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Liberal Study
Upper Level
Credits: 4
Term(s) Offered (Subject to Change) : Sep.
Examine the fire department as a part of the complex organization of the community. Investigate how departments interact with their communities, review community profiles and structures, and consider the variables within particular community types. Focus on the sociological, economic, and political characteristics of communities, including how these characteristics influence the fire problem. Students need a working knowledge of statistics and an understanding of environmental variables and socioeconomic factors in fire casualties.
Recommended: Statistics, Economics/Macro, Economics/Micro, The American Political System, College Writing, Societies in Transition, Communication Decisions, Advanced Fire Administration, or equivalents, and introductory studies in psychology and sociology.
Note: September Term 2004 is the last term this course will be offered in print version. In future terms, it will be offered only online (263094).
