B.S. Fire Services Administration
Program Admissions Requirements
There are no program admissions requirements for the B.S. in Fire Services Administration.
General Education
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Objective 1 | 6 | |
| Objective 2 | 3 | |
| Objective 3 | 3 | |
| Objective 4 | 6 | |
| Objective 5 | 7 | |
| Objective 6 | 6 | |
| Students must fulfill Objective 7 or Objective 8 | 3 | |
Objective 7 | ||
Objective 8 | ||
| Objective 9 | 3 | |
| Total Credits | 37 | |
Major Requirements
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| FSA 1101 | Building Construction for Fire Protection | 2 |
| FSA 1102 | Fire Behavior and Combustion | 2 |
| FSA 1103 | Fire Prevention | 2 |
| FSA 1105 | Fire Protection Systems | 2 |
| FSA 1106 | Principles of Emergency Services | 2 |
| FSA 1107 | Principles of Fire and Emergency Services Safety and Survival | 2 |
| FSA/HSEM 1125 | Leadership and Influence 1 | 3 |
| FSA 2202 | Legal Aspects of the Emergency Services 1 | 2 |
| FSA 2250 | Fire Science Integration 2 | 4 |
| FSA 3323 | Fire and Emergency Services Administration | 3 |
| FSA 3325 | Personnel Management for the Fire Service Administrator | 3 |
| FSA 3326 | Fire Prevention Organization and Management | 3 |
| FSA 3329 | Political and Legal Foundations of Fire Protection | 3 |
| FSA 3331 | Community Risk Reduction for Fire and Emergency Services | 3 |
| FSA 3333 | Applications of Fire Research | 3 |
| FSA 4401 | Fire Service Ethics | 3 |
| FSA 4409 | Practicum-Internship 3 | 1-3 |
| ELECTIVES: Choose six (6) credits from the following: | 6 | |
| Analytic Approaches to Public Fire Protection | ||
| Fire-Related Human Behavior | ||
| Disaster Planning and Control | ||
| Fire Protection Structures and Systems | ||
| Fire Investigation and Analysis | ||
| Fire Dynamics | ||
| Emergency Medical Services Administration | ||
| Managerial Issues of Hazardous Materials | ||
| Total Credits | 49-51 | |
Degree Totals
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Program Admissions Requirements | 0 | |
| General Education | 37 | |
| Major Requirements (Required General Education credits removed) | 49-51 | |
| Upper Division Electives 4 | 5-7 | |
| Free Electives 4 | 25-27 | |
| Total Credits | 120 | |
| 1 | FSA 1125/HSEM 1125 may be waived for students who have completed Fire Officer I (90 hours). |
| 2 | This course is waived for students who have already completed an Associate of Science or a Bachelor of Science degree. FSA 2250 is designed for students who have completed an Associate of Applied Science degree in Fire Science. |
| 3 | FSA 4409 Practicum-Internship is required for students with less than 5 years in Fire Services |
| 4 | Courses leading toward the Minor in Emergency Management are recommended, but OPTIONAL, to meet the required Upper Division Elective credits and the Free Elective credits. |
Per standard ISU policy, students with an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Fire Science or Fire Services Technology may utilize up to 60 lower-division credits from their AAS to partially satisfy the 120 credit requirement for the Bachelor of Science in Fire Services Administration degree. |
Recommended General Education Courses
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ECON 1100 | Economic Issues (Partially satisfies General Education Objective 6) | 3 |
| or | ||
| Principles of Macroeconomics (Partially satisfies General Education Objective 6) | ||
| or | ||
| Principles of Microeconomics (Partially satisfies General Education Objective 6) | ||
| MATH 1153 | Statistical Reasoning (Partially satisfies General Education Objective 3) | 3 |
| PHIL 1103 | Introduction to Ethics (Partially satisfies General Education Objective 4) | 3 |
| POLS 1101 | American National Government (Partially satisfies General Education Objective 6) | 3 |