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DEGREE PROGRAM FOR CAREER FIREFIGHTERS AND EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL
The Fire and Emergency Services Administration (FESA) program is a distance education program offered through the School of Education at Colorado State University. A Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree and a Certificate of Completion are available. The FESA program is designed for firefighters and emergency services personnel looking to advance their careers. Students are strongly urged to complete an associate degree in Fire Science or a related emergency services field prior to enrolling at Colorado State University and must meet the standard admission requirements to CSU.
The goal of the CSU Fire and Emergency Services Administration program is to provide students with a challenging education and professional development experience that prepares them to be successful in administrative positions in the fire and emergency services.
All FESA courses are administered in distance education format only
via lectures on DVD, texts, online interaction, email, and mail correspondence.
Students are required to have internet and e-mail capabilities.
FESA Program Objectives
- Provide students with opportunities for professional growth and development through challenging academic experiences and professional contact with faculty, other students, and emergency service professionals.
- Provide students with critical thinking skills, logical decision making behaviors, and personal reflection attitudes.
- Provide students with content knowledge and skills in emergency service personnel administration, financial management, planning, program evaluation, and measurement and management leadership of key fire and emergency service functions.
- Provide the opportunity to network through course activities with other students and emergency service professionals.
- Provide students with the academic skills needed for continuous learning in future higher education and executive development programs.
- Provide students with an academic linkage between prior learning in technical training programs, associate degree programs, and professional experience in fire and emergency services organizations.
FESA Certificate of Completion Brochure