Union County College Faculty Curriculum Committee. Program Revision Form

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Fire Science Revision Form, Page 1

Union County College Faculty Curriculum Committee

Program Revision Form

To all faculty members seeking to modify an existing program (including degree and certificate programs and options to existing programs) to the Curriculum Committee, please make sure the following items have been met before submitting your program revision proposal. For all revised programs, please submit an electronic copy of your proposal to the Curriculum Committee Chair, with a copy to the New Course/New Program Subcommittee Chair. All program revisions proposals must follow these guidelines. If these guidelines are not followed completely, your program revision proposal may be delayed in the acceptance process. Please refer to the Curriculum Committee website for all deadlines.

Please Note:

a) These guidelines for submitting program revision proposals to the New Course/New Program Subcommittee were taken from the Union County College Curriculum Committee By-laws found on the committee’s web page.

b) Faculty members who seek to revise an existing program must first consult with all departments (including Library and IT) affected by the proposed program revisions. c) A program revision proposal must be approved by the Department, the New

Course/New Program Subcommittee, the Curriculum Committee, the Faculty at one of the scheduled Faculty meetings, and the VP for Academic Affairs.

d) This form must be submitted to the New Course/New Program Subcommittee Chair with your program revisions proposal.

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Union County College Faculty Curriculum Committee

Program Revision Form PART I

ORIGINATOR(S):P. Belmonte and R. Earle DATE: October 7, 2013 DEPARTMENT CHAIR: P. Belmonte

REVISED PROGRAM TITLE AND DEGREE: Fire Science AAS

PROPOSED STARTING DATE: September 2014

Part II

A. TYPE OF CHANGE PROPOSED: Check the appropriate item(s) and complete only the sections(s) applicable to your proposal.

Total Credits ☐Recommended Elective(s)

☐Degree Type ☐ Program Name

Addition of Required Course(s)  Catalog Description Deletion of Required Course(s) Recommended Sequence B. TOTAL CREDITS

Current Total Credits: 64

Recommended Total Credits: 61

Rationale to Support Change: Excess number of general education credits.

C. DEGREE TYPE Current Degree Type:

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Fire Science Revision Form, Page 3 Recommended Degree Type:

Rationale to Support Change:

D. ADDITION OF REQUIRED COURSE(S)

Recommended Course Requirement: Choice of physics or chemistry lab general education. This will replace CHE 106 in the sequence.

Rationale to Support Change: physics and chemistry both apply to fire science MAT 113 – more commonly used in fire science

E. DELETION OF REQUIRED COURSE(S) Recommended Course Deletion: CHE 106, MAT 117

Choice of PSY 101 or SOC 101 – excess number of general education credits.

Rationale to Support Change: Course deleted by chemistry department – replaced by physics or chemistry general ed lab.

F. ELECTIVE(S)

Current Elective(s):

Recommended Elective(s): Rationale to Support Change:

G. PROGRAM NAME Current Name:

Recommended Name:

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Fire Science Revision Form, Page 4 Current Description: only changing PLOs

Recommended Description:

• Analyze firefighting strategies, techniques, and procedures including blueprints and codes involved with incident command.

• Analyze the ethical implications of fire department state policies and individual practices. • Describe the organization and management of fire departments.

• Communicate effectively knowledge of fire prevention including fire detection and its causes, fire prevention systems, and building codes in written, verbal, and electronic formats.

• Apply problem-solving skills including the use of technology to specific fire ground situations.

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Fire Science Revision Form, Page 5 Proposed Recommended Sequence:

FIRE SCIENCE TECHNOLGY

ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE DEGREE First Year

Fall

CIS 100 Intro to Computer Applications ENG 101 English Comp I

FST 103 Fire Protection MAT 113 Math Applications PSY 101 General Psychology OR SOC 101 Principles of Sociology Spring

Chemistry or Physics General Education Requirement ENG 122 Introductory Tech & Business Writing FST 102 Building Construction

FST 105 Fire Prevention FST 106 Fire Fighting Tactics Second Year

Fall

FST 107 Hazardous Materials FST 109 Fire Protections Systems

FST 113 Fire Department Organization &Mgmt 3 FST 218 Fireground Strategies & Concepts

Humanities General Education Requirement Spring

FST 108 Fire Hydraulics

FST 111 Fire Causes & Detection FST 119 Incident Command

GOV 204 Public Administration 3 Elective Fire Science 3 15 Total credits = 61

Graduates of the Union County Fire Academy will be

Granted 6 credits of advanced standing when they matriculate in the program. Fire Science electives are EMT 106, FST 112, FST 115

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Fire Science Revision Form, Page 6 Rationale to Support Change: MAT 117 no longer is a general education course. CHM 10 is no longer offered. Physics/Chemistry are both valuable for fire science technology

Excess General Education Credits—give choice of PSY 101 or SOC 101

Part III

REQUIRED ATTACHMENTS:

 Department Approval. Attach email from department chair indicating department review and approval of the program revision proposal.

