Courses taken for the Fire Management Certificate can be used for the Associate of Applied Science in Fire Management. International students holding F-1 Visa/Status may not enroll in certificate or dual degree programs.
General Education for Fire Management Certificate 15 hoursThese courses constitute the general education segment of the curriculum and must be completed prior to enrolling in the professional curriculum.
Required courses:
BISM 2601* Business Information Systems 3 hoursBUSA 2106* Environment of Business 3 hours
ENGL 1101* English Composition I 3 hours
FIRE 1911 Fire Department Management 3 hours
MATH 1001
or
MATH 1111 Quantitative Skills and Reasoning
College Algebra
3 hours
NOTE:
*Or Honors version
Choose 9 hours from the following courses (a):
FIRE 1090 Special Topics 3 hoursFIRE 1902 Introduction to Fire Prevention & Suppression 3 hours
FIRE 1904 Inspection Principles** 3 hours
FIRE 1906 Industrial Fire Protection 3 hours
FIRE 1908 Instructional Techniques** 3 hours
FIRE 1916 Emergency Rescue Operations 3 hours
FIRE 1961 Fire Service Safety & Loss Control** 3 hours
FIRE 2901 Fire Fighting Tactics and Strategy 3 hours
FIRE 2903 Aircraft Fire Protection Safety 3 hours
FIRE 2905 Fire Causes Investigation 3 hours
FIRE 2907 Incident Command** 3 hours
FIRE 2911 Fire Fighting Hydraulics 3 hours
FIRE 2913 (b) Chemistry of Hazardous Material 3 hours
FIRE 2915 Building Construction & Firefighter Safety 3 hours
NOTES:
*Or Honors version
** Identifies classes for NPQ Fire Officer I
(a) Grades of "C" or better in all FIRE technical courses are required for Georgia Perimeter College certification and Georgia Fire Fighter Standards and Training Council certification.
(b) CHEM 1151 & 1151L are prerequisites for FIRE 2913
Effective Spring 2011
