COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

FPM 700. Introduction to Fire Protection This course will focus on developing basic fire protection and suppression concepts. Students will examine the principles instrumental in providing safety from fire in a structural and nonstructural environment. This course will focus on the nation's fire problems, human behavior at fires, laws regulating fire safety, the nature of fuels, fire extinguishing agents and hazards. 30 hours plus conferences, 3 credits.  FPM 703. Analysis of Building and Fire Codes An examination of the purpose, origin, and enforcement of building codes in various sections of our country. Zoning regulations, appeal procedures, and local laws applicable to building codes and their impact on fire protection will be reviewed. This course is intended to enable a manager in a state or municipal agency to understand the process of code development and enforcement as well as estimate the cost and time required to develop, implement, and enforce a building code. For those in the private sector, the course will provide an understanding of the background and purpose of codes necessary in the planning, construction, and management of commercial and industrial properties. 30 hours plus conferences, 3 credits.  FPM 712. Theory and Design of Automated fire Extinguishing Systems Introduces the theory and design of automated fire extinguishing systems and their role in the detection and suppression of smoke and fire. Examines the interaction between such systems and building codes and construction technologies. 30 hours plus conferences, 3 credits.  FPM 751. Contemporary Fire Protection Issues This course will focus on developing skills in the management of fire protection, suppression, and prevention. Students will be afforded the opportunity to analyze fire protection problems that develop as a result of living in a technologically complex environment. The course specifically addresses current fire protection management developments, needs, and issues. 30 hours plus conferences, 3 credits.  PMT 701. Protection Management Systems Develops and integrates theory and principles common to the design and implementation of systems--broadly defined-- for the protection of people and property in public, commercial and residential settings from loss associated with fire, casualty, disruption and crime. Reviews and integrates the historical, theoretical, managerial, and technological bases for the fields associated with protection management: security management and fire protection management. Reviews security design issues and technologies applicable to structural and nonstructural environments. Examines alternative roles and structures for protection management in public, private, and independent sector organizations, and their relationships to law enforcement organizations. Considers aspects of privatization of public services. 30 hours plus conferences, 3 credits.

PMT 711. Planning and Strategy for Emergency Response Examines the theory and practice of strategic and operational planning for emergency response Reviews the principles associated with evaluation of risk and the formulation of prevention programs. Identifies the issues and policy responses necessary to achieve coordination of agencies and collaboration with appropriate private resources. Cases and scenarios will be examined to apply these concepts in practice. 30 hours plus conferences, 3 credits.  PMT 740. Security and Safety Systems in the Built Environment Reviews the concepts and technologies associated with building systems, the requirements imposed on designs and systems by national, regional, and local building codes. Introduces the principal technologies associated with alarm, detection, and communication systems, and their applications to promote security and safety in buildings, and reviews the elements of operations plans to implement and maintain such systems. 30 hours plus conferences, 3 credits.  PMT 752. Advanced Seminar in Protection Systems and Applications Focuses on case studies in protection management, involving risk assessment and proposals for strategic and operation response. Tenets of situational crime prevention will be raised. Presents cases from a perspective that integrates the fields of management, fire protection, security management, and law enforcement. Students will develop professional field studies or academic papers of publishable quality. Prerequisite: 30 credits of required courses in the program. 30 hours plus conferences, 3 credits.  PMT 753. Theory and Design of Security Systems Examines the theory, research literature, and professional practice associated with the design and implementation of security procedures, programs and systems. Reviews methods and techniques associated with communication and surveillance, supervision and control of movement, and operational surveillance and supervision of environments. Emphasizes the development of plans and operational programs based on the comprehensive assessment of risk, including the design of operational procedures and appropriate training of staff. Examines law enforcement implications of security systems. 30 hours plus conferences, 3 credits.  PMT 754. Contemporary Issues in Security Management Examines contemporary security risks and explores theoretical and technological and operational responses in public, commercial and residential settings. Emphasizes current research from situational crime prevention. Analyzes cases from a perspective that integrates security management with related managerial operations. Students will develop skills in risk assessment and problem identification, and in the formulation and analysis of appropriate responses. Prerequisite: Protection Management 753. 30 hours plus conferences, 3 credits.

PMT 781. Risk Analysis and Loss Prevention Introduces the theory and practice of risk management as applied to the security and safety of persons and property. Examines the management of risk associated with a range of conditions and events, including fire, building systems, crime and terrorism, security deficiencies, worker safety, hazardous and toxic materials, disasters and emergencies. Considers analytical software applications in the risk analysis process. 30 hours plus conferences, 3 credits.  PAD 702. Human Resources Management Surveys public sector personnel planning and management. Examines job design and classification, recruitment, selection, career development, employee evaluation, and compensation. Introduces merit principles, affirmative action, equal opportunity as important conceptual frameworks for public managers. Explores how individual worker's perceptions, motivation, learning, creativity, as well as interpersonal conflicts on the job, help determine the effectiveness of personnel policies. Recommended prerequisite: Public Administration 700. 30 hours plus conferences, 3 credits.  PAD 744. Capital and Operational Budgeting and Fiscal Management Reviews concepts, processes and techniques of budget planning, preparation, presentation, authorization, administration, and control. Examines the particular problems associated with the management of capital and equipment fund budgets. 30 hours plus conferences, 3 credits.  PAD/CRJ 747. Computer Applications in Public Policy and Management Focuses on the role of quantitative tools in decision making and operations, with substantial emphasis on the use of the computer as such a tool. Examines the impact of computers on organizations and employees. Surveys the concepts and techniques associated with computer-aided decision making and management. Presents cases in which students apply quantitative skills to problem-solving and policy-making. 30 hours plus conferences, 3 credits.