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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
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FER 3140 - Fire and Emergency Services Administration



Credits: 3

Prerequisite(s): General Studies English; General Studies Math

Description: This course is designed to be a progressive primer for students who want more knowledge about fire and emergency services administration. Students will examine the following skills necessary to manage and lead a fire and emergency services department through the challenges and changes of the 21st century: Persuasion and influence, accountable budgeting, anticipation of challenges and the need for change, and using specific management tools for analyzing and solving problems. A central part of the course focuses on how the leadership of a fire and emergency services department develops internal and external cooperation to create a coordinated approach to achieving the department’s mission.

Note: Some sections of this course may be taught as Service Learning.



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