 Degree Requirements. Not required for program name or catalog description changes.

Provide an outline of the curriculum, semester by semester, including a list of the proposed courses and credits per course, including lecture and lab hours. Indicate the total number of credits in the degree program.

 Program Review Grid. Not required for program name, catalog description, or recommended sequence changes. Provide a Program Review Grid for the applicable degree (see Curriculum Committee website) that follows the state requirements for General Education. The Program Review Grid must clearly show the courses offered with accompanying credit in each of the General Education Categories:

Communications; the Social Sciences; Mathematics, Science, & Technology; and Humanities. The Program Review Grid must also indicate how the diversity course requirement is met.

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Fire Science Revision Form, Page 7 Review/Approval for__Fire Science Technology AAS_________________________

(Title of Program) APPROVALS:

__________________________________________ ________________________ NEW COURSE/PROGRAM SUB-COMM.CHAIR DATE

_________________________________________ ________________________

CURRICULUM COMMITTEE CHAIR DATE

_________________________________________ ________________________

FACULTY CHAIR DATE

_________________________________________ ________________________

VP FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS DATE

RECEIVED:

________________________________________ ________________________

REGISTRAR DATE

________________________________________ ________________________ ASSISTANT VP FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS DATE

After all reviews/approvals have been completed, please return a copy of the completed signed form to Curriculum Committee Chair.

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Fire Science Revision Form, Page 8 FIRE SCIENCE TECHNOLGY

ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE DEGREE First Year

Fall

CIS 100 Intro to Computer Applications 3

ENG 101 English Comp I 3

FST 103 Fire Protection 3

MAT 113 Math Applications 3

PSY 101 General Psychology OR

SOC 101 Principles of Sociology 3

15 Spring

Chemistry or Physics Lab Science General Education Requirement 4 ENG 122 Introductory Tech & Business Writing 3

FST 102 Building Construction 3

FST 105 Fire Prevention 3

FST 106 Fire Fighting Tactics 3

16 Second Year

Fall

FST 107 Hazardous Materials 3

FST 109 Fire Protections Systems 3

FST 113 Fire Department Organization & Management 3

FST 218 Fireground Strategies & Concepts 3

Humanities General Education Requirement 3

15 Spring

FST 108 Fire Hydraulics 3

FST 111 Fire Causes & Detection 3

FST 119 Incident Command 3

GOV 204 Public Administration 3

Elective Fire Science 3

15 Total Program Credits: 61

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Fire Science Revision Form, Page 9 FIRE SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY

ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon successful completion of all program requirements, graduates will be able to: • Analyze firefighting strategies, techniques, and procedures including blueprints

and codes involved with incident command.

• Analyze the ethical implications of fire department state policies and individual practices.

• Describe the organization and management of fire departments.

• Communicate effectively knowledge of fire prevention including fire detection and its causes, fire prevention systems, and building codes in written, verbal, and electronic formats.

• Apply problem-solving skills including the use of technology to specific fire ground situations.

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AAS Degree Review

Name of Program: Fire Science Technology Date of Review: October 10, 2013

Course Category Minimum Credits required

Gen Ed 1 Gen Ed 2 Gen Ed 3 Gen Ed 4 Gen Ed 5 Total Credits

Goal 1:

Communication 6 ENG 101 ENG 122 6

Goal 2: Mathematics

3 3

Goal 3: Lab Sciences Goal 4: Technological

Competency CIS 100

Goal 5: Social Science

or Goal 6: Humanities 3 Humanities _{Gen Ed} 3

Goal 7: History ₀ Goal 8: Diversity 0

Additional General Education Courses

(any category) 8 MAT 113

Chemistry or Physics Lab Gen Ed PSY 101 or SOC 101 10 Additional Courses (required for the major) FST 103 FST 102 FST 105 FST 106 FST 107 FST 109 FST 113 FST 218 FST 103 FST 111 FST 119 FST elective GOV 204 39

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Additional Courses

(technical electives) 6

Total General Education Credits (minimum 20) 25