Emergency Service Administration | BAS

The BAS Emergency Service Administration degree offers a comprehensive educational program to prepare a new generation of leaders in the field of emergency services in both governmental agencies and private sectors. Students will obtain a well-rounded learning experience and training related to proactive strategic planning for disaster prevention and reduction. The curriculum blends theoretical perspectives with professional practice necessary to enhance resiliency for communities and leverage capabilities and resources to deal with emergency situations. Students will learn how to tackle crisis requiring multi-agency collaboration and coordination activities. Additionally, the curriculum provides the foundation and skills for professionals in emergency services to advance into a leadership position and practice a proactive leadership in unpredictable and catastrophic situations to minimize risk to responders and the public.

Prior to applying for the BAS ESA degree, students must complete an associate degree with a minimum of 60 credits in one of the following degrees or a different associate degree combined with showing evidence of a minimum of 4000 hours of related field experience.

  • Criminal Justice
  • Emergency Management & Planning
  • Emergency Medical Services
  • Fire Science Technology
  • Fire Science Wildland
  • Public Security Management

Each general education course and all 3000 and 4000 level ESA courses must be completed with a grade of C or better or the course must be repeated to progress in the program and graduate.

Declaring the Emergency Service Administration BAS as your major does not mean you’ve been officially admitted to the program yet. Admission to this program is selective and competitive. There are prerequisite classes and additional steps you’ll need to complete before you can apply for program entry to be considered for program acceptance.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the Emergency Service Administration degree program, students should be able to:

  • Apply optimal use of systems and critical thinking in an emergency situation
  • Apply the emergency management framework, principles, and body of knowledge to a normal and crisis situations
  • Analyze the geographic configurations of hazards, vulnerabilities, and risks in relation to their impact on sociocultural norms
  • Assess evolving technologies, their relevant application to practice, and timely adoption
  • Construct impact analysis for public policy
  • Appraise optimal emergency management and leadership characteristics in varying emergency situations