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.

PADM 4537  Transit System Safety
Promote understanding and implementation of the system safety concept:  people, procedures, facilities and environment.  Studies organizational relationships, including coordination across functions and departments and the impact on the safety department.  Application of the steps necessary in development and implementation of a system safety plan, using engineering and behavioral safety approaches.

PADM 4538 Transit System Security
Examines the tools needed to develop a system security plan and implement the program, using resources to reduce crime, improve passenger and employee security.  Included in the course are basic security terms, the five steps in threat and vulnerability identification and the resolution process.  Assess the security plan, design and construction, agency policies and procedures and various types of transit security staffing.

PADM 4539  Effectively Managing Transit Emergencies
Examining the method used to develop and implement transit emergency management and response programs, the nature of emergencies and disaster and emergency management concepts.

PADM 4540 Transit Explosives Incident Management
Examines the preparation and initial response planning to acts of terrorism, understanding how to implement the plan the procedures to respond to an explosive incident.  The identification and general security awareness in the transit environment, identification of flaws in facility or vehicle design and how to discourage criminal activity.

PADM 4541 Transit Industrial Safety Management
Develop, implement and maintain an industrial safety management program following OSHA principles and guidelines for the transit workplace, transit facilities, office, shop, yard, platforms, passenger shelters, on-board vehicles, equipment, etc.  Emphasis on human factors, (fatigue, workplace violence, operator assault, medical & health risks) pro-active policies, identification of unsafe practices, hazard control and resolution.

PADM 4542 Response to Weapons of Mass Destruction
Examines the history and nature of chemical/biological/nuclear terrorist incidents, current events and how to respond to such events in the transit environment.  Internal and external resources, the role of transit in responding to community incidents, and the roles and cross-jurisdictional responsibilities of emergency responders.