This program prepares you for employment or promotion in a private or public safety agency. Students learn how to prevent fire and reduce loss of life and property. This program prepares a student to work in a local fire company, an insurance company, a criminal justice bureau, or an industrial firm. Graduates may also become sales representatives for fire equipment. This program prepares you to work in a public or private agency that provides psychosocial care for children and adults with physical, mental, and emotional disorders.
Graduates work in family service centers, hospitals, and mental health institutions.
Graduates learn the physiological and psychological aspects of normal growth and development. The student learns about group dynamics, successful interviewing techniques, leadership styles and the needs of adolescents and adults. The graduate can handle emergency situations with clients who need specialized services. This is primarily a career program. Students interested in transferring should discuss this with the program coordinator.