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Public Safety Administration

PSA-BAS

Important Notice to Current Baccalaureate Students: To view your specific curriculum requirements please review your individualized Degree Progress Report by logging into MySPC and clicking on the Degree Progress Report link under the Advising headline (in the middle of the page). This report is your OFFICIAL program of study (determined by your catalog year), which means you must satisfy all requirements listed in order to graduate. Please contact your assigned baccalaureate specialist or advisor with any questions.

APPROVED REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDENTS WITH CATALOG YEAR 20081 (0400) OR LATER

LOWER DIVISION REQUIREMENTS
Admission requires an A.S. Degree of sixty (60) credits in a public safety discipline (see program admission for a list of acceptable disciplines) with at least fifteen (15) credit hours in transferable general education credits.
General Education Credits .................... 15-21
Note: Students may be admitted with an A.A. Degree with approval by the Dean. If general education hours for an A.A. Degree have been completed, the student must complete twenty-four (24) credits in a single public safety major in place of additional general education required of the A.S. student.

  Additional General Education Courses (15-21 credits)
   * Enhanced World View Requirement
     A. COMMUNICATIONS 9
     B. HUMANITIES/FINE ARTS 6
     C. MATHEMATICS 6
     D. NATURAL & PHYSICAL SCIENCES 6-7
     E. SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES 6
     F. ETHICS 3
     G. COMPUTER/INFORMATION LITERACY COMPETENCY 

UPPER DIVISION REQUIREMENTS
An additional 15-21 general education credits are required to complete the thirty-six (36) general education requirement of St. Petersburg College. (Refer to the College Catalog for a list of specific courses for each category above. General education course descriptions provided in Appendix COE-5.) Lower and Upper division general education must total a minimum of thirty-six (36) credits.

REQUIRED MAJOR COURSES (27 credits) Grade of C or higher required
PAD 3820 - FOUNDATIONS OF PUBLIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION (required 1st semester) 3
MAN 3301 - PUBLIC PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 3
PAD 3034 - SURVEY OF PUBLIC POLICY 3
PAD 3874 - COMMUNITY RELATIONS THEORY AND PRACTICE 3
PAD 4204 - PUBLIC FINANCE 3
PAD 4603 - ADMINISTRATIVE LAW 3
PAD 3821 - CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN PUBLIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 3
PAD 4232 - GRANT ADMINISTRATION AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT 3
PAD 4878 - PUBLIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION CAPSTONE 3

ELECTIVE MAJOR COURSES (Choose 6 credits) Grade of C or higher required
COM 3120 - ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION 3
ISM 3011 - MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS 3
MAN 3240 - APPLIED ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR 3
MAN 3303 - MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP PRACTICES 3
MAN 4863 - FACILITIES AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 3
PAD 3311 - PROGRAM PLANNING & EVALUATION 3
PAD 4332 - STRATEGIC AND OPERATIONAL PLANNING 3

Five subplans are available (9 credits each)
SUBPLAN A: CRIMINAL JUSTICE (CJ) (Select 9 credits) Grade of C or higher required
CJE 3341 - PATROL ISSUES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION 3
CJE 3611 - CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS THEORY AND PRACTICE 3
CJE 3361 - MANAGEMENT OF SPECIALIZED LAW ENFORCEMENT UNITS 3
CJC 3160 - MANAGEMENT OF COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS 3
CJC 3311 - CONTEMPORARY ISSUES AND TRENDS IN CORRECTIONS 3
CJC 3601 - CORRECTIONS PRACTICE AND POLICY 3

OR
SUBPLAN B: FIRE SCIENCE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT (FSE) (Select 9 credits) Grade of C or higher required
FES 3015 - ADVANCED FIRE ADMINISTRATION 3
FES 3533 - COMMUNITY FIRE AND RISK REDUCTION 3
FES 3780 - ANALYTICAL APPROACHES TO PUBLIC FIRE PROTECTION 3
FES 3833 - EMERGING ISSUES IN ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT 3
FES 3823 - PLANNING METHODOLOGY FOR HAZARD MITIGATION 3
FES 4014 - EVOLUTION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 3

OR
SUBPLAN C: EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) (9 credits) Grade of C or higher required
EMS 4314 - ADVANCED EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) ADMINISTRATION 3
EMS 4315 - ANALYTICAL APPROACHES TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) SYSTEMS 3
EMS 4316 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) INJURY PREVENTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH 3

OR
SUBPLAN D: GANGS ENFORCEMENT MANAGEMENT (GEM) (9 credits) Grade of C or higher required
CJE 3263 - INTERNATIONAL GANG AWARENESS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATORS 3
CJE 3264 - SUPERVISING TACTICAL GANG UNITS AND HIGH RISK OPERATIONS 3
CJE 4693 - GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN GANG ENFORCEMENT 3
PAD 3724 - FORECASTING TRENDS IN GANGS ENFORCEMENT 3
PAD 4014 - POLITICAL & SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT OF GANGS 3

OR
SUBPLAN E: CROSS DISCIPLINE (CD) (Choose 9 credits from the Subplans above) Grade of C or higher required

TOTAL PROGRAM HOURS
120

NOTE: Completion of the College Level Academics Skill Test (CLAST), unless exempted is required. If you have not completed two years of the same foreign language in high school or 8 credits in college, you will need to complete 8 credits of foreign language before completing the BAS Program.

C&I 5/27/08 ~ BOT 7/15/08