Fire Service Administration
Fire Service Administration
The Fire Service Administration A.A.S. degree program requires the following:
- The completion of 40 semester hours from the courses listed below
- Completion of 25 semester hours in the Fire Service certificates. Total credits = 65
Course Schedule
Fire Science A.A.S. Degree
Required Courses (40 Semester Hours) |
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Institutional Requirement (1 course required, minimum of 1 credit hour required) |
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| Course # | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| SDV-108 | The College Experience | 1.0 |
| SDV-116 | Strategies for Academic Online Success | 1.0 |
| SDV-118 | The Online Experience | 3.0 |
Math Requirement (minimum of 3 credit hours) |
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| Course # | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| BUS-112 | Business Math | 3.0 |
| MAT-111 | Math for Liberal Arts | 4.0 |
| MAT-127 | College Algebra and Trigonometry | 5.0 |
| MAT-130 | Trigonometry | 3.0 |
| MAT-140 | Finite Math | 3.0 |
| MAT-150 | Discrete Math | 3.0 |
| MAT-156 | Statistics I | 3.0 |
| MAT-158 | Statistics II | 3.0 |
| MAT-159 | Statistics Laboratory | 1.0 |
| MAT-743 | Technical Math I | 3.0 |
| MAT-748 | Technical Math II | 3.0 |
Science Requirement (minimum of 3 credit hours) |
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| Course # | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| XXX-XXX | any course with a pre-fix CHM or BIO | 3.0 |
Social Science Requirement (minimum of 3 credit hours) |
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| Course # | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| PSY-111 | Intro to Psychology | 3.0 |
| SOC-110 | Intro to Sociology | 3.0 |
Humanities Requirement (minimum of 6 credit hours) |
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Government Requirement (minimum of 3 credit hours) |
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| Course # | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| POL-111 | American National Government | 3.0 |
| POL-112 | American State and Local Government | 3.0 |
Additional Required Courses (complete all courses) |
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| Course # | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| FIR-200 | Occupational Safety and Health in Emergency Service | 3.0 |
| CRJ-300 | Perspectives of Homeland Security | 3.0 |
| MGT-101 | Principles of Management | 3.0 |
| ENG-105 | Composition I | 3.0 |
| ENG-106 | Composition II | 3.0 |
| SPC-101 | Fundamentals of Oral Communication | 3.0 |
| CSC-110 | Intro to Computers | 3.0 |
Students must complete the following certification courses with the Fire Service Training Bureau and/or the National Fire Academy to use as Advanced Standing credits toward the Fire Service Administration Associate in Applied Science degree. It is the student’s responsibility to compile a completed portfolio containing all certificates listed below. The portfolios will only be accepted when all of the certificates are enclosed in the portfolio. Only the certifications listed below are to be included in the portfolio. |
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Required Certifications (25 credit hours) |
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| Course # | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| Fire Officer I | 3.0 |
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| Fire Officer II | 3.0 |
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| Fire Services Instructor I | 3.0 |
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| Fire Services Instructor II | 2.0 |
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| Fire Inspector I | 3.0 |
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| Incident Safety Officer | 1.0 |
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| Health and Safety Officer | 1.0 |
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| Strategy and Tactics for Initial Company Operations | 1.0 |
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| Training Operations in Small Departments | 1.0 |
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| Decision Making for Initial Company Officers | 1.0 |
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| Arson Detection for the First Responder | 1.0 |
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| Preparation for Initial Company Operations | 1.0 |
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| Incident Command System 300 | 1.0 |
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| Leadership I: Strategies for Company Success | 1.0 |
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| Leadership II: Strategies for Personal Success | 1.0 |
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| Leadership II: Strategies for Supervisory Success | 1.0 |
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Program Coordinator
| T.J. Martin | 515-574-1097 | martin@iowacentral.edu |
