MFPA 5132Fire and Building Codes, Standards, and
Practices (3)
- Subject
- MFPA
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- catalog.charlotte.edu
University of North Carolina at Charlotte · Courses
MFPA
21 courses with the subject MFPA, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
MFPA 5144Fire Protection Systems3
- Subject
- MFPA
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- catalog.charlotte.edu
MFPA 5150Human Resources Management in
Emergency Services (3)
- Subject
- MFPA
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- catalog.charlotte.edu
MFPA 5223Industrial Safety and Facilities
Management (3)
- Subject
- MFPA
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- catalog.charlotte.edu
MFPA 5280Wildland Fire in America3
- Subject
- MFPA
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- catalog.charlotte.edu
MFPA 5321Community Threat Assessment and
Mitigation (3)
- Subject
- MFPA
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- catalog.charlotte.edu
MFPA 5323Advanced Fire Service Administration (#)3
Cross-listed Course(s): ETFS 4323. A study of management theories, leadership philosophies and strategies for the fire service. Emphasis will be on planning, organizing staffing, and evaluating fire protection services. Public fire education, loss prevention principles, and management of resources particular to fire and emergency services are addressed. Discussion of techniques for assessment of public fire protection and its impact on the community and environment.
- Subject
- MFPA
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- catalog.charlotte.edu
MFPA 6000Special Topics in Fire Protection and Safety
Management. (3) Prerequisite(s): Permission of department. Examination of specific new and emerging areas in the fields of fire protection and safety management. May be repeated for credit. MFPA 6103. Fire Dynamics. (3) Prerequisite(s): ETME 3143 and ETME 3244, or permission from the department. Introduces students to fundamentals of fire and combustion and is intended to serve as the first exposure to fire dynamics phenomena. Includes fundamental topics in fire and combustion such as thermodynamics of combustion, fire chemistry, premixed and diffusion flames, solid burning, ignition, plumes, heat release rate curves, and flame spread.
- Subject
- MFPA
- Type
- course
- Repeatable
- May be repeated for credit.
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- catalog.charlotte.edu
MFPA 6113Fire Failure Analysis. (3) Prerequisite(s): MFPA
6103 or permission of department. Provides knowledge for the development of fire investigation and reconstruction as a basis for determining fire cause and origin and evaluating and improving fire safety design. Accident investigation theory and failure analysis techniques such as fire re-creation testing and modeling are presented.
- Subject
- MFPA
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- catalog.charlotte.edu
MFPA 6120Public and Private Sector Interoperability3
Elective Courses (15 credit hours) Select five of the following for a total of 15 credit hours: CMET 5XXX - Construction Management Elective
- Subject
- MFPA
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- catalog.charlotte.edu
MFPA 6123Human Behavior in Fire3
Fire Administration Directed Elective (3 credit hours, Choose 1)
- Subject
- MFPA
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- catalog.charlotte.edu
MFPA 6124Fire Service and the Community3
Prerequisite(s): Permission of department. Theoretical concepts of public service to build an understanding of how the fire service fits within the community.
- Subject
- MFPA
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- catalog.charlotte.edu
MFPA 6126Arson. (3) Prerequisite(s): Permission of
department. Utilizes lecture and case studies of arson fires that were started for various reasons, including financial gain, revenge and to conceal other crimes. The criminal intent and the psychological aspects of the fire setter are discussed. MFPA 6203. Fire Modeling. (3) Prerequisite(s): MFPA 6103 or permission from the department. Modeling of compartment fire behavior is studied through the use and application of two types of models: zone and field. The
- Subject
- MFPA
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- catalog.charlotte.edu
MFPA 6232Structural Fire Safety. (3) Prerequisite(s): ETGR
2102 or ETME 3123, ETME 3244, or permission of department. Provides the knowledge needed for structural fire safety design and analysis. Course topics include design philosophies and methods in fire safety engineering, principles of and approaches for structural design for fire safety, behavior of compartment fires, behavior of structural materials in fire, and structural fire safety of typical materials and their components.
- Subject
- MFPA
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- catalog.charlotte.edu
MFPA 6233Performance-Based Design. (3) Prerequisite(s)
ETFS 6203 or permission of department. Practical applications of fire protection engineering principles to the design of buildings. Both compartmented and non- compartmented buildings will be designed for criteria of life safety, property protection, continuity of operations, operational management and cost.
- Subject
- MFPA
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- catalog.charlotte.edu
MFPA 6243Research Investigation3
- Subject
- MFPA
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- catalog.charlotte.edu
MFPA 6244Fire Detection and Smoke Management3
Prerequisite(s): ETFS 3103 or permission of department. Addresses the fundamentals and practices of fire detection and smoke management. Topics include: principles of fire detection, fire alarm technology, and contemporary fire detection and alarm systems; principles applicable to the design and analysis of smoke management systems; factors affecting smoke movement; smoke hazard assessment; airflow in buildings, performance characteristics of smoke control and management systems.
- Subject
- MFPA
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- catalog.charlotte.edu
MFPA 6252Law and Fire Safety. (3) Prerequisite(s)
Permission of department. Responding to natural and manufactured building hazards requires a complex legal environment, including regulation and liability. Key topics include the use of model codes, administrative regulation, retrospective codes, federal preemption, arson, performance based codes, risk based regulation, engineering malpractice, product liability and disaster investigation.
- Subject
- MFPA
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- catalog.charlotte.edu
MFPA 6270Budgeting, Grants, Contracts and Finance in
Emergency Services. (3) Prerequisite(s): Permission of department. Develops the understanding of strategic planning, contracting and budgeting practices as well as grant proposal writing with the emphasis on contract duate Catalog 2026-2027
- Subject
- MFPA
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- catalog.charlotte.edu
MFPA 6800Independent Study. (1 to 3) Prerequisite(s)
Permission of department. The MFPA program offers independent study and special study courses to allow students to pursue studies in areas for which there are no approved formal courses. Graded on a Pass/Unsatisfactory basis. Special study courses can be taken for a grade if the paperwork indicates it will be taken A/F. Each requires a title, justification, and the method of evaluation. Courses taken for A/F grade may be used to satisfy degree requirements. May be repeated for credit.
- Subject
- MFPA
- Type
- course
- Repeatable
- May be repeated for credit.
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- catalog.charlotte.edu
MFPA 6900Thesis. (1 to 6) Prerequisite(s): Permission of
graduate committee advisor. Individual investigation culminating in the preparation and presentation of a thesis. Graded on a Satisfactory Progress/Unsatisfactory Progress or Standard Letter Grade basis each term. May be repeated for credit.
- Subject
- MFPA
- Type
- course
- Repeatable
- May be repeated for credit.
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- catalog.charlotte.edu
Source: University of North Carolina at Charlotte's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61