FPA Degree

Continuation of CHE 101, emphasis on elementary organic chemistry, biochemistry, and industrial chemistry.

For students who plan to take no more than one year of chemistry. Basic principles of structure and properties of matter, chemical nomenclature and reactivity.

Fire prevention begins with an introduction to fire and safety related codes, fire prevention methods, mechanical systems and engineering solutions for hazards.

Gain a solid understanding of the theories and fundamentals of how and why fires start and spread, as well as how they are controlled.

The Applied Fire and Safety Analysis course is designed to familiarize you with the existing sources of fire science data and the procedures to follow when conducting research.

This course provides an introduction to fire protection systems and their relationship to control and extinguishment of fires.

Students in the Legal Aspects of Fire Protection and Safety course will examine the role of executive, legislative and legal decisions relating to personnel practices, employee safety, public protection and the legal responsibilities, liabilities, and authority of fire service practitioners.

Correct documentation and reporting of fire and safety matters is an essential element of the fire science industry. This course is designed to help students develop the oral and written communication skills specific to the public emergency services sector.

Dealing with hazardous materials is an important component of emergency response. In this course, students learn the 8-step process involved with responding to a hazardous materials incident and discover how to implement a course of action.

Course designed to combine classroom-based education with practical work experience. Academic credit is provided for structured job experience.

Real and complex numbers, integer and rational exponents, polynomial and rational equations and inequalities, graphs of functions and relations, exponential and logarithmic functions, systems of equations, matrices.

In the Principles of Occupational Safety and Health course students explore the history of the development of occupational safety and health, the structure and functioning of the OSHA.

The Workers Compensation course within the Fire Administration concentration is an in-depth study of the foundation of Worker Compensation law.

A survey of the major content areas and methods of psychology, including history, biological correlates, cognition, language, intelligence, motivation, emotion,development, personality, abnormal, therapy, and social behavior.

Program designed to learn collision prevention and crash mitigation techniques needed when an impending driving emergency occurs in an emergency response vehicle. Included in the course work is theory to introduce and simulate avoidance maneuvers.

A major component in the study of fire science is the examination of how fire and safety codes are planned into new construction and development projects.

Fire professionals must be prepared to make emergency scene decisions using cutting-edge strategies and tactics.

Students in the Fire Prevention, Organization and Management course will examine the factors that shape fire risk and the tools for fire prevention, including risk reduction education, codes and standards, inspection and plans review, fire investigation, research, master planning, influences, and strategies.

Students in the Principles of Fire and Safety Supervision course will examine the factors that shape fire risk and the tools for fire prevention, including risk reduction education, codes and standards, inspection and plans review, fire investigation, research, master planning, influences, and strategies.

Students in this course will be able to explain the basic concepts and principles involved with the design, inspection, installation, testing and maintenance of fire protections structures and systems.

For investigators, firefighters and fire marshals, arson and explosions are an unfortunate but reoccurring part of the job.

Fire Dynamics is an introduction to advanced fire and combustion concepts and the associated terminology and measurement techniques.

The Water Supply for Fire Protection course addresses the role of water and how it plays a key component in fire prevention and suppression.

The Emergency Service Instructional Methodology course provides students with the opportunity to develop the skills they’ll need to properly share their knowledge of Fire and Safety Engineering Technology with others.

The Fire and Emergency Service Resource Management Systems course begins with an introduction to management issues and accounting for related resources.

During the Advanced Emergency Service Administration course, students will study the key managerial issues confronting contemporary fire service managers and develop an organizational plan for different types of fire departments.

The Disaster and Community Fire Defense Planning course examines concepts and principles of community risk assessment, planning and response to natural and man-made disasters.