Fire and Emergency Services Administration

Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

Fire Administration Degree

Degree Overview

Take your career to the next level with a bachelor's degree in Fire and Emergency Services Administration. Fire and emergency personnel have a long and proud history of providing communities with a wide variety of fire protection, fire prevention, emergency medical, and emergency preparedness services. These service organizations need skilled leaders with advanced training in administrative and managerial duties.

Fire and Emergency Services Administration

This online program trains you in key administrative areas such as personnel administration, financial management, emergency management, and program evaluation. During your course of study, you will demonstrate your ability to:

  • Effectively integrate academic knowledge into administrative and managerial roles
  • Collaborate with peers to solve fire and emergency service organizational problems
  • Apply your knowledge, skills, and competencies to fire and emergency service situations

Requirements

This is an undergraduate degree completion program. A minimum of 120 credits is required for graduation. Of these 120 credits, 42 upper-division credits (300- to 400-level) are required, with a minimum of 30 upper-division credits earned at Colorado State University. The number of courses needed for completion will depend on the number of transfer credits awarded. Non-admitted students may enroll for courses or complete the entire Fire and Emergency Services Certificate prior to formal admittance. Learn more about the degree requirements

Curriculum

With the guidance of an advisor, you can create the sequence and combination of courses that best meet your educational and professional goals in this highly-customizable program. Learn more about the curriculum

Career Opportunities

With this bachelor's degree, you will gain the skills and knowledge needed to assume administrative, management, and leadership positions in a wide variety of fire and emergency services.Learn more about career opportunities

The education and experience I have obtained in the fire service courses at Colorado State University have allowed me to achieve many of my personal and professional goals. CSU's courses and their instructors provided me with the knowledge and experience to help me develop and work as a highly educated and skilled fire service professional and has been very beneficial not only to me and the fire department for whom I serve, but also to the community in which I work and live.

– Tom A Standish, Sioux City Fire Department, Sioux City, IA

How to Apply

The program is a 2+2 degree completion program designed for students who have completed at least 60 semester hours of transferable college credit with a GPA of 2.0 (2.5 or higher preferred). Although this program works particularly well for students who have completed an associate's degree in fire science or a related emergency services field, an associate's degree is not required for admittance to the program.Find out how to apply

The Learning Experience

You will learn through online presentations and lectures, which are supplemented by assignments, readings, and online interaction and discussion with faculty and fellow students.Find out more about the learning experience

Questions? Ask us.

We'll be in touch within 2 business days.

- or contact -

Frances Betts
(970) 491-0675
(877) 491-4336
frances.betts@colostate.edu

Receive periodic emails about this program.

For admission or academic advising questions:

Kelli Clark
College of Applied Human Sciences
(970) 491-2093
kelli.clark@colostate.edu

Degree at a Glance

Delivery

Online. On-campus attendance is not required to complete this program.

Total credits

120 credits (a minimum of 60 credits must be transferred into the program).

Tuition

$319 per credit. All courses require the purchase of textbooks. Some courses require the purchase of a DVD lecture set.
(financial aid available)

Time frame

Can be completed in two years; most students require three to four years. Most FESA students are currently employed professionals who take an average of two courses per semester. The program completion time is heavily influenced by the number of transfer credits so students are encouraged to take advantage of all opportunities for transfer credit.

Generally, individual courses are 16 weeks in Fall and Spring and 12 weeks in Summer. See each course page for details.

Designed for

Fire and emergency services professionals looking to advance their careers with increased administrative, management, and leadership skills.

Typical students are currently employed as career or volunteer firefighters, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, fire/building inspectors or trainers.

What you will earn

You will earn the same regionally-accredited Colorado State University degree that a student on the Fort Collins campus is awarded. Your diploma and transcript are identical to those awarded to on-campus students.