Course Description: Knowledge and skills first-responding firefighters and EMS personnel need to safely respond to routine and non-routine emergencies that may involve hazardous materials. This includes knowledge and skills to understand what hazardous materials are and the risk associated with them in an incident; recognize the presence of hazardous materials in an emergency; understand the role of the emergency responder at the operations level and understand the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Current Emergency Response Guidebook.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: Academy Offering. Students must also be enrolled in FS110, FS113 FS150. Class meets face-to-face September 5 to 19.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: Academy Offering. Students must also be enrolled in FS110, FS113 FS150. Class meets face-to-face October 4 to 17.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: Academy Offering. Students must also be enrolled in FS110, FS113 FS150. Class meets face-to-face November 1 to 14.
Course Description: Training in personal protective equipment, proper hoseline deployment and advancement, and any other specialized functions of the engine crew. In addition this course emphasizes correct hoseline and nozzle selection and tactics under real-time scenarios.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Course Description: Surface ice rescue support functions at the 'operations' level as set forth in NFPA 1670 including preplanning, scene and victim assessment, shore-based rescue operations and IMS.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.50
Course Description: Primary surface ice rescue functions at the 'technician' level as set forth in NFPA 1670 including ice rescue incident preplanning, ice rescue incident scene management, performance of ice rescue procedures utilizing equipment unique to ice rescue.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Course Description: Rapid entry team training involves training in personal protective equipment, and any specialized rescue equipment needed to rescue emergency responders that are in jeopardy. In addition, this course emphasizes techniques involved in self-rescue.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Course Description: Includes station life and operations related to specialized technical rescue situations, CISM, Incident Command, NFPA Standards, rules/regulations and medical treatment and assessment in technical rescue situations. Special safety concerns, and techniques applied in rescue operations, ropes, webbing, know craft, and equipment.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Course Description: Application of the laws of mathematics and physics to properties of fluid states, force, pressure and flow velocities with emphasis on applying hydraulics to firefighting problems.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: World Geography takes students on a tour of the world. Learn the main concepts geographers use to understand physical and human geography, such as maps, population growth, migration, climate, culture, geopolitics, and economic development. Those concepts are then applied to each region of the world in turn. Gain an understanding of how regions are different from each other, as well as how globalization is drawing people closer together.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: World Geography takes students on a tour of the world. Learn the main concepts geographers use to understand physical and human geography, such as maps, population growth, migration, climate, culture, geopolitics, and economic development. Those concepts are then applied to each region of the world in turn. Gain an understanding of how regions are different from each other, as well as how globalization is drawing people closer together.
Fall
Section Type: Honors
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Even though American government touches every aspect of Americans’ lives, few students understand how American government and politics work or how citizens can engage their own political system. Explore the creation and development of the American political system, the Constitution, civil liberties, and civil rights; the nature of American politics and political participation, including political parties, elections, interest groups, and media; the structure of political institutions, namely Congress, the presidency, and the judiciary; and the development of public policy. Throughout the course, learn about your own political identity, observe how government actually works, and have important civic conversations.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Even though American government touches every aspect of Americans’ lives, few students understand how American government and politics work or how citizens can engage their own political system. Explore the creation and development of the American political system, the Constitution, civil liberties, and civil rights; the nature of American politics and political participation, including political parties, elections, interest groups, and media; the structure of political institutions, namely Congress, the presidency, and the judiciary; and the development of public policy. Throughout the course, learn about your own political identity, observe how government actually works, and have important civic conversations.
Fall
Section Type: Honors
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Exploration of the discipline of political science, including the scientific approach to understanding politics, political systems, and governmental processes. Overview of political thought, ideologies, participation, and behavior as well as political science subfields and careers in politics.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Exploration of the discipline of political science, including the scientific approach to understanding politics, political systems, and governmental processes. Overview of political thought, ideologies, participation, and behavior as well as political science subfields and careers in politics.
Fall
Section Type: Honors
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Economic, political, social and intellectual development of the United States to the end of the Civil War with emphasis on development and decline of slavery, political parties, Indian policy, international relations and individuals responsible for the policies.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Economic, political, social and intellectual development of the United States from the Civil War to the present with emphasis on growth of democracy, free enterprise system, welfare programs, civil rights, needs and contributions of minority groups, foreign policy and national defense.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: An exploration of world civilizations, both Western (Near East, Greece, Rome, Medieval and Renaissance Europe) and non-Western (India, China, Japan, Africa, and the Americas), which will examine important cultural, political, and economic connections throughout the world. Key topics will include the formation of human civilization, the rise and fall of states and empires, and the development and spread of world religions.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: History of the world from the 17th century to the present.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Explore the “Rise of the West” and discover the origins of Western Civilization from it’s beginning to the 15th century. Emphasis will be placed on major developments in politics, society, warfare, religion, economics, and cultures of ancient Greece and Rome, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Investigate the threats, vulnerabilities and risks in the cyber environment. Implement multiple cybersecurity technologies, processes, and procedures. Develop appropriate strategies to mitigate potential cybersecurity problems.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: Prior computer and Internet experience required. Keyboarding skills recommended.
Course Description: Microcomputers and various software applications; hardware and software selection, integration, and implementation; fundamentals of operating systems, word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and computer problem solving.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: Prior computer experience required. Keyboarding skills recommended.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: Prior computer experience required. Keyboarding skills recommended.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: Prior computer experience required. Keyboarding skills recommended.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: Prior computer experience required. Keyboarding skills recommended.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: Prior computer experience required. Keyboarding skills recommended.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: Prior computer experience required. Keyboarding skills recommended.