemistry I/Lab
- CHE 112/112L – General Chemistry II/Lab
- CON 303 – Statics and Strength of Materials
- CON 322 – Construction Structural Design
- MAT 124 – Calculus I
- MAT 224 – Calculus II
- PHY 201 – University Physics I
- PHY 202 – University Physics II
- PHY 375 – Thermodynamics
- TEC 190 – Technical Graphics
Click the following link to download a complete list of program curriculum for the online Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Program.
State authorization link for co-op: http://ekuonline.eku.edu/state-authorization-status
