Separate Application

‡ Degrees/programs will require a separate application and acceptance notification from the specific department before enrollment in the desired program.

Admission Requirements

Admission requirements include:

1. A 2.0 GPA on a scale of 4.0;
2. Completion of 45 semester hours. Included in this must be ENC 1101  and MAT 1033  (or a course at that same or higher level).
3. Successful completion of at least 50 percent of the required 42 credit hours of electives (listed below).

Public Safety Administration Program Requirements

General Education Courses: 36 Credit Hours

General education courses from Areas I - V. 

Lower/Upper Level Electives: 42 Credit Hours (21 lower level/21 upper level)

Fire science, criminal justice and emergency medical services degrees from regionally accredited colleges and universities.

Any A.A. elective over and above A.A. general education requirements. To meet the requirement of A.A. elective, any course that has (A.A.) after the course title in the catalog course description or any of the following courses or course prefixes: ACG, AML, ANT, BCH, BCN, BSC, BUL, CGS, CHM, CIS, COP, ECO, ETG, EUH, FIN, FRE, GEA, GEB, GEO, GER, GLY, HSC, INP, INR, ISC, JOU, MAN, MET, MMC, PLA, SLS, SPC, SPN, STA.

21 upper level credits (seven courses) from the following list:

• BUL 4333 - Contract Negotiation and Administration (3 Credit Hours)
• CJE 3361 - Management of Specialized Law Enforcement Units (3 Credit Hours)
• CJE 4668 - Computer Crime (3 Credit Hours)
• DSC 3243 - Industrial Security (3 Credit Hours)
• DSC 4038 - Terrorism and Emergency Management (3 Credit Hours)
• DSC 4594 - Intelligence Analysis (3 Credit Hours)
• ETI 3647 - Supply Chain Management (3 Credit Hours)
• ETI 4448 - Applied Project Management (3 Credit Hours)
• FIN 3400 - Financial Management (3 Credit Hours)
• GEY 3001 - Aging and Special Populations (3 Credit Hours)
• GEY 3302 - Communicating with Older Adults (3 Credit Hours)
• ISM 4382 - Global Information Systems (3 Credit Hours)
• ISM 4480 - Electronic Commerce Systems and Strategies (3 Credit Hours)
• ISS 3300 - Introduction to Evidence Based Research Methods (3 Credit Hours)
• MAN 3240 - Applied Organizational Behavior (3 Credit Hours)
• MAN 3303 - Management and Leadership Practices (3 Credit Hours)
• MAN 3503 - Managerial Risk Analysis and Decision Making (3 Credit Hours)
• MAN 3504 - Operations Management (3 Credit Hours)
• MAN 4102 - Managing Cultural Diversity (3 Credit Hours)
• MAN 4520 - Quality Management (3 Credit Hours)

Upper Level Core Courses: 42 Credit Hours

• DSC 3013 - Introduction to Homeland Security (3 Credit Hours)
• DSC 3214 - Catastrophic Event Response Planning (3 Credit Hours)
• DSC 3554 - Critical Infrastructure and Risk Analysis (3 Credit Hours)
• FES 3833 - Emerging Issues in Environmental Disaster Management (3 Credit Hours)
• FES 4014 - Evolution of Emergency Management (3 Credit Hours)
• PAD 3311 - Program Planning and Evaluation (3 Credit Hours)
• PAD 3820 - Foundations of Public Safety Administration (3 Credit Hours)
• PAD 3821 - Contemporary Issues in Public Safety/Homeland Security (3 Credit Hours)
• PAD 3874 - Community Relations Theory and Practice (3 Credit Hours)
• PAD 4046 - Values, Ethics and Conflict Resolution (3 Credit Hours)
• PAD 4204 - Public Finance (3 Credit Hours)
• PAD 4414 - Human Resource Management Skills (3 Credit Hours)
• PAD 4603 - Administrative Law (3 Credit Hours)
• PAD 4878 - Public Safety Administration/Homeland Security Capstone (3 Credit Hours)

Graduation Requirements for Bachelor’s Degrees

The following general requirements for graduation from SCF must be met by all candidates for the Bachelor of Applied Science and Bachelor of Science degrees. Additional requirements may exist for individual programs.

1. Students must satisfactorily complete 120 credit hours. For residency purposes, a minimum of 30 credit hours required for graduation must be completed at SCF. All other specific degree requirements also must be met. Developmental education (formerly college preparatory) instruction may not be counted toward fulfilling the total number of credit hours required for residency purposes or graduation.
2. For purposes of conferring the bachelor’s degree, students must complete at least 30 credit hours of courses numbered 3000 level or above. Of these, at least 15 credit hours must be taken at SCF.
3. Students must achieve a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher on a 4 .0 scale for all work completed at SCF and a 2.0 grade point average or higher for combined coursework with SCF that includes all transferable credits.
4. Students must earn a grade of C or better in all upper division program requirements.
5. Students must complete the general education requirements (36 credit hours) as defined in the Associate in Arts degree. Students who transfer to SCF with either an Associate in Arts degree or a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution are considered to have met the general education component of the degree. Courses will be reviewed for equivalency for students who transfer without an Associate in Arts or bachelor’s degree.
6. Students must have completed Florida’s foreign language requirement prior to the completion of the bachelor’s degree. Students may meet this competency by:  A) successful completion of two years (four semesters) of the same foreign language officially documented on a high school transcript; or B) successful completion (grade C or better) of two semesters of the same foreign language at a college or university officially documented on a college/university transcript; or C) education completed outside the United States as documented on an official foreign high school transcript that reflects a primary language other than English; D) or Successful completion of two foreign language equivalents through Advanced Placement (AP), College Level Examination Program (CLEP), International Baccalaureate (IB), Cambridge Advanced International Certificate of Education (AICE), or UEXCEL exams.  One or more of these exams can be in combination with successful completion of college/university credit in the same foreign language subject area.  Official transcripts from a high school, college and/or university and/or official examination results must be submitted to the educational records office.
7. For students wishing to pursue another bachelor’s degree, the student must complete a minimum of 15 additional credit hours beyond the first bachelor’s degree as well as any other degree requirements and graduation requirements listed above for the second program. 

SCF reserves the right to make changes in the regulations, offerings, requirements and any provisions announced in this Catalog at any time as circumstances require.