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Eight Skills of the Effective Fire Science Student is an important component of the new student experience in the undergraduate fire science and emergency management programs at Kaplan University. It is designed to ensure students’ successful social and academic transition into and pursuit of academic excellence within the University community, and provide a foundation for success within the profession. Students will be introduced to eight key skills (reading, writing, research, planning, observing, thinking, interviewing, and communicating) of professionals through dynamic and engaging interactions and presentations by practicing professionals in many areas. Real-life examples and interactions with practicing professionals will provide students with a sense of the culture and nuances of the field. The goal of this course is for students to become academically, personally, and socially successful within and beyond this intellectual community.

This course investigates the basic concepts of fire, its spread, and its control. The course discusses the nature and properties of the three states of matter, explains the components of fire, and describes the physical and chemical properties of fire.

This course explores the fundamentals of building construction, types of structures, and structure designs, as well as the impact of building construction of firefighting. Students will study the forces that impact these structures and the codes applied to buildings and fire safety. The will also learn how buildings are constructed and how fire behaves with various building materials.

This course explores the fundamentals of water usage in fire protection and explains how hydraulic principles are employed in the resolution of water supply problems. The course also discusses the methods used to effectively deliver water, foam, and other extinguishing agents to the fire scene.

This course describes the principles of the fire protection and system design, Students will explore fire control and suppression methods, including sprinkler, water spray, water mist, standpipe, and ultra high-speed water spray systems. The course also provides an overview of recent fire protection and suppression developments.

This course examines fire avoidance measures, including fire prevention education, fire safety inspection, fire code enforcement, and fire investigation. Students will gain an overview of the procedures and principles of inspections commonly conducted for control of structures, occupancy, or combined purposes.

This course explores firefighting strategy and tactics, methods of fire attack, and prefire planning. Students will gain in-depth knowledge of fire control principles as well as how to utilize personnel, equipment, and extinguishing agents on the fire ground. This course also discusses special situations such as transportation emergencies and fires, high-rise fires, below-ground incidents, and confined space incidents.

h is course provides students with an overview of i re protection as well as the philosophy and history of i re protection. Students will gain an understanding of career opportunities in i re protection and related i elds, i re loss analysis, and the organization and function of public and private i re protection services. This course discusses the role of i re departments as part of local governments, as well as i re service laws, regulations, and terminology. Students will also be introduced to multiagency planning and operations as related to multialarm incidents, target hazards, and major disasters. 5 Quarter Credit Hours Prerequisite: FS 101

This course analyzes fire ignition dynamics, flame spread, and room fire growth. Students explore all aspects of incident investigation, financial management, and other functions related to fire analysis and investigation.

This course explains the in-depth principles of fire protection system design. Students will explore fire systems and their components, such as sprinkler, water spray, water mist, standpipe, and ultra high-speed water spray systems, as well as other methods of fire extinguishment such as foam systems, dry chemical agents, and clean agent systems. Also, this course will provide a comprehensive review of special hazard detection and fire alarm systems.

This course examines how humans respond to fire and how this knowledge has been used to develop life safety systems. Students will learn how to use human behavior research, systems models, life safety education, and structure design as tools during emergency incidents. The course also describes how psychology, sociology, engineering, and education can be used to design effective building life safety systems.

This course explores current research methods utilized in the analysis of fire-related data. Students will gain an in-depth understanding of methods used to conduct and evaluate independent research in fire dynamics, test standards, safety, modeling, structural safety, fire fighter health and safety, automatic detection and suppression systems, and transportation fire hazards. The course also introduces research methods for risk analysis and trend identification.

This course is designed as the culminating experience of the bachelor™s degree program in fire science. This course consists of a series of assignments that integrate concepts from the fire science curriculum. The assignments are designed to test application and critical thinking skills as students work through fact-based scenarios and analyze issues affecting contemporary practice.