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Fire and Emergency Services
Major: Fire and Emergency Services Degree Awarded: B.S.F.E.S. Minor: No
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Total Credits Required: |
124 |
Course work in the junior and senior years is offered exclusively via electronic distance learning. Please contact the school to verify the information provided. Visit 101 Fine Arts Building C or our Web site at www.bcn.ufl.edu, write to P.O. Box 115703, UF, Gainesville, FL 32611-5703, or e-mail raymond-issa@ufl.edu.
The Bachelor of Science in Fire and Emergency Services is designed to build on the student's experience in the fire service and to add the academic substance to prepare graduates to lead public or private sector fire and emergency service units.
Students who begin their studies at the University of Florida will enter the program in the junior year and complete the program at the university. Others may apply to the university at the junior year after earning the Associate of Arts degree from a Florida community college or other accredited academic institution.
Once accepted, students can pursue a Bachelor of Science without moving to Gainesville. Course work for the junior and senior years will be offered via electronic distance learning and UF faculty will teach and advise students in the program.
Students will need access to a personal computer capable of connecting to the World Wide Web and sending and receiving electronic mail. It is recommended but not required that the student's computer have a video conferencing capability.
Tracking for Fire and Emergency Services
Students must meet the GPA requirement and complete all FES preprofessional courses and all general education course work before beginning the junior year. Freshman and sophomore course work will be taken at a Florida community college or other accredited academic institution. Junior and senior course work will be taken via electronic distance learning.
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Semester 1 |
Credits |
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ENC 1101 Expository & Argumentative Writing (GE-C) |
3 |
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CHM 1020 Basic Chemistry (GE-P) |
3 |
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MAC 1140 Pre-calculus: Algebra (GE-M) |
3 |
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BCN 1210 Construction Materials. |
3 |
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PHI 2630 Contemporary Moral Issues (GE-H) |
3 |
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Total |
15 |
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Semester 2 |
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ENC 2210 Technical Writing (GE-C) |
3 |
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PHY 2004 Applied Physics 1 (GE-P) |
3 |
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PSY 2013 General Psychology (GE-S) |
3 |
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EUH 2002 Western Civilization (H,I) |
3 |
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CGS 2531 Intro. to Computer/Software (GE-M) |
3 |
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Total |
15 |
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Semester 3 |
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POS 2041 American Federal Government (GE-S) |
3 |
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PET 2320C Human Anatomy (GE-B) |
4 |
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HSC 2400 First Aid and Personal Safety |
2 |
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PHI 2100 Logic (GE-M) |
3 |
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Social & Behavioral Sciences (GE) |
3 |
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Total |
15 |
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Semester 4 |
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SPC 2600 Intro. to Public Speaking. |
3 |
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MET 1010 Intro to Weather & Climate (GE-P) |
3 |
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PAD 3003 Intro. To Public Administration |
3 |
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AML 2070 Survey of American Lit. (GE-C) |
3 |
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Humanities (GE-H, I) |
3 |
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Total |
15 |
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Semester 5 |
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FES 3015 Prin. of Fire & Emergency Services Management |
3 |
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FES 3753 Fire & Emergency Services Labor Issues |
3 |
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FES 3803 Multi-Agency Incident Command |
3 |
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FES 3033 Fire & Emergency Services Labor Issues |
3 |
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FES 3755 Fire & Emergency Services Capital Equipment & Facilities |
3 |
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Total |
15 |
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Semester 6 |
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FES 3284 Management of Emergency Medical Services |
3 |
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FES 3815 Command & Control-Catastrophic Catastrophic Fire-Rescue Incidents |
3 |
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FES 3285 Adv. Leadership Issues in Emergency Medical Services. |
3 |
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FES 3823 FES Integrated Operations |
3 |
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FES 3285 Fire & Emergency Services Information Technology |
3 |
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Total |
15 |
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Semester 7 |
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(Choose two of the first three courses) |
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FES 4585 Management of Fire Prevention Programs |
3 |
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FES 4224 Management of Mass Casualty Incidents |
3 |
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FES 4825 Design & Management of Community Disaster Exercises |
3 |
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FES 4003 Fire & Emergency Services Public Policy & Administration |
3 |
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FES 4045 Fire & Emergency Services Human Resource Management |
3 |
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FES 4935 Current Issues in Fire & Emergency Services |
3 |
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Total |
15 |
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Semester 8 |
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(Choose two of the first three courses) |
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FES 4685 Management for Arson Prevention & Control. |
3 |
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FES 4225 Special Operations in Emergency Medical Services |
3 |
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FES 4835 Natural Disaster Phenomena in Florida |
3 |
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FES 4055 Fire & Emergency Services Public Relations |
3 |
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FES 4023 Fire & Emergency Services Ethical Practices & Leadership |
3 |
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FES 4034 Regulatory Issues in Fire & Emergency Services |
3 |
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Total |
15 |
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Total for Degree |
120 |