Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology, BSET
Requirements for Students Matriculating in or before Academic Year 2024-2025. Learn more about University Academic Regulation 3.1.
Minimum Overall Grade Point Average: 2.00
Total Hours: 125
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| General Education Requirements | ||
| All General Education coursework requirements are satisfied upon completion of this degree plan. | ||
| English Composition | ||
| See Academic Regulation 3.5 | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Composition I | ||
| International Freshman Composition I | ||
| Critical Analysis and Writing I | ||
| ENGL 3323 | Technical Writing | 3 |
| American History & Government | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Survey of American History | ||
| American History to 1865 (H) | ||
| American History Since 1865 (DH) | ||
| POLS 1113 | American Government | 3 |
| Analytical & Quantitative Thought (A) | ||
| MATH 2144 | Calculus I (A) | 4 |
| MATH 2153 | Calculus II (A) | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Elementary Statistics (A) | ||
| Statistical Methods I (A) | ||
| Humanities (H) | ||
| Courses designated (H) | 6 | |
| Natural Sciences (N) | ||
| Must include one Laboratory Science (L) course | ||
| PHYS 2014 | University Physics I (LN) | 4 |
| Select one of the following: | 4 | |
| General Chemistry for Engineers (LN) | ||
| Chemistry I (LN) and Chemistry II (LN) | ||
| Chemical Principles I (LN) and Chemical Principles II (LN) | ||
| Social & Behavioral Sciences (S) | ||
| Course designated (S) | 3 | |
| Additional General Education | ||
| Courses designated (A) or (N) | 2 | |
| Hours Subtotal | 41 | |
| Diversity (D) & International Dimension (I) | ||
| May be completed in any part of the degree plan | ||
| Select at least one Diversity (D) course | ||
| Select at least one International Dimension (I) course | ||
| College/Departmental Requirements | ||
| UNIV 1111 | First Year Seminar (or other approved first year seminar course) | 1 |
| Engineering | ||
| CET 2253 | Printreading & BIM 1 | 3 |
| or ENGR 1322 | Engineering Design with CAD | |
| Engineering Science | ||
| ENSC 2113 | Statics | 3 |
| or GENT 2323 | Statics | |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Heat Transfer 2 | ||
| Basic Thermodynamics | ||
| Thermodynamics | ||
| ENSC 3431 | Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer Lab | 1 |
| Specialty | ||
| FPST 1213 | Fire Safety Hazards Recognition | 3 |
| FPST 1373 | Fire Suppression and Detection Systems | 3 |
| FPST 2023 | Industrial and Occupational Safety | 3 |
| FPST 2243 | Design and Analysis of Sprinkler Systems | 3 |
| FPST 2343 | Elements of Industrial Hygiene | 3 |
| FPST 2483 | Fluid Mechanics for Fire Protection | 3 |
| Hours Subtotal | 29 | |
| Major Requirements | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Strength of Materials | ||
| Strength of Materials | ||
| Materials Science | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Intermediate Statistical Analysis | ||
| Statistical Methods II | ||
| Applied Regression Analysis | ||
| Calculus III | ||
| Differential Equations | ||
| Linear Algebra (A) | ||
| IEM 3503 | Engineering Economic Analysis | 3 |
| or IEM 3513 | Economic Decision Analysis | |
| FPST 3013 | Safety Management (S) | 3 |
| FPST 3143 | Life Safety Analysis | 3 |
| FPST 3213 | Human Factors in Accident Prevention | 3 |
| FPST 3373 | Fire Dynamics | 3 |
| FPST 3383 | Building Electrical Systems | 3 |
| or PHYS 1214 | College Physics II (LN) | |
| or PHYS 2114 | University Physics II (LN) | |
| FPST 4143 | Industrial Ventilation and Smoke Control | 3 |
| FPST 4333 | System and Process Safety Analysis | 3 |
| FPST 4403 | Hazardous Materials Management | 3 |
| FPST 4683 | Risk Control Engineering | 3 |
| Select one of the Following | 4 | |
| Fire Protection and Safety Projects I and Fire Protection & Safety Projects II | ||
| Fire Protection and Safety Interdisciplinary Projects | ||
| Select 6-7 hours of specialty electives of the following: 1 | 6 | |
| Construction Safety and Loss Control | ||
| Introduction to Emergency Management (S) | ||
| Emergency Management: Preparedness and Response | ||
| Emergency Management: Recovery and Mitigation | ||
