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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Presents the major types of building construction and their respective fire problems, including fire resistance and flame spread test methods. Prerequisite: FTA* 112.
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3.00 Credits
Surveys the history and philosophy of fire prevention. Introduces the organization of fire prevention and inspection, including inspector training, inspection methods, reports and record keeping, fire prevention education, public relations in inspection work, coordination with government agencies, and code administration.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces the basic properties of incompressible fluids, static and velocity pressures, and flow-through orifices. Covers Bernoulli's Theorem, the Venturi principle, flow of water through pipes, Reynolds number, and the Hazen-Williams formula. Discusses head calculations, water distribution systems, and pumping problems. Prerequisite: MAT* 175.
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3.00 Credits
Presents fire and building codes as a means to provide reasonable public safety. Introduces code development and adoption processes and code administration. Reviews major regulatory organizations and national standards, emphasizing the Life Safety Code of the NFPA and its referenced standards.
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3.00 Credits
Presents the organization of municipal fire prevention and control services. Analyzes the needs, master planning strategies, organization, distribution of companies' personnel requirements, and hiring practices of these services. Discusses training, records, work schedules, staff development, labor problems, physical equipment and facilities, and budget preparation. Prerequisite: FTA* 112
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3.00 Credits
Covers wet- and dry-pipe automatic sprinklers, both commercial and residential, as well as preaction and deluge systems, water spray and foam systems. Also discusses standpipes, carbon dioxide, dry chemical, and halon extinguishing and explosion suppression systems. Review appropriate NFPA Standards. Prerequisite: FTA* 210.
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3.00 Credits
Determines points of origin and causes of fires, discriminating between fires of accidental and intentional origin. Presents managing operations at the fire scene, collecting and preserving evidence, recording information, and scientific aids to investigation. Prerequisites: CHE* 111, FTA* 116, and PHY* 122.
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3.00 Credits
Presents natural, cultural, and political environments, enabling students to better understand the world. Examines various professional opportunities in the field of geography and various habitats of the physical world, e.g., mountains, deserts, and plains, with particular emphasis on the relationship of place and self.
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3.00 Credits
Presents various problems in graphic design and typography. Explains the process of creation from rough layout to tight composition. Stresses creative and aesthetically successful solutions to graphic design problems. (6 studio hours)
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3.00 Credits
Concentrates on the still photograph as it appears in digital media. Uses the computer to digitize, retouch, and manipulate photographic imagery using Adobe Photoshop. Students will create their own photographs using both traditional film and a digital camera. Instruction will be given for both black and white and color electronic image making. Students must supply their own camera for outside of class picture taking assignments. That camera may be either a 35mm SLR, a film-based point-and-shoot or an electronic digital camera. (6 studio hours)
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