Bachelor of Science in Fire Protection Administration

Students may transfer up to 90 hours of credit from accredited institutions. Please note that a minimum of 30 credit hours in this degree program must be completed at Eastern Kentucky University.

Previously earned credits must be reviewed upon admittance to EKU for appropriate articulation. Learn more about transferring to EKU.

The EKU Department of Fire Protection and Paramedicine Science recognizes that your previous coursework, training and work experience could potentially meet or exceed what is required for some college courses.

You may have an opportunity to receive credit for these experiences through a portfolio assessment. Credit can be applied to bachelor’s degree programs in:

• Fire, arson and explosion investigation
• Fire protection administration
• Fire protection and safety engineering technology

Requests for assessment will be reviewed by EKU faculty and subject matter experts. Once your request is approved, you will be asked to prepare a portfolio of documents to demonstrate that the competence you gained meets EKU’s student learning objectives.

To qualify, students must:

• Be admitted, enrolled and seeking an EKU fire protection degree
• Have completed 12 credit hours at EKU
• Be in good academic standing
• Be able to demonstrate competency in the Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) of the specific course they would like to have evaluated for academic credit

For more information, contact Enrollment Advisor Jordan Tayce at Jordan.Tayce@eku.edu or 859-622-7964.

For a full list of course descriptions please see section 7 of the University undergraduate catalog.

FSE 223 – Fire & Emergency Scene Operations (3)
Principles of Incident Management including emergency scene decisions, strategies, and tactics. Utilizing emergency control resources such as personnel, apparatus, and equipment.

FSE 375 – Emergency Service Resource Management (3)
Introduction to management issues related to obtaining and accounting for resources. Included are financial management processes, acquisition strategies, strategies for maintenance of effort and resource prioritization, resource replacement planning and processes to audit program success.

FSE 400 – Advanced Emergency Services (3)
A study of environmental management including the identification and analysis of key managerial issues confronting contemporary fire services managers. Application in current methods and planning, organizing, developing and evaluating public fire/emergency services organizations.

OSH 390 – Workers Compensation (3)
A study of environmental management including the identification and analysis of key managerial issues confronting contemporary fire services managers. Application in current methods and planning, organizing, developing and evaluating public fire/emergency services organizations.