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2012-2014 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
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Public Administration - Fire Safety Administration Concentration


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Degree Requirements


First-Year Seminar - Total Credits: 2-3


English Composition - Total Credits: 6


Second-Year Seminar - Total Credits: 3


Constitutions - Total Credits: 4-6


Distribution Requirement Social Science


Multicultural and International


(see note 1 below)

Fire Science Management - Total Credits: 33 (see note 4)


Advanced Fire Safety Courses - Total Credits: 15 (see note 5)


Other Electives - Total Credits: 4


Total Credits: 120


Notes


  1. Every student must complete a three-credit multicultural course and a three-credit international course. Courses satisfying other requirements may simultaneously satisfy the multicultural and international requirements if they appear on the approved lists. However, one course cannot satisfy both the multicultural and the international requirements.
  2. Specific restrictions on courses fulfilling this requirement exist. See the General Education Core Requirement section of this catalog for additional information.
  3. Students who have completed an AAS degree in Fire Science Management from CSN may transfer credits from ENG 101 and ART 135, in satisfaction of the requirements that they take ENG 101 and ART 135.
  4. Students who have completed an AAS degree in Fire Science Management from CSN (or a comparable degree from another institution), may transfer into UNLV 33 of the 42 Fire Science course hours: FS 101B, 110B, 111B, 121B 125B, 210B, 235B, 244B, 245B, 260B, 261B, 262B, 263B.
  5. These courses are offered through Cogswell College Distance Education Program (associated with National Fire Academy) or as special topics courses approved and sponsored by the Department of Public Administration. Courses currently approved include: FS 342, FS 344 FS 355, FS 357, FS 486.

 

Recommended Courses That Meet General Education Core Requirements


The Greenspun College of Urban Affairs strongly recommends that students address their General Education Core curriculum requirements through our college. The following classes offered in our college meet graduation requirements:

In addition


Incoming freshmen are strongly encouraged to join a themed Learning Community (LC) during their first-year at UNLV. A Learning Community is a cohort of students who take coursework together and benefit from the following outcomes: greater course satisfaction, increased interaction between faculty and students, increased understanding of the connections between disciplines, better connections with peers, improved student engagement and involvement on campus, increased satisfaction with the college experience.

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