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Program checklist · AAS

Public Safety, Fire Suppression Track, AAS

Century College · White Bear Lake, MN

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Program
Award
AAS
Credential class
ceterms:AssociateDegree
CIP
43.0302
Catalog edition
2026-2027 Course Catalog
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
This degree is designed to provide an interdisciplinary approach for individuals already working in the field and those interested in pursuing career opportunities in public safety, which includes emergency medical services (EMS), firefighting, emergency management, dispatching/communications, leadership/management, and public safety education. The student will interact with others in their discipline as well as those with similar missions to understand how these components function as a whole in an “all-hazards” approach to public safety.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
175315
CourseShelf checklist
CK_175315_4a17003d
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Program Requirements

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    Core Requirements

    3 items
    1. PSAF 1020
      3
    2. PSAF 2045
      3
    3. PSAF 2050
      3

    Career/Occupational Requirements

    2 items
    1. FRTA 1091
      5
    2. FRTA 1092
      2

    Select 9 credits

    Select 9 credits · 5 items
    1. FRTA 1095
      3
    2. EMS 1010
      1
    3. EMS 1015
      3
    4. EMSB 1020
      9
    5. Any EMS, PSAF, and/or CJS course(s) not previously taken
      Not resolved to a course

    Career/Occupational Elective Requirements

    15 items
    1. CAPL 1010
      3
    2. PE 1060
      2
    3. FRTA 2011
      3
    4. FRTA 2021
      2
    5. FRTA 2031
      2
    6. FRTA 2071
      3
    7. FRTA 2081
      2
    8. FRTA 2096
      3
    9. PSAF 1032
      3
    10. PSAF 1035
      3
    11. PSAF 1790
      1-4
    12. PSAF 1080
      Public Safety Telecommunicator
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    13. Any EMS, PSAF, and/or CJS course(s) not previously taken
      Not resolved to a course
    14. General Education/MnTC courses based on student academic, career, or transfer goals with instructor consent by academic petition
      Not resolved to a course
    15. ACE transcripted military credits may also be applied with instructor consent by academic petition
      Not resolved to a course

    MnTC/General Education Requirements

    0 items

      Goal 1: Communication

      1 item
      1. ENGL 1020
        Composition I
        or: ENGL 1021 - Composition I
        4

      Requirements

      4 items
      1. COMM 1021
        3
      2. COMM 1031
        3
      3. COMM 1041
        3
      4. COMM 1051
        3

      Goal 2: Critical Thinking

      0 items

        Goal 3 and/or 4: Natural Sciences/Math/Logical Reasoning

        3 items
        1. MnTC Goal 3 Course List (ESCI 1080 - recommended)
          Not resolved to a course
        2. MnTC Goal 4 Course List
          Not resolved to a course
        3. ESCI 1080
          3

        Goal 5: History/Social/Behavioral Sciences

        Choose 1 of the following · Select one · 4 items
        1. PSYC 1020
          4
        2. Select one
          Not resolved to a course
        3. SOC 1020
          3
        4. SOC 1080
          3

        Goal 6: Humanities/Fine Arts

        Choose 1 of the following · Select one · 3 items
        1. Select one
          Not resolved to a course
        2. PHIL 1031
          3
        3. PHIL 1035
          3

        Goals 7-10: Theme Goals

        0 items

          Requirements

          2 items
          1. Goal 7A Human Diversity Course List
            Not resolved to a course
          2. Goal 7B Race, Power, and Justice Course List
            Not resolved to a course

          Requirements

          1 item
          1. MnTC Goal 8 Course List
            Not resolved to a course

          Requirements

          1 item
          1. MnTC Goal 9 Course List
            Not resolved to a course

          Requirements

          1 item
          1. MnTC Goal 10 Course List
            Not resolved to a course

          MnTC Elective Requirements

          0 items

            Additional Elective Requirements

            0 items

              Additional Requirements

              0 items

                Program Information

                4 items
                1. Analyze lifelong ethical and professional responsibilities of public safety personnel.
                  Not resolved to a course
                2. Demonstrate effective decision making, critical thinking, and communication skills in written and verbal form.
                  Not resolved to a course
                3. Examine the interactions between public safety agencies.
                  Not resolved to a course
                4. Understand hiring practices, training evolutions, subcultures, attitudes and orientation of public safety agencies.
                  Not resolved to a course

                Sample Plan

                0 items

                  Semester 1

                  Choose 1 of the following · Select one · 9 items
                  1. FRTA 1091
                    5
                  2. FRTA 1092
                    2
                  3. PSAF 1020
                    3
                  4. Career/Occupational Speciality Track Elective Requirement (FRTA 1095)
                    Not resolved to a course
                    3
                  5. Select one
                    Not resolved to a course
                  6. COMM 1021
                    3
                  7. COMM 1031
                    3
                  8. COMM 1041
                    3
                  9. COMM 1051
                    3

                  Semester 2

                  4 items
                  1. Career/Occupational Elective Requirement
                    Not resolved to a course
                    3
                  2. Career/Occupational Elective Requirement
                    Not resolved to a course
                    3
                  3. PSYC 1020
                    4
                  4. ENGL 1021
                    4

                  Semester 3

                  5 items
                  1. Career/Occupational Elective Requirement (PSAF 1032 - recommended)
                    Not resolved to a course
                    3
                  2. Career/Occupational Elective Requirement (PSAF 1035 - recommended)
                    Not resolved to a course
                    3
                  3. Career/Occupational Specialty Track Elective Requirement
                    Not resolved to a course
                    3
                  4. MnTC Goal 3: Natural Sciences / Goal 4: Math/Logical Reasoning (ESCI 1080 - recommended)
                    Not resolved to a course
                    3
                  5. SOC 1020
                    Introduction to Sociology
                    or: SOC 1080 - Introduction to the Criminal Justice System
                    3

                  Semester 4

                  5 items
                  1. PSAF 2045
                    3
                  2. PSAF 2050
                    3
                  3. Career/Occupational Specialty Track Elective Requirement
                    Not resolved to a course
                    3
                  4. Career/Occupational Elective Requirement
                    Not resolved to a course
                    3
                  5. PHIL 1031
                    Ethics
                    or: PHIL 1035 - Biomedical Ethics
                    3

                  Note

                  0 items
                    Source. Century College, catalog 2026-2027 Course Catalog — https://catalog.century.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=23&poid=6700. Captured page pages/1223.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.