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Fire Science Technology Students completing the requirements of this program receive the Associate in Science Degree in Fire Science. The Fire Science Technology program is designed to provide career fire department personnel in the communities served by the College with a two-year career program whereby they may upgrade their educational levels and improve their effectiveness in the use of modern fire science techniques. Furthermore, the program will prepare students to begin a career in fire service. The curriculum combines career and general education courses. In addition to firefighting, graduates of this program may find employment in private industry, or they may transfer to a college offering a Bachelor of Science Degree in Fire Science or Public Safety.
Fire Science Technology Course Title Course Credits Semester 1 Chemistry Elective
CHEM 131 or 151+
English Composition I
ENGL 101+*
3
Intro to Fire Science Technology
FIRE 101
3
Fundamentals of Fire Prevention
FIRE 103
3
3/4
Math Elective MATH 131+ or higher Excluding MATH 141 & 142
3
Semester 2 English Composition II
ENGL 102+
3
Massachusetts Fire Laws and Regulations Fire Science Elective
FIRE 107+
3
Any FIRE course
3
Physics Elective PHYS 131+, 141+, or 151+
PROGRAMS OF STUDY
M assasoit Communit y College
3/4
General Psychology PSYC 101+ 3
Hazardous Material Incident Response
FIRE 211+
3
Building Construction, Blueprint, and Plan Review
FIRE 213+
3
Fire Company Officership
FIRE 301
3
State and Local Government
GOVT 301+
3
Principles of Sociology
SOCI 104+
3
FIRE 111
3
Fire Protection Systems and Equipment FIRE 206+
3
Fire Hydraulics & Water Distribution Systems
3
Semester 4 Fire Cause Detection
FIRE 208+
Speech Communication SPCH 105 3 General Elective
Any credit course~
1. A minimum of 60 credits and 20 courses is required for completion of this AS degree. 2. The same course may not be used as two different course requirements. + * ~
Course has a pre- and/or corequisite. See course description for details. A student, based on testing scores, may place out of English Composition I (ENGL 101) and substitute any college-level writing course in its place. This is also the case if a student placed into an equivalent to ENGL 102 at another school and was not required to take the ENGL 101 equivalent. Currently there are only three options for replacement: Technical Writing (ENGL 107); Creative Writing (ENGL 119); or Newspaper Journalism (JOUR 120). Developmental courses cannot be used for graduation requirements.
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