AAS in Environmental, Safety, and Security Technologies

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Interesting. How do you "tailor" it towards one of the jobs you mentioned? Do you take certain courses? It sounds like it couldn't hurt for me to have this with my BSBA, especially as safety coordinator. Thanks.

IJ,

I think that would be a great idea! I didn't design the area of study because I found out about it very late when Elinor posted on the subject. At the time I was actually finishing up my BSBA but after running a what if scenario realized I had already met the requirements. Even though I had enough credits, TESC policy states I had to take 12 new credits since my last degree (which was only 9 new fema). If I had more time, I probably would have also taken the six credit environmental course. I actually purchased a used copy of the book to read at a later date because of interest. I may have also sought out courses on public health, compliance and risk mgmt.

Initially the 18 fema courses I took were geared towards specific subject matter: all the radiological courses, medical/hazard materials and mitigation, emergency management and the management series (PDS)courses. The new credits were just to finish up since I was in the grad queu. The two additional courses that filled my area of study were criminal justice and business law. My AAS ES&ST degree plan is here. Actually, you would be surprised at how much detail and important information is learned through the FEMA courses. For example, I learned even more about chemical spills, radioactive emergencies, drug incidents, what to do in certain disaster cases/the chain of command. The fact that these courses were free of charge still boggles the mind. I talk about them with anyone that will listen. The true blessing is I was able to use the coursework in two ways: 1) free college credit and 2) ongoing training & education (CEUs) which are added to my training file.

Hope this helps!