Course Description: Beginning observation and supervised tasks through work experience with a fire service agency.
Course Notes: FS110 Firefighter I, and Departmental Consent.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: Requires acceptance of student by host Fire Department, & Fire Science Program Coordinator approval. Successful student will pass an application & interview process, to be determined by the fire dept.
Course Description: Advanced observation and supervised tasks through work experience with a fire service agency.
Course Notes: FS136 Fire Science Practicum I, and Departmental Consent.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: Requires acceptance of student by host Fire Department, & Fire Science Program Coordinator approval. Successful student will pass an application & Interview process, to be determined by the fire dept.
Course Description: Study of the dynamic chemical process of fire and how to successfully extinguish it.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Preparation of fire science students for the physical requirements needed to pass fitness tests and the demands of a career in the fire service.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Course Description: The knowledge and skills first-responding firefighters and EMS personnel need to safely respond to routine and non-routine emergencies that may involve hazardous materials.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.50
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.50
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.50
Section Notes: Hutch HS and area-wide high school students only.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.50
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.50
Section Notes: Academy Offering. Students must also be enrolled in FS106 010, FS110 010, FS 111 010 FS113 010, and FS151 010. Class meets face-to-face February 24 to March 8.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.50
Section Notes: Academy Offering. Students must also be enrolled in FS106 011, FS110 011, FS111 011, FS113 011 and FS151 011. Class meets face-to-face March 30 to April 12.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.50
Section Notes: Academy Offering. Students must also be enrolled in FS106 012, FS110 012, FS111 012, FS113 012 and FS151 012. Class meets face-to-face May 4 to May 17.
Course Description: This course covers basic fireground operations, including live fire suppression, ventilation, and search and rescue.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Notes: Hutch HS and area-wide high school students only.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Notes: Online Firefighter 1 OnlySection Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Notes: Academy Offering. Students must also be enrolled in FS106 010, FS110 010, FS 111 010, FS113 010, FS150 010. Class meets face-to-face February 24 to March 8.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Notes: Academy Offering. Students must also be enrolled in FS106 011, FS110 011, FS111 011, FS113 011, FS150 011. Class meets face-to-face March 30 to April 12.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Notes: Academy Offering. Students must also be enrolled in FS106 012, FS110 012, FS111 012, FS113 012, FS150 012. Class meets face-to-face May 4 to May 17.
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.
Spring
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.
Spring
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.
Spring
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.
Spring
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.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Course Description: In accordance with FESHE, this course introduces the student to the organization and management of a fire and emergency services department and the relationship of private organizations governmental agencies and the fire service. Emphasis is placed on fire and emergency service, ethics, and leadership from the perspective of the company officer.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
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.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Continuation of FS125 Fire Science Internship I; practicum with a fire service agency with the agency providing observational experiences and supervised activities.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Notes: Students must be actively enolled and in good standing in the HCC Fire Science Program with a minimum of six credit hours and IFSAC Firefighter I certification.
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.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
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.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: In an increasingly-globalized world, our lives are affected by the actions of political actors around the world. An introduction to the theories and concepts used in political science to understand international relations. Explore the major paradigms of international relations theory, the actors and institutions making global policy, the factors that affect the probability of war, major issues in international political economy, and contemporary issues like human rights, global health, and the environment. The course utilizes games and simulations to illustrate the strategic nature of international relations.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
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.
Spring
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.
Spring
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.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00