BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - FIRE & SAFETY ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

(For students who have obtained an Associate Degree at some regionally accredited university or college, or are transferring to UC with some of their Associate Degree completed. A minimum of 60 upper level quarter credit hours, 300 or 400 level, must be taken at UC.)

FIRE SERVICE CORE COURSES: (35 credit hours)
20FST319 Building Construction for FS 5
20FST380 Fire & Emergency Services Administration 5
20FST382 Fire Prevention Org & Mgmt 5
20FST383 Fire Protection Structures & Systems 5
20FST384 Community Risk Reduction for the Fire & Emergency Service 5
20FST385 Political & Legal Foundations of Fire Protection 5
20FST387 Fire Dynamics 5

FIRE SERVICE ELECTIVES: (10 credit hours)
Select two of these courses; if you will still be short of the required 60 credit hours of upper level UC courses, select additional courses from this area.

20FST321 Terrorism Awareness & Planning 5
20FST381 Analytical Approach/Fire Protection 5
20FST388 Fire Scene Reconstruction, CSI 5
20FST480 Disaster Planning & Control 5
20FST481 Personnel Mgmt for the Fire & Emergency Services 5
20FST482 Applications of Fire Research 5
20FST483 Fire Related Human Behavior 5
20FST484 Fire Investigation & Analysis 5
20FST486 Managerial Issues of Hazardous Materials 5

MATHEMATICS/PHYSICS/COMPUTER SCIENCE: (12 credit hours) (Must be at least one course in statistics; may take courses in microcomputer applications, management information systems, database management, physics, or math higher than Algebra I, Algebra II and Trigonometry.)

HUMANITIES: (15 credit hours)

TECHNICAL ELECTIVES: (22 credit hours) Technical Elective Courses: Natural Science, Fire Science, Data Processing, Business Administration, Engineering or related Fire and/or Emergency Medical Training Programs

ASSOCIATE DEFICIENCIES: (For transfer students please review transfer forms, www.uc.edu/cas/firescience -

ASSOCIATE DEGREE - FIRE & SAFETY ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

(20AAS FSTN) [2010-2011]
(For students coming to UC in their Freshman Year, or transferring with some Associate Degree credits.)

UC GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIRED COURSES (19 hours required)
15ENGL101 English Composition I 3
15ENGL102 English Composition II 3
1EENGL289 Intermediate Composition 3
15PSYC101 Introduction to Psychology 3
15COMM171 Effective Public Speaking 3
15CHEM101 1st Yr Chemistry (in class); or online: 20FST275 Chemistry For Emergency Service Personnel 4 Note: Some fire science courses also meet Gen Ed requirements: 20FST249 Hazardous Materials, when you also take 20FST279 FF Safety & Risk Management

HUMANITIES/SOCIAL SCIENCE ELECTIVES (9 credits required)
Go to UC OneStop, and view distance learning classes:
https://webapps.uc.edu/onestop/learningopp/course_listing.asp
then select the Quarter Term, and then look up Distance Learning courses offered throughout UC, or courses in each college.

MATH (9 hours required)
15MATH173 College Algebra I 3
15MATH174 College Algebra II 3
15MATH181 Trigonometry 3

OPEN LEARNINGS FIRE SCIENCE (OLFS) TECHNICAL ELECTIVES (6 credits required) Technical Elective Courses: Natural Science, Fire Science, Data Processing, Business Administration, Engineering or related Fire and/or Emergency Medical Training Programs

OPEN LEARNING FIRE COURSES – Fire Science Core Courses (50 credits)
20FST209 Fire Tactics (Prof. req. students to be active firefighters) 5
20FST249 Hazardous Materials 5
20FST269 Fire Determination Strategies 5
20FST279 FF Safety & Risk Management 5
20FST319 Building Construction for FS 5
20FST380 Fire & Emergency Services Administration 5
20FST382 Fire Prevention Org & Mgmt 5
20FST383 Fire Protection Structures & Systems 5
20FST384 Community Risk Reduction for the Fire & Emergency Service 5
20FST385 Political & Legal Foundations of Fire Protection 5

TOTAL CREDITS 93

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - FIRE & SAFETY ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

(20BSFSET FST) [2010-2011]
(For students who have received the CEAS AAS degree; a minimum of 60 credits must be taken at the UC.)

FIRE SERVICE REQUIRED COURSES (45 credit hours)
20FST499 Independent Research Fire Service 5
20FST499 Independent Research Fire Service 5
20FST387 Fire Dynamics 5
20FST480 Disaster Planning & Control 5
20FST481 Personnel Mgmt for the Fire & Emergency Services 5
20FST482 Applications of Fire Research 5
20FST483 Fire Related Human Behavior 5
20FST484 Fire Investigation & Analysis 5
20FST486 Managerial Issues of Hazardous Materials 5

MATHEMATICS/PHYSICS/COMPUTER SCIENCE: (12 credit hours) (Must be at least one course in statistics; may take courses in microcomputer applications, management information systems, database management, physics, or math higher than Algebra I, Algebra II and Trigonometry.)

HUMANITIES: (15 credit hours)

TECHNICAL ELECTIVES: (22 credit hours) Technical Elective Courses: Natural Science, Fire Science, Data Processing, Business Administration, Engineering or related Fire and/or Emergency Medical Training Programs.

TOTAL CREDITS: 94 credits