St. Petersburg College Bachelor of Applied Science in Public Safety Administration Withsubplans

St. Petersburg College – Bachelor of Applied Science in Public Safety Administration with Subplans in Fire Science Technology, or Emergency Management & Homeland Security

St. Petersburg College, Southeastern Public Safety Institute, offers a Bachelor of Applied Science Degree in Public Safety Administration with Subplans in Fire Science Technology, or Emergency Management and Homeland Security. The newly revised curriculum will take effect in the summer of 2012. The program provides the necessary knowledge and facilitates the development of skills needed to assume administrative and leadership roles in public safety organizations. This is an online program, with classes that are offered in 8-week session format in the fall and spring semesters, with summer classes available.

Bachelor of Applied Science in Public Safety Administration:

Admission requires an A.S. Degree of sixty (60) credits in a public safety discipline with at least fifteen (15) credit hours in transferable general education credits and current certification in the field. Students may be admitted with an A.A. Degree with approval by the Dean. If general education hours for an A.A. Degree have been completed, the student must complete twenty-four (24) credits in a public safety major in place of additional general education required for the A.S. student.

General Education credits…..15-21  For A.S degree holders, and additional 15-21 general education credits are required to complete the thirty-six (36) credit hour general education requirement for St. Petersburg College. Please note that total program hours may vary. Consult the assigned baccalaureate specialist for any additional questions.  Additional general education courses:  Enhanced World View Requirement 3  Communications (Comp 1, 2, speech) 9  Humanities/Fine Arts 3  Mathematics (college algebra or higher) 6  Natural Sciences (depending if lab taken) 7-9  Social & Behavioral Science (POS 2041 required) 6  Ethics 3  Computer/Information Literacy Competency 1-3

Required Major Courses (27 Credits):

MAN 3301 Public Personnel Management 3 PAD 3311 Program Planning and Evaluation 3 PAD 3820 Foundations of Public Safety Administration 3 PAD 3874 Community Relations Theory & Practice 3 PAD 4204 Public Finance 3 PAD 4232 Grant Administration & Resource Development 3 PAD 4603 Administrative 3 PAD 4878 Public Safety Administration Capstone 3 PAD 4046 Managing Conflict in Public Organizations 3

Elective Major Courses (choose 6 credits):

COM 3120 Organizational Communication 3 ISM 3011 Management of Information Systems 3 MAN 3240 Applied Organizational Behavior 3 MAN 3303 Management and Leadership Practices 3 MAN 4863 Facilities and Property Management 3 PAD 3034 Survey of Public Policy 3 PAD 4332 Strategic and Operational Planning 3 PAD 4393 Critical Incident Management 3

CHOOSE ONE SUBPLAN, COMPLETE 9 CREDITS IN SUBPLAN

Subplan B- Fire Science (FS) - 9 credits:

FES 3003 Political and Legal Foundation for Fire Protection 3 FES 3015 Advanced Fire Administration 3 FES 3533 Community Fire and Risk Reduction 3 FES 3780 Analytical Approaches to Public Fire Protection 3 FES 4585 Fire Prevention Organization and Management 3 MAN 3301 Public Personnel Management 3

Subplan D- Emergency Management & Homeland Security (EMHS) - 9 credits:

FES 3823 Planning Methodology for Hazard Mitigation 3 FES 3833 Emerging Issues in Environmental Disaster Management 3 FES 4014 Evolution of Emergency Management 3 PAD 4393 Critical Incident Management 3

Subplan E- Cross Discipline (CD) - choose 9 credits from any of the subplans above

Total program credits 120

Additional subplan in Criminal Justice/Corrections *Note: if you have not completed 2 years of the same foreign language in high school or 8 college credits, you will need to complete 8 credits of the same foreign language before completing the BAS program.

For more information:

Contact: Angel Bates, MS.ED Baccalaureate Program Specialist College of Public Safety Administration St. Petersburg College, Allstate Center Phone: (727) 341-4419 Fax: (727) 444-6201 Email: [email protected]

Contact: Dean Brian Frank, Southeastern Public Safety Institute St. Petersburg College Allstate Center, P.O. Box 13489 St. Petersburg, Florida 33733 Phone: (727) 341-4503/4143 Fax: (727) 549-6062 Email: [email protected]

Additional Information: Web Page: http://www.spcollege.edu/publicsafetybas/

Update: 1/03/14

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