The fire protection engineering curriculum is designed to give the student a grounding in the science and practice of fire safety. The field touches on many disciplines and its scientific basis is expanding. It is an engineering discipline that is still growing, and offers a variety of excellent career opportunities. These cover a wide spectrum involving safety assessment reviews, hazards analysis and research, loss prevention, regulatory issues and the development of new technologies and products for fire detection, alarm, mitigation and suppression. 
 

Basic Math and Science Requirements
 

Course Title Credits
CHEM135 General Chemistry for Engineers 3
MATH140 Calculus I 4
MATH141 Calculus II 4
MATH241 or MATH240 Calculus III or Linear Algebra 4
MATH246 Differential Equations for Scientists and Engineers 3
PHYS161 General Physics: Mechanics and Particle Dynamics 3
PHYS260 General Physics: Vibration, Waves, Heat, Electricity and Magnetism 3
PHYS261 General Physics: Mechanics, Vibrations, Waves, Heat (Laboratory) 1
Total Credit Hours 25



Engineering Science Requirements
 

Course Title Credits
ENES100 Introduction to Engineering Design 3
ENES102 Mechanics 1 3
ENES220 Mechanics 2 3
ENES221 Dynamics 3
ENES232 Thermodynamics 3
Total Credit Hours 15


General Education Requirements
 

Course Title Credits
General Education (GenEd) Requirement Academic Writing/FSAW 3
General Education (GenEd) Requirement Professional Writing/FSPW 3
Other General Education (GenEd) Requirements 18
Total Credit Hours

24



Major Requirements
 

Course Title Credits
ENFP201 Numerical Methods with MATLAB 3
ENFP250 Introduction to Life Safety Analysis 3
ENFP300 Fire Protection Fluid Mechanics 3
ENFP310 Water Based Fire Protection Systems Design 3
ENFP312 Heat and Mass Transfer 3
ENFP350 Professional Development Seminar 1
ENFP405 Structural Fire Protection 3
ENFP410 Special Hazard Suppression Systems 3
ENFP411 Risk-Informed Performance Based Design 3
ENFP413 Human Response to Fire 3
ENFP415 Fire Dynamics 3
ENFP420 Fire Assessment Methods and Laboratory 4
ENFP425 Enclosure Fire Modeling 3
ENFP426 Computational Methods in Fire Protection 3
ENFP440 Smoke Management and Fire Alarm Systems 3
Technical Electives*

12

Total Credit Hours 56

Total Degree Credit Hours

120


*Technical Electives are chosen in consultation with the academic advisor, but must include the following: at least 3 credits of MATH400+ or STAT400+; at least 3 credits of ENFP400+; at least 6 credits of Engineering cousework 300+, CHEM400+, CMSC400+, MATH400+ or PHYS400+.        

 

 


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