The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Fire and Safety Engineering Technology, Fire Safety Concentration, B.S.E.T.
Charlotte, USA
BA
DURATION
120 hours
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: The B.S. in Fire and Safety Engineering Technology with a Fire Safety concentration teaches building occupancies and safety, hazardous materials, incident management, emergency response, hazard identification, disaster threat assessment, and event analysis. You’ll do internships with sprinkler and alarm manufacturers, fire departments, law enforcement, and complete a senior capstone to research, design and build solutions (past projects include fire-resistive construction, lightning detection with drones for wildfires, and home gas detection/shutoff systems).
Career Outcomes: Graduates pursue related roles in fire investigation, safety supervision, sprinkler and alarm industry, emergency management, national laboratories, fire protection engineering support, field inspections, and risk assessment.
Program Overview
Fire and safety engineering skills are essential in a variety of industries due to their diverse and deep knowledge that supports public safety. The B.S. in Fire and Safety Engineering Technology provides you such foundational knowledge as building occupancies and safety, hazardous material, incident management from the emergency response, and the industry perspective and more. In the program, you advance to higher level skills like how to identify factors and materials that can create specific hazards, assess threats from natural disasters, and relate historical events to today’s environment.
Experiential learning opportunities in the program include internships in the sprinkler and alarm industry, local fire departments, law enforcement and others. Students are also required to participate in a senior year capstone project where they research, design and build solutions to real-world challenges. Past projects include “Construction of a Fire Resistive home without Sprinklers,” “Use of Lightning Detection and Drones as a First Response to Wildfires” and “Gas Detection and Shutoff System for Homes.”
As a graduate from this program, you are equipped to pursue careers in fire investigation, national laboratories, safety supervision and more.