Bachelor’s Degree Requirements

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EKU’s Bachelor’s degree in Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology prepares you to become an expert on how to prevent fires, and reduce the damage and danger that occurs when a fire does break out.

The courses in the program include a broad-based study of fire science with an emphasis on fire dynamics and fire protection systems and design. The Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology degree also has a strong background in science and math. This program is right for you if you are interested in providing safer working and living environments by learning how a fire behaves, the best methods to prevent fires and how to minimize a fire’s impact on its surroundings.

The combination of what you learn in the classroom at EKU and the experience you’ll gain through internships, co-ops and your first job will make you very valuable to the industry.

Some careers available with a Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology degree are:

• Fire Protection and Prevention Systems Designer
• Building Inspector
• Fire Safety Director
• Insurance Company Consultant
• Industrial Safety Specialist
• Fire Protection and Safety Engineer
• Fire Protection Technician

Job Summary

Fire protection and safety engineering technicians are experts who save lives and money by preventing fires and reducing the danger when fires do break out. They provide advice that helps people to safely design buildings and products, prevent fires, and extinguish or escape from fires. Many also inspect public buildings and homes to determine the amount of fire danger that is present and suggest ways to minimize this danger.

Program Educational Objectives

Graduates of the Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology curriculum will be able to:

1.  Practice fire protection engineering technology regionally, nationally, and internationally in a broad range of modern professional settings
2.  Actively participate in the development of engineering technology, decisions on societal, environmental, economical, and safety issues at
        the local or global levels
3.  Understand the need for lifelong learning and continued professional development
4.  Maintain continual professional competency and practice ethically

General Student Outcomes

Upon completion of the FPSET Program at EKU, students will demonstrate the following learned professional capabilities:
 

1. 1. An ability to apply knowledge, techniques, skills and modern tools of mathematics, science, engineering, and technology to
          solve broadly-defined engineering problems appropriate to the discipline;
   2. An ability to design systems, components, or processes meeting specified needs for broadly-defined engineering problems appropriate to the
          discipline;
   3. An ability to apply written, oral, and graphical communication in broadly-defined technical and non-technical environments; and an ability to
          identify and use appropriate technical literature;
   4. An ability to conduct standard tests, measurements, and experiments and to analyze and interpret the results to improve processes; and
   5. An ability to function effectively as a member as well as a leader on technical teams.

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