Fire Science Technology

Many of the fire science courses are articulated with the Office of the state Fire Marshal and count toward the requirements for Instructor I, Instructor II, Fire Officer I, Fire Officer II, Apparatus Engineer and Hazmat 1st Responder. Fire Officer I and Fire Officer II are certified by the State Fire Marshal's Office. This certification allows students taking final exams at CLC to replace the state certification testing requirement.

To qualify for unconditional admission to these programs, students must provide evidence that they have attained a certain level of knowledge in the arts and sciences through previous learning.

Evidence may be provided by observing the following procedures:

1. Successfully complete the admission requirements.
2. Submit either a high school transcript or a student profile report from the American College Testing (ACT) Program

International Students test scores required for placement in college level classes:

For the College’s academic college-level programs, students must verify their language proficiency by:

• a minimum score of 153 on the Language Skills section of the College of Lake County Academic Proficiency Test
• a minimum TOEFL score of 527 on the Paper Based Test, 197 on the Computer Based Test, 71 on the Internet Based Test
• ELI Accuplacer score of 320 or higher
• 6.0 – Academic Format – on the IELTS
• ELS Language Centers, Completing Level 112

For more information about admission requirements, please visit the website.

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