FPST and FSEP courses not used elsewhere. | ||
| Fire Protection Management | ||
| Advanced Special Hazard Suppression and Detection | ||
| Explosion Impact on Infrastructure | ||
| Wildland Urban Interface Fire Impact on Infrastructure | ||
| Fire Impact on Tall Building Infrastructure | ||
| Issues in Local Government and Fire Services | ||
| Advanced Building Design and Analysis | ||
| Advance Exposure Assessment | ||
| Fire and Evacuation Modeling | ||
| Methods in Fire and Explosion Investigation NFPA 921/1033 | ||
| Engineering Lab Topics | ||
| Engineering Data Acquisition Controls Lab | ||
ENSC courses not used elsewhere (except ENSC 2213 if MET 3433 is used for Engineering Science Requirements) | ||
| Basic Thermodynamics 2 | ||
or ENSC 2213 | Thermodynamics | |
or MET 3453 | Heat Transfer | |
MET 3433 can NOT be used if ENSC 2213 is used for Engineering Science Requirements | ||
| Developing Leadership Skills | ||
| Hours Subtotal | 46 | |
| Electives | ||
| Select 9 hours of upper-division controlled electives of the following: | 9 | |
| FPST courses not used elsewhere | ||
| Construction Safety and Loss Control | ||
| Advanced Special Hazard Suppression and Detection | ||
| Explosion Impact on Infrastructure | ||
| Wildland Urban Interface Fire Impact on Infrastructure | ||
| Fire Impact on Tall Building Infrastructure | ||
| Issues in Local Government and Fire Services | ||
| Advanced Building Design and Analysis | ||
| Advance Exposure Assessment | ||
| Fire and Evacuation Modeling | ||
| Methods in Fire and Explosion Investigation NFPA 921/1033 | ||
| Hours Subtotal | 9 | |
| Total Hours | 125 | |
- 1
Students who take ENGR 1322 instead of CET 2253 will need to take an extra hour of related specialty
- 2
MET 3453 replaces MET 4433 and is equivalent.
Graduation Requirements
- A minimum technical GPA of 2.00 is required. The technical GPA is calculated from all courses counting in the curriculum with a prefix belonging to the degree program, or substitutions for the courses.
- A grade of ‘C’ or better is required in each course that is a prerequisite to a required course that has an engineering or engineering technology prefix. A Grade of 'C' of better is also required in FPST 4683, FPST 4992 and FPST 4994.
Below are the courses that require a "C" using the 2023-2024 catalog but the prerequisites are subject to change.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CET 2253 | Printreading & BIM | 3 |
| or ENGR 1322 | Engineering Design with CAD | |
| CHEM 1414 | General Chemistry for Engineers (LN) | 4 |
| ENGL 1113 | Composition I | 3 |
| ENGL 3323 | Technical Writing | 3 |
| ENSC 2113 | Statics | 3 |
| or GENT 2323 | Statics | |
| FPST 1213 | Fire Safety Hazards Recognition | 3 |
| FPST 1373 | Fire Suppression and Detection Systems | 3 |
| FPST 2023 | Industrial and Occupational Safety | 3 |
| FPST 2243 | Design and Analysis of Sprinkler Systems | 3 |
| FPST 2343 | Elements of Industrial Hygiene | 3 |
| FPST 2483 | Fluid Mechanics for Fire Protection | 3 |
| FPST 3013 | Safety Management (S) | 3 |
| FPST 3373 | Fire Dynamics | 3 |
| FPST 4683 | Risk Control Engineering | 3 |
| FPST 4982 | Fire Protection and Safety Projects I | 2 |
| FPST 4992 | Fire Protection & Safety Projects II | 2 |
| FPST 4994 | Fire Protection and Safety Interdisciplinary Projects | 4 |
| STAT 2013 | Elementary Statistics (A) | 3 |
| or STAT 4013 | Statistical Methods I (A) | |
| MATH 2144 | Calculus I (A) | 4 |
| MATH 2153 | Calculus II (A) | 3 |
| MET 3453 | Heat Transfer 2 | 3 |
| or ENSC 2213 | Thermodynamics | |
| or MET 3433 | Basic Thermodynamics | |
| PHYS 2014 | University Physics I (LN) | 4 |
Additional State/OSU Requirements
- At least: 60 hours at a four-year institution; 30 hours completed at OSU; 15 of the final 30 or 50% of the upper-division hours in the major field completed at OSU.
- Limit of: one-half of major course requirements as transfer work; one-fourth of hours earned by correspondence; 8 transfer correspondence hours.
- Students will be held responsible for degree requirements in effect at the time of matriculation and any changes that are made, so long as these changes do not result in semester credit hours being added or do not delay graduation.
- Degrees that follow this plan must be completed by the end of Summer 2030.