School of Administrative Science

This undergraduate, six-course, eighteen credit, certificate program is tailored to government workers and other individuals from the nonprofit sector interested in pursuing undergraduate courses geared towards improvement of management and supervisory skills, while earning credits that lead to a baccalaureate degree. Transfer credits (up to 90), life experience/portfolio assessment (up to 30 credits), College Level Examination Program (CLEP-up to 30 credits) can be applies towards a 120-credit Bachelor of Arts in Individualized Studies degree. Student must take at least 30-credits of course work at FDU to be conferred a degree.

Select any four courses in the specialization, an elective plus the Global Challenge Course to earn an 18-credit undergraduate certificate.

Specialized Studies

• PADM4522    Fire Prevention
• PADM4523    Fire Protection and Building Construction
• PADM4524    Political and Legal Foundations of Fire Protection
• PADM4525    Fire Prevention Organization and Management
• PADM4526    Fire Fighting Operations

Electives

• PADM4543    Municipal Budgeting
• PADM4544    GIS and Emergency Response
• PADM4545    EffectIVE Risk CommUNI for Ldrshp
• PADM4546    Fact Finding, Preparation and Testimony

Global Challenge

• CORE1006    Core A - The Global Challenge

PADM 4522 Fire Prevention
Examines the administration, legal authority and compatibility in respect to state statues, fire prevention code, fire safety code, enforcement, and dealing with the construction of board of appeals and hearings.

PADM 4523Fire Protection and Building Construction
Overview of BOCA building codes and enforcement, general building limits, types of construction, heights, area modifications, special uses and applications, occupant loads, means of egress, fire rating and construction, fire walls, fire areas, special hazards and finishes, overview of protection signaling and alarm systems.

PADM 4524 Political and Legal Foundations of Fire Protection
Examines the legal, political and social aspects of the government’s role in public safety, including the American legal system, liability, negligence, code enforcement and public sector personnel issues.

PADM 4525 Fire Prevention Organization and Management
Examines the factors that shape fire risk and the tools for fire prevention, including risk reduction education, codes and standards, inspection and plans review, fire investigation, research, master planning, various types of influences and strategies.

PADM 4526 Fire Fighting Operations
Introduction to general principles of fire fighting, size up, examination of company operations, hose lines, water supplies, standpipe and sprinklers, ladder company operations, forcible entry and ventilation, private and multiple dwellings, high rise buildings, buildings under construction and collapses.