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Master of Science in Protection Management

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Program Director: Professor Norman Groner

The Master of Science in Protection Management Program provides advanced professional education in theory, design, management and operation of fire and security protection, and emergency management systems.  Programs and procedures, and their practical application, are explored in a variety of public, commercial and residential settings.

Program details:
Degree Requirements
Required Courses
Required Management and Analytic Courses
- Specializations
- Required Courses
Electives


Degree Requirements
The program requires 39 credits of coursework.  The program director may waive one course from the degree requirements when a student documents job and educational experiences that cover the same content and learning objectives as the waived course.  Students will specialize in fire protection, security management, or emergency management.

All students must either take a one-part comprehensive examination, composed of the core knowledge of the curriculum, to be administered twice annually, or complete PMT 752, which entails completion of a major research paper.

Additional information.  Students, who enroll for the first time at the College in September 2002 or thereafter, must complete the program in the form presented here.  Students, who enrolled in the Fire Protection Management Program prior to that date and have maintained matriculation, may choose the version of the Protection Management Program or the Fire Protection Management Program, in place at their time of enrollment.

Required Courses Subtotal: 15 credits
Protection Management 701 Introduction to Protection Management Systems
Protection Management 711 Introduction to Emergency Management
Protection Management 712 Theory and Design of Fire
Protection Systems Management 740 Safety and Security in the Built Environment
Protection Management 781 Risk Analysis and Loss Prevention

 

 


Required Management and Analytic Courses  Subtotal: 12 credits
Public Administration 702 Human Resources Management
Public Administration 705 Organization Theory and Management
Public Administration 715 Research Methods in Public Administration or
Protection Management 715 Analytical Methods in Protection Management
Public Administration 744 Capital and Operational Budgeting


Specializations  Subtotal: 9 credits
Complete three courses from a selected specialization:                      


Security Management 
Select three courses

Criminal Justice 750 /Public Administration 750 Security of Information and Technology
Criminal Justice 754 /Public Administration 754 Investigative Techniques
Protection Management 753 Theory and Design of Security Systems
Protection Management 754 Contemporary Issues in Security Management


Protection Management 
Select three courses

Protection Management 700 Introduction to Fire Protection
Protection Management 703 Analysis of Building and Fire Codes
Protection Management 751 Contemporary Fire Protection Issues


Emergency Management 
Select three courses

Required Courses
Protection Management 791 Emergency Management: Preparedness and Response
Protection Management 792 Emergency Management: Mitigation and Recovery

Electives  Subtotal: 3 credits
Protection Management 761 Technology in Emergency Management  
Protection Management 762 Business Continuity Planning

Approved electives include all protection management courses not required under the concentration or other courses by permission of the program director.


Select one course 
Criminal Justice 708 Law, Evidence and Ethics
Criminal Justice 713 White Collar Crime
Criminal Justice 716 Using Computers in Social Research
Criminal Justice 747/Public Administration 747 Computer Applications in Public Policy and Management
Psychology 723 Communication, Persuasion and Attitudes
Protection Management 752 Advanced Seminar in Protection Systems (by permission of instructor)
Public Administration 741 Administrative Law and Regulation

Total: 39 credits