A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.
Program
- Award
- Associate of Applied Science
- Credential class
- ceterms:AssociateDegree
- CIP
- 43.0203
- Total credits (published)
- 60
- Catalog edition
- 2026-2027
- Checklist type
- degree-program
Identifiers
- IPEDS UNITID
- 222062
- CourseShelf checklist
- CK_222062_b3f9739e
- CollegeTransfer.Net
- Institution Transfer Profile
- Source
- CourseShelf publish 59
Requirements to complete
Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.
Recommended Full-Time Schedule
0 items
First Year
0 items
Fall Term (15 semester credit hours)
5 items
- As published: “English Composition I (3 hrs.)”3
- As published: “Principles of Emergency Services (3 hrs.)”3
- As published: “Fire Prevention (3 hrs.)”3
- As published: “Fire Behavior and Combustion (3 hrs.)”3
- Fire Science/EMT Elective(s) (3 hrs.)Not resolved to a course
Spring Term (15-16 semester credit hours)
4 items
- As published: “Principles of Fire and Emergency Services Safety and Survival (3 hrs.)”3
- As published: “Fire Protection Systems (3 hrs.)”3
- As published: “Building Construction for Fire Protection (3 hrs.)”3
- Math (3 hrs.) or Natural Science lecture w/lab (4 hrs.) (Select from the approved WS general education list)1 Fire Science/EMT Elective(s) (3 hrs.)Not resolved to a course
Second Year
0 items
Fall Term (15 semester credit hours)
2 items
- As published: “Fundamentals of Communication (3 hrs.)”3
- Behavioral/Social Science (3 hrs.) (Select from the approved WS general education list)1 Humanities/Fine Arts (3 hrs.) (Select from the approved WS general education list)1 Fire Science/EMT Elective(s) (6 hrs.)Not resolved to a course
Spring Term (14-15 semester credit hours)
3 items
- As published: “Introduction to Homeland Security and Disaster Management (3 hrs.)”3
- As published: “Emergency Services Capstone Project (3 hrs.)”3
- Fire Science/EMT Electives (8-9 hrs.)Not resolved to a course
Program Degree Requirements - A.A.S. Fire Science
0 items
General Education Requirements (15-16 semester credit hours)
0 items
Communication (6 hrs.)
2 items
- 3
- 3
Humanities and/or Fine Arts (3 hrs.)
0 items
Behavioral/Social Sciences (3 hrs.)
0 items
Mathematics (3 hrs.) or Natural Science (4 hrs.)
0 items
Concentration (44-45 semester credit hours)
0 items
Major Field Core (18 semester credit hours)
6 items
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
Fire Science Electives (26-27 semester credit hours)
23 items
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 6
- 6
Source. Walters State Community College, catalog 2026-2027 — https://catalog.ws.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=30&poid=5191. Captured page pages/0315.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.