Offered at: San Luis Obispo Campus
The courses offered in the Fire Protection Engineering Applications graduate certificate program will prepare students for a specialized career in fire protection engineering. Students completing the certificate program will be prepared for careers in:
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Consulting/Design Engineering Firms
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Fire Equipment and Systems Manufacturers
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Hospitals and Health Care Facilities
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Insurance Industry
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Research and Testing Laboratories
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Fire Departments
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Government
Requirements for Admission
Students apply via Cal State Apply and must submit a transcript. In addition, applicants must submit a personal statement describing their interest in fire protection engineering. They also need to submit a resume and request three letters of recommendation.
International Students must meet all the standard eligibility criteria and demonstrate proficiency in English (English Proficiency Exam Requirements)
Prerequisites: Admission to a graduate certificate program requires a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution with a major in a relevant field of study.
Minimum GPA: An undergraduate grade point average of 3.0 is required. On occasion, where other credentials are exceptionally strong, a GPA in the 2.5-3.0 range may be accepted.
Application due date: Applicants are accepted for Fall and Spring semester enrollment. Please see Graduate Student Dates and Deadlines for application deadlines.
Program Learning Objectives
- Identify relevant fire safety codes, standards and regulations, comprehend the fire safety performance objectives and criteria associated with these documents, and apply these fire safety objectives and criteria to a broad range of applications.
- Understand how people interact with fire conditions in buildings and calculate evacuation times through the application of fundamental principles of people movement and the use of state-of-the-art computer-based evacuation models.
- Design fire detection and alarm systems, fire suppression systems, structural fire protection systems, and egress systems to achieve specified performance objectives.