**[St. Petersburg College -- Bachelor of Applied Science in Public
Safety Administration with a Specialization Track in Emergency
Administration and Management]{.underline}**

St. Petersburg College, Southeastern Public Safety Institute, has
developed a Bachelor of Applied Science Degree in Public Safety
Administration with a Specialization Track in Emergency Administration
and Management. The B.A.S. in Public Safety Administration is scheduled
to begin evening classroom based courses January 2005 and is anticipated
to offer on-line beginning in May 2005.

Bachelor of Applied Science in Public Safety Administration:

Admission requires an A.S. Degree of sixty (60) credits in a public
safety discipline with at least fifteen (15) credit hours in
transferable general education credits and current certification in the
field. 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 for the
A.S. student.

[Lower Division Requirements: General Education Credits (15-21
credits)]{.underline}

[Upper Division Requirements:]{.underline} An additional 15-21 general
education credits are required to complete the thirty-six (36) general
education requirements.

[Total General Education Requirements:]{.underline}

Communications (9 credits)

Humanities/Fine Arts (6 credits)

Mathematics (STA 2023 required) (6 credits)

Natural Science (6-7 credits)

Social and Behavioral Sciences (6 credits)

Ethics (3 credits)

Computer/Information Literacy Competency (at least 1 credit)

[Required Major Courses (33 credits)]{.underline}

PAD 4204 Public Finance (3 credits)

PAD 4143 Strategic and Operational Planning (3 credits)

##### PAD 3053 Survey of Public Policy (3 credits) 

## PAD 4933 Grant Administration & Resource Development (3 credits) 

## MAN 3305 Public Personnel Management (3 credits) 

##### ISM 3013 Management of Information Systems (3 credits) 

###### PAD 3116 Program Planning & Evaluation (3 credits) 

PAD 3153 Community Relations Theory & Practice (3 credits)

####### MAN 4113 Facilities and Property Management (3 credits) 

PAD 605 Administrative Law (3 credits)

PAD 4XXX Capstone Practicum (3 credits)

[Emergency Administration and Management Specialization Track (9
credits):]{.underline}

FFP 3805 Emerging Issues in Environmental Disaster Management (3
credits)

FFP 3834 Planning Methodology for Hazard Mitigation (3 credits)

FFP 4XXX TBA (3 credits)

TOTAL PROGRAM HOURS -- 120 CREDITS

Track specializations also available in: Fire Science, Law Enforcement
and Corrections

**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 f foreign language before completing the BAS
Program.

St. Petersburg College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of
the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

For more information:

Michele Leonard, M.Ed.

St. Petersburg College, Allstate Center

Baccalaureate Program Specialist

College of Public Safety Administration

Phone: (727) 341-4419

Fax: (727) 341-4463

Email: <Leonard.Michele@spcollege.edu>

> Contact: Roger Melchior, Southeastern Public Safety Institute
>
> St. Petersburg College
>
> Allstate Center, P.O. Box 13489
>
> St. Petersburg, Florida 33733
>
> Phone: (727) 341-4479/4529
>
> Fax: (727) 549-6062
>
> Email: <Melchior.Roger@spcollege.edu>
>
> Additional Information:
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> Web Page: <http://www.spcollege.edu/bachelors/cpsa_main.php>
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> Additional Phone:
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> Update: 10/18/04