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Oct 13, 2024
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2024-2025 Catalog and Student Handbook
Fire Technology Management, AAS
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CODE: FTM-AAS | TOTAL CREDITS: 61 | FINANCIAL AID ELIGIBILITY: Eligible
DESCRIPTION
The Associate of Applied Science Degree in Fire Technology Management is designed to provide students and career fire service personnel with the necessary education and skills required to enter a career or achieve promotion in a municipal, county or state fire department. The courses follow the Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education (FESHE) curriculum. The course content is designed to meet the National Fire Protection Association’s 1001 Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications. The elective material is designed to prepare firefighters for advancement in the fire service.
This degree does not guarantee employment or promotion but will prepare the student to increase their chances of being hired or promoted. Students may be placed in a physically demanding environment designed to introduce the student to job tasks and skills required to operate in the fire and emergency services.
ACADEMIC MAP
Map: CSN AAS Fire Technology Management
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Student Learning Outcomes
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Demonstrate donning of Hazardous Materials suits and self-contained breathing apparatus.
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Conduct a basic fire inspection.
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Conduct a basic fire investigation.
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Identify the working components of a fire protection system.
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Distinguish the different types of construction methods used in the building of various types of structures.
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Complete the State of Nevada Certification requirements in the following categories: Hazardous Materials Operations and Awareness, Fire Instructor I, Fire Officer I, and wildland fire-fighting red card certification.
General Education Requirements
TOTAL GENERAL EDUCATION CREDITS: 22
300-level and above courses cannot be used to satisfy GE requirements.
Mathematics (3 Credits)
NOTE: Your first college-level MATH course MUST be completed before reaching 30 total college-level credits.
English Composition (3-5 Credits)
NOTE: Your first college-level ENG course MUST be completed before reaching 30 total college-level credits.
Communications (3 Credits)
Human Relations (3 Credits)
Natural Science (3 Credits)
Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences (3 Credits)
- any AM prefix course
- or any ANTH prefix course (except ANTH 102 and ANTH 110L)
- or any ART prefix course
- or any COM prefix course
- or DAN 101 - Dance Appreciation
- or any ECON prefix course
- or ENG 223 - Themes of Literature or above
- or GEOG 106 - Introduction to Cultural Geography
- or any HIST prefix course
- or any MUS prefix course (except MUS 100)
- or any PHIL prefix course
- or any PSC prefix course
- or any THTR prefix course (except THTR 275)
- or WMST 113 - Gender, Race, and Class
- or World Languages 101B or above (this includes the following course prefixes: ARA, ARM, CHI, FIL, FREN, GER, GRE, ITAL, JPN, KOR, LAT, PORT, RUS, SPAN, and THAI)
U.S. and Nevada Constitutions (4-6 Credits)
Major Requirements
TOTAL MAJOR REQUIREMENTS CREDITS: 39
Grades of D+, D, and D- in the major requirements (occupational) area in an Associate of Applied Science degree program will not count toward graduation requirements.
Core Requirements (27 Credits)
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