FPA Curriculum

Bachelor’s Degree Requirements

UNIVERSITY GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

General Education: 36 hours

Student Success Seminar (JSO 100; waived for transfers with 30+ hrs.): 1 hour

Wellness: 3 hours

Writing Intensive Course (Hrs. incorporated into Major/Supporting/Gen Ed/Free Electives category)

Upper division courses (42 hrs. distributed throughout Major/Supporting/Gen Ed/Free Electives categories)

ACCT - Fire Protection Administration majors will fulfill ACCT with FSE 400.

(Credit hours are incorporated into major requirements below.)

Total Hours University Graduation Requirements: 40 hours

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS

The Department of Safety, Security, and Emergency Management requires that each graduate of Fire Protection Administration (B.S.) must complete a minimum of 32 credit hours in the College of Justice and Safety at Eastern Kentucky University and must complete a minimum of 18 upper division credits from the Safety, Security and Emergency Management Department.

Core Courses: 66 hours

FSE 101, 120, 200, 201, 221, 223, 225, 230, 300W, 305, 320, 322, 349(3), 350, 355, 360, 365, 375, 400, 425; OSH 261, 390.

Supporting Course Requirements: 17 hours

CHE 101/101L(4) (ᴳElement 4), 102/102L(4); MAT 114 (ᴳElement 2); PSY 200(ᴳElement 5B); TRS 235.

ᴳ = Course also satisfies a General Education element.  Hours are included within the 36 hr. General Education requirement above. A maximum of 3 cr. hrs. will count toward Element 4.

Free Electives: 6 hours

TOTAL HOURS TO COMPLETE DEGREE: 120 hours