2012 - 2013 catalog - Delta College

FST 301 Incident Command System 1 Sem Hr
Focuses on the fire officer’s and manager’s responsibilities to use, deploy,
implement, and/or function within a department Incident Command
System. (15-0)
FST 302 Leadership I Strategies for
Company Success
1 Sem Hr
Presents the basic leadership skills and tools needed to perform effectively
in the fire service environment. Includes techniques and approaches to
problem solving, ways to identify and assess the needs of the company
officer’s subordinates, methods for running meetings effectively, and
decision-making skills. Credit may be earned in either FST 300 or FST
302, 303, 304, and 305 combined. (15-0)
FST 303 Leadership II Strategies for
Personal Success
1 Sem Hr
Provides the basic leadership skills and tools needed to perform effectively
in the fire service environment. Includes ethics, use and abuse of power,
creativity, and management of the multiple roles of a leader. Credit may
be earned in either FST 300 or FST 302, 303, 304, and 305 combined. (15-0)
FST 304 Leadership III Strategies for
Supervisory Success
1 Sem Hr
Provides the various leadership skills and tools to perform effectively
in the fire service environment. Includes delegation to subordinates,
assessment of personal leadership styles through situational leadership,
discipline, coaching and motivating techniques. Credit may be earned
in either FST 300 or FST 302, 303, 304, and 305 combined. (15-0)
FST 305 Firefighter Health and Safety:
Program Implementation & Management 1 Sem Hr
Focuses on the problem of firefighter health and safety, and the design and
implementation of a departmental safety program. Includes command
issues, policies and programs addressing health and safety in emergency
situations. Credit may be earned in either FST 300 or FST 302, 303, 304
and 305 combined. (15-0)
FST 306 Shaping the Future 1 Sem Hr
Focuses on the skills and techniques that a mid-level manager needs to
provide leadership and direction in the fire service. Includes discussions
on the use of environmental scanning as a tool, the concepts of paradigm
shifts, and methods to reframe problems accurately. (15-0)
FST 307 Incident Safety Officer 1 Sem Hr
Focuses on the increasing awareness to a wide variety of emergency
situations. Teaches what a safety officer at an incident needs to know
using scenarios to convey instructional points. (15-0)
FST 308 Health and Safety Officer 1 Sem Hr
Examines the role of the Health and Safety Officer in policy and procedure
issues that affect the health and safety of emergency responders;
emphasizes risk analysis, wellness, program management, and other
occupational safety issues. (15-0)
FST 332W Advanced Fire Administration 3 Sem Hrs
Examines the organization and management of the fire service. Discusses
new technologies, deployment of resources available, personnel and
equipment costs, municipal fire protection planning, statistics and
reporting systems, training and finances. (45-0)
FST 334W Fire Prevention Organization &
Management
4 Sem Hrs
Presents an overview of history, philosophy, techniques, procedures,
programs of private and public agencies involved with fire prevention,
organization and administration of code enforcement, licenses, permits,
zoning, inspections, investigations, education and analysis of statistics.
Includes off site field trips. (45-15)
FST 338W Contemporary Issues In The Fire
Service
3 Sem Hrs
Examines issues having impact on the fire service to include past, present
and future concerns and trends. Discusses current political, policies,
practices, deployment and events within the fire service and related
professions and technologies. (45-0)
German
GE 111 German One 4 Sem Hrs
Acquisition of proper pronunciation, basic grammatical structures and
vocabulary of modern spoken and written German by means of oral
practice, reading or simple texts, and written exercises. (60-0)
GE 112 German Two 4 Sem Hrs
Prerequisite: GE 111 or one year of high school German. A continuation
of GE 111. (60-0)
GE 211 German Three 4 Sem Hrs
Prerequisites: GE 111 and GE 112. Applies the important grammar rules
that have been used and practiced in German One and German Two.
Reviews in depth the context of conversation exercises, reading excerpts
of contemporary original literacy and journalistic pieces. Exposes students
to the living spoken and written language to develop a feeling for the
language, which is quite necessary for such a complicated language as
German. (60-0)
GE 212 German Four 4 Sem Hrs
Prerequisites: GE 111, GE 112 and GE 211. Applies the important grammar
rules that have been used and practiced in German One, Two, and Three.
Reviews in depth the context of conversation exercises, reading excerpts
of contemporary original literacy and journalistic pieces. Provides
exposure to the living, spoken and written language to develop a feeling
for the language. (60-0)
GE 290-299
Geography
Special Projects in German
GEO 103W Introduction To Meteorology 4 Sem Hrs
Prerequisite: MATH LEVEL 3. Provides study of the fundamentals of
weather including the underlying physical processes of the atmosphere,
general circulation, weather patterns, and severe weather events.
Develops an understanding of weather map analysis and forecasting.
Uses extensive laboratory applications related to atmospheric study
including graphing, drawing isopleths, data analysis, and access to
real-time weather information. (45-15)
GEO 111 Physical Geography 4 Sem Hrs
Studies the natural environment which is important to people and their
activities; introduction to maps and physical features; earth-sun-moon
relationships; earth materials, land forms; drainage; and major natural
resources. Introduces weather and climate, soils and vegetation -- their
character, causes, significance and distribution. (45-30)
GEO 113W World Cultural Geography 4 Sem Hrs
Examines essential geographic characteristics and concepts of selected
cultural regions of the world. Compares and contrasts these regions in
terms of their present and potential development using examples from
both the western and non-western world. (60-0)
GEO 116W Professional Global Awareness 1 Sem Hr
Heightens awareness of cross-cultural understandings. Develops
strategies in building business relationships in the global market. (15-0)
GEO 222 Geography of Asia 3 Sem Hrs
Regional geographic interpretation of the area as a continent. Study of
relationships of physical, economic, social and political environment
activity. (45-0)
GEO 223 Geography of Europe 3 Sem Hrs
Similar to Geography 222 but applied to Europe. (45-0)
GEO 226 Geography of United States and
Canada
3 Sem Hrs
Similar to Geography 222 but applied to the United States and Canada.
(45-0)
Delta College 2012-2013
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