The undergraduate certificate program in Fire & Emergency Services is designed for the working professional or student with short term or career advancement goals, or a need for quickly attainable specialty education in emergency services. You may apply for admission to a certificate program by submitting a CERTIFICATE application.
Senior Fire Officer
This certificate is available to UF Online (UFO) students only.
To receive this certificate, you must successfully complete the following six courses (see course descriptions):
- FES 3780 Analytical Approaches in Public Fire Protection
- FES 4003 Fire and Emergency Services Administration
- FES 4023 Leadership and Ethics Issues
- FES 3533 Community Risk Reduction for Emergency Services
- FES 3720 Strategic Planning for FES
- FES 4045 Personnel Management for Emergency Services
EMS Management
This certificate is available to UF Online (UFO) students and to non-degree seeking students. For non-degree seeking students, this requires an associate’s degree in a related field. Later, should you decide to apply for admission to the bachelor’s degree program and are accepted, credits earned for the certificate will count toward the degree program.
To receive this certificate, you must successfully complete the following five courses (see course descriptions):
- FES 3284 – Management of EMS
- FES 3285 – Advanced Leadership Issues in EMS
- FES 3720 – Strategic Planning for FES
- FES 4224 – Management of Mass Casualty Incidents
- FES 4244 – Legal, Political, and Regulatory in EMS
Emergency Management
This certificate is available to UF Online (UFO) students only.
To receive this certificate, you must successfully complete the following five courses (see course descriptions):
- FES 3822 Disaster Policy in Emergency Management
- FES 4014 Foundations of Emergency Management
- FES 4825 Disaster Planning and Control
- FES 4884 Introduction of Emergency Management of Terrorism
- FES 3533 Community Risk Reduction for Emergency Services/or FES 4234 EMS Community Risk Reduction