| FIRST YEAR | ||
| First Semester | Hours | |
| FST-040 | Fire Behavior and Combustion FST-040This course explores the theories and fundamentals of how and why fires start, spread, and how they are controlled.
| 3.0 |
| FST-041 | Principles/Emergency Services FST-041This course provides an overview to fire protection; including career opportunities; philosophy and history of fire protection/service; fire loss analysis; organization and function of private fire protection services; laws and regulations affecting the fire service; and fire service nomenclature.
| 3.0 |
| FST-042 | Occupational Safety/Health FST-042This course introduces basic concepts of risk evaluation, control procedures, EMS, hazardous materials, and technical rescue for fire stations, training sites, emergency vehicles and emergency situations involving fire.
| 3.0 |
| ENG-120 | Composition I *ENG-120Students will study the writing process by reading essays that illustrate a variety of rhetorical strategies, analyzing writing tasks and texts, and writing, revising, and editing short essays.
| 3.0 |
| MAT-116 | General Education Math *MAT-116Survey of mathematical topics with emphasis on solutions to real life problems. Topics will include set theory, consumer/financial math, measurement, and statistics. Problem solving projects involving detailed written solutions will be required. Calculators and computers will be used.
| 3.0 |
Semester Totals |
15.0 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| FST-043 | Building Construction FST-043This course provides the components of building construction that relate to fire and life safety with focus on firefighter safety. Elements of construction and design of structures are key factors when inspecting buildings, preplanning fire operations, and operating at emergencies.
| 3.0 |
| FST-044 | Fire Prevention FST-044This course provides use of fire codes, identification and correction of fire hazards, and the relationships of fire prevention with built-in fire protection systems, fire investigation, and fire and life-safety education.
| 3.0 |
| FST-045 | Fire Investigation I FST-045This course provides the fundamentals and technical knowledge needed for proper fire scene interpretations, including recognizing and conducting origin and cause, preservation of evidence and documentation, scene security, motives of the fire setter, and types of fire causes.
| 3.0 |
| ENG-121 | Composition II *ENG-121Students will learn how to find, use, assess and document research sources, producing an extended writing project based primarily on library research.
| 3.0 |
| SPE-111 | Intro to Speech Communication SPE-111Focuses on the fundamental principles and methods of selection, analyzing, organizing, developing and communicating information, evidence, and points of view to audiences.
| 3.0 |
Semester Totals |
15.0 | |
| SECOND YEAR | ||
| First Semester | Hours | |
| FST-070 | Fire Protection Systems FST-070Provides information relating to the features of design and operation of fire alarm systems, water-based fire suppression systems, special hazard fire suppression systems, water supply for fire protection and portable fire extinguishers.
| 3.0 |
| FST-046 | Fire Service Safety & Survival FST-046This course will provide basic principles and history related to the National Fire Life Safety Initiatives, focusing on cultural and behavioral change.
| 3.0 |
| CHM-111 | Concepts of Chemistry CHM-111An introduction to the concepts of chemistry where information is presented to students with little background or no prior interest in chemistry and those students who are not interested in abstract or mathematical theories.
| 4.0 |
| SOC-280 | Introduction to Sociology SOC-280Study of human interaction focusing on social influences shaping personality, structure and dynamics of human society. Topics include: sociological perspective, culture, society, social interaction; social change in global perspective; socialization; families; social class; and social stratification; race and ethnicity; and deviance.
| 3.0 |
| --- --- | Art Elective --- ---
| 3.0 |
Semester Totals | 16.0 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| --- --- | Fire Science Elective --- ---
| 3.0 |
| FST-072 | Legal Aspects of Fire Service FST-072Introduces the federal, state and local laws that regulate emergency services, national standards influencing emergency services, standard of care, tort, liability, and a review of relevant court cases.
| 3.0 |
| FST-073 | Fire Administration I *FST-073This course provides student with education in fire scienc organization and management, administrative procedures and methods, budgeting, control of resources, and the maintenance of records. Discusses managerial attitudes and decisions, general organizational planning and career development.
| 3.0 |
| FST-074 | Fire Investigation II *FST-074This course provides advanced technical knowledge on rule of law, fire scene analysis, fire behavior, evidence collection and preservation, scene documentation, case preparation and testifying.
| 3.0 |
| BIO-100 | Bio Science I BIO-100This course provides an introduction to the fundamental processes and structures common to all living things along with their applications to society.
| 4.0 |
| PSY-271 | Intr/Psychology PSY-271Focuses on psychology as a science, introducing Concepts, research methods and research in a variety of subfields, including neuroscience, sensation and perception, consciousness, learning and memory, cognition, motivation and emotion, development, personality, disorders and therapy, and social psychology.
| 3.0 |
Semester Totals |
19.0 | |
Total Program Hours | 65.0 |
| Suggested Electives | ||
| FST-071 | FST Hydraulics/Water Supply FST-071Provides a foundation of theoretical knowledge in order to understand the principles of the use of water in fire protection and to apply hydraulic principles to analyze and to solve water supply problems.
| 3.0 |
| EMS-050 | Emergency Medical Tech-Basic EMS-050This course provides the student with an understanding of his/her roles and responsibilities within the EMS system, including operations, patient assessment, and emergency medical care. Students successfully completing this course will be eligible to take the EMT-Basic licensing examination. (Repeatable 3 Times)
| 6.0 |
| FST-081 | Fire Strategy and Tactics FST-081Provides an in-depth analysis of the principles of fire control through utilization of personnel, equipment, and extinguishing agents on the fire ground.
| 3.0 |
| FST-075 | Fire Administration II FST-075Provides student with education in fire service organization and management, administrative procedures and methods, budgeting, control of resources, and the maintenance of records. Discusses managerial attitudes and decisions, general organizational planning and career development.
| 3.0 |
| FST-082 | Fire Service Instructor I FST-082Provides up-to-date information required to meet the modern job performance requirements for the Fire Service Instructor I as outlined by the National Fire Protection Association, relating to the Safety during the Learning Process and Instructor Management. (Repeatable 3 Times)
| 3.0 |
| ART-110 | 2-D Design ART-110A comprehensive study of the elements and principles of a two-dimensional design. Experience with a variety of materials and techniques.
| 3.0 |
| ART-111 | 3-D Design ART-111A foundation studio course concerned with understanding how to manipulate basic elements and principles of design to develop visual images that exist in real space. A variety of experiences using different tools and media will be used to understand both the processes and products of 3-D design.
| 3.0 |
| ART-240 | Art and Gender *ART-240This course will examine the expression of the visual arts through gender, history and culture. The study of art and gender is covered to better understand and define the intent and creation of art forms from ancient to contemporary culture.
| 3.0 |
| ART-250 | Understanding Art ART-250A survey of the visual arts from Ancient to contemporary times, an understanding the major cultural and historical relationships to the art forms.
| 3.0 |
| ENG-224 | Creative Writing - Poetry *ENG-224Students will understand the structure and elements of poetry and the writing process, produce fully developed works of poetry and demonstrate an understanding of the critical terminology of the creative writer.
| 3.0 |
| MUS-229 | Understanding Music MUS-229A survey of the musical forms and styles associated with classical music, focusing on representative musical masterworks and their composers. This music is presented in both a historical and a cultural framework.
| 3.0 |