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Emergency Services, Associate of Science


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This degree is intended for students who are interested in serving the public in emergency services related occupations. While emergency services personnel who gain employment in full-time positions will be given some type of training, the competition for these positions is very competitive. An applicant who comes to the hiring process with an Emergency Services degree will have a competitive advantage when it comes to placement testing and interviewing.

Graduates are able to:

  • describe the role of national, state and local support organizations in fire and emergency services
  • compare effective management concepts for various emergency situations
  • analyze the steps necessary to establish and implement a contingency plan for various emergency situations

 

Raritan Valley Community College Associate of Arts (AA) and Associate of Science (AS) degree programs are designed to comply with the New Jersey Community Colleges General Education Foundation which supports transfer of courses to NJ Public four-year colleges and universities.  Students who intend to transfer to a NJ college or university can further improve the transfer of courses by using the Recommended Transfer Program (RTP) feature in NJTransfer.org.

NOTE: Students considering transfer to Rutgers University should choose a Global & Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education course not replicated elsewhere in their curriculum.  Students who have already fulfilled the GCA requirement for their Associates of Arts (AA) degree should select an additional Social Sciences or Humanities General Education course.   

 

 

 

Curriculum – A.S. Degree


Total Credits 64


1 Students may choose from the following: COMM 201 Intercultural Communication , BUSI 156 Risk & Financial Management  or any FIRE or CRMJ course.

2 Students who have passed Firefighter I and received their certificate from the NJ Department of Community Affairs, Division of Fire Safety can substitute this course for CRMJ 220 Incident Command System . Students who have passed Firefighter II and received their certificate from the NJ Department of Community Affairs, Division of Fire Safety can substitute this course for an Emergency Services Elective. The student must present the original certificate to the Student Enrollment Center to receive credit for the courses.

3 Mathematics by official placement test. Students may not take courses below placement level. MATH 103C Quantitative Reasoning  is recommended. 

4 Students who have passed their EMT-B class and have received certification from the NJ Department of Health can substitute this certification for the class. The student must present the original certificate to the Student Enrollment Center to receive credit for the courses. 

5 Select a course from the appropriate category of the General Education  list.

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