College of Marin’s Associate in Public Safety degree is designed to provide students, as well as current public safety workers, with the knowledge and skills necessary for entrance or advancement within various public service sectors.
This breadth of study allows a student to explore courses across the field of public safety and supports associate degree completion for existing law enforcement, emergency medical service, and fire personnel.
Currently, the College serves an average of 158 students/year in EMT/EMR/AJ. Our local industry advisory board (comprised of Fire Chiefs, firefighters, and EMS workers from across the county) tasked the College to explore a more direct route to a degree and an avenue for career advancement for the existing Marin County workforce. Feedback from the advisory, local employers, counselors, and existing program review data indicates at least 10 degree completers annually to start.
To provide a pathway to obtain a degree in Public Safety for prospective and current students as well as existing Firefighters and EMS workers with an intention to move towards a fully online associate degree.
The Associate of Arts degree in Public Safety provides a much-needed pathway for students interested in working in Public Safety (Fire, Police, Administrative Justice, Paramedic, etc.) to complete a transferrable associate degree.
The program requires successful completion 18 units minimum of Public Safety required courses in addition to general education courses summing to 60 units in total.
Core required courses total 10 units, and a minimal of 8 additional required units are selected by the student from lists A, B and C below. Course clusters listed below correspond to Public Safety occupational tracks related to Fire, Paramedics and Police.
Total 18 Units Minimum
CORE MAJOR REQUIREMENTS | ||
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Course | Course Title | Units |
Fire 215 | Advanced First Aid/First Responder | 3 |
Fire 112 | Emergency Medical Technician | 7 |
Total Units | 10 |
AND
List A- Choose 1 Class of 3 units in Health and Wellness | ||
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Course | Course Title | Units |
BIOL 100 | Nutrition | 3.0 |
BIOL 107 | Human Biology | 3.0 |
BIOL 108A | Human Sexuality | 3.0 |
HED 140 | Stress Management and Health | 3.0 |
HED 130 | Contemporary Health | 3.0 |
HED 115 | Personal Health | 3.0 |
SOC 110 | Introduction to Sociology | 3.0 |
PSY 110 | Introduction to Psychology | 3.0 |
PSY 118 | Drugs & Psychology | 3.0 |
HED 150 | Women's Health Issues | 3.0 |
Total Units | 3.0 |
AND
LIST B - Choose 1 class of 3 units in Cultural Competency | ||
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Course | Course Title | Units |
3.0 | ||
SOC 130 | Race and Ethnicity | 3.0 |
ETST 110 | Introduction to Ethnic Studies | 3.0 |
ETST 111 | History of African Americans (A) | 3.0 |
ETST 112 | History of African Americans (B) | 3.0 |
ETST 121 | History of Latinos in the US | 3.0 |
COMM 102 | Intercultural Communication | 3.0 |
Total Units | 3.0 |
AND
LIST C- Choose remaining course (minimum 2 units) from this list of Public Service Professional Competencies (classes you did not take from List A or B) | ||
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Course | Course Title | Units |
MEDA 165 | Medical Terminology I | 2.0 |
MEDA 166 | Medical Terminology II | 2.0 |
BIOL 100 | Nutrition | 3.0 |
BIOL 107 | Human Biology | 3.0 |
BIOL 108A | Human Sexuality | 3.0 |
CHEM 105 | Chemistry/Human Environment | 3.0 |
COMM 101 | Interpersonal Communication | 3.0 |
COMM 102 | Intercultural Communication | 3.0 |
ETST 121 | History of Latinos in the US | 3.0 |
SOC 110 | Introduction to Sociology | 3.0 |
PSY 110 | Introduction to Psychology | 3.0 |
PSY 118 | Drugs & Psychology | 3.0 |
WE 298 | Work Experience | 1.0-3.0 |
SPAN 101 | Elementary Spanish I | 4.0 |
AJ 110 | Introduction to Administrative Justice | 3.0 |
AJ 118 | Community Oriented Policing and Problem Solving | 3.0 |
AJ 215 | Introduction to Investigation | 3.0 |
Fire 255 | Wildland Fire | 1.5 |
HED 140 | Stress Management and Health | 3.0 |
HED 130 | Contemporary Health | 3.0 |
HED 115 | Personal Health | 3.0 |
SOC 112 | Modern Social Problems | 3.0 |
SOC 130 | Race & Ethnicity | 3.0 |
SOC 140 | Family/Intimate Relationships | 3.0 |
ETST 111 | History of African Americans (A) | 3.0 |
ETST 112 | History of African Americans (B) | 3.0 |
COMM 102 | Intercultural Communication | 3.0 |
Minimum Total: | 2.0 |
Total 18 Units Minimum
Suggested by Occupational Clusters, Choose 8 units from the following courses. |
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Choose courses from the C-list, you did not take from List A or B |
FIRE: |
Work Experience |
Medical Terminology I |
Medical Terminology II |
Human Biology |
Chemistry/Human Environment |
Stress Management and Health |
Introduction to Sociology |
Human Sexuality |
Introduction to Sociology |
Modern Social Problems |
Race & Ethnicity |
Family/Intimate Relationships |
Introduction to Psychology |
Drugs & Psychology |
Intercultural Communication |
Elementary Spanish |
PARAMEDIC: |
Work Experience |
Medical Terminology I |
Medical Terminology II |
Nutrition |
Human Biology |
Chemistry/Human Environment |
Stress Management and Health |
Introduction to Sociology |
Human Sexuality |
Gender & Society |
Drugs & Psychology |
Intercultural Communication |
Elementary Spanish |
POLICE: |
Work Experience |
Introduction to Administrative Justice |
Community Oriented Policing and Problem Solving |
Introduction to Investigation |
Introduction to Sociology |
Modern Social Problems |
Race & Ethnicity |
Family/Intimate Relationships |
Introduction to Psychology |
Drugs & Psychology |
Intercultural Communication |
Elementary Spanish |
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