Administration and Supervision BAS, Public Safety Management Concentration (PS-BAS)
The curriculum leading to the BAS in Administration and Supervision with a concentration in Public Safety Management provides current and future public safety professionals with the opportunity to attain a degree that will enhance their placement into entry-level positions and promotions to higher-level management and supervisory positions within the public safety community. This concentration provides a curriculum that broadens the student's knowledge in applied public safety management in order to facilitate professional advancement.
Christa Ruber
District Academic Department Head, Allied Health
Public Safety Management Concentration
850-484-2301
cruber@pensacolastate.edu
Frances Duncan
Dean, Warrington Campus
850-484-2232
fduncan@pensacolastate.edu
Dr. Douglas A. Wymer
Dean, Baccalaureate Studies and Academic Support
850-484-1764
dwymer@pensacolastate.edu
Upper Division Requirements:
Admission requires an AAS, an AS, an AA degree, or at least sixty credits in a related discipline including at least fifteen semester hours of transferable general education coursework.
For AS and AAS graduates, an additional fifteen to twenty one general education credits are required to complete the thirty-six credit hour general education requirement of Pensacola State College.
Also, all students must complete eight college credit hours of the same foreign language or two consecutive years of the same foreign language in high school.
General Education Courses (15-21 additional credits beyond the AAS or AS degree)
| Communications | 9 cc |
| Humanities/Fine Arts | 6 cc |
| Mathematics | 6 cc |
| Natural and Physical Sciences | 7 cc |
| History, Behavioral/Social, and Human Sciences | 6 cc |
| Computer Competence Requirement | 1 cc |
| Oral Communication Requirement | 1 cc |
Required Core Courses (21) hrs.
Grade of C or higher required.
Degree Requirements
Required Concentration Courses:
MAN 3350 | Training & Development | 3 cc |
PAD 4393 | Emergency Management & Disaster Planning | 3 cc |
PAD 3003 | Introduction to Public Administration | 3 cc |
MAN 4720 | Strategic Management | 3 cc |
MAN 4720: Required for all students in final semester of coursework
Select three of the electives listed below:
ACG 3024: Required for students not having Accounting I (ACG 2001) or Financial Accounting (ACG 2021) in Associate Degree Program
Note: Students with an AA degree must complete an additional 21 credits in courses at the lower division 1000 and 2000 level with a prefix of CCI, CJC, CJE, CJJ, CJL, EMS, HSC, HIM, CGS, or MSL in order to enroll in the Public Safety/Public Service concentration.