Fire & Emergency Management
Program Handbooks
Program Learning Outcomes
The Fire and Emergency Management Program (FEMP) is a key-component of Oklahoma State University’s commitment to its land grant mission. FEMP serves the community, our state, and the nation by educating professionals in critical leadership roles while also developing the next generation of practitioners and academics.
The underpinning Program Learning Outcomes are:
PhD Program Learning Outcomes:
1. Master substantive theories, concepts, policies, and practices associated with fire and emergency management.
2. Build and sustain expert-level scientific, geographic, sociocultural, technological, and systems literacy within a fire and emergency management context.
3. Master research theory, principles, and practices to make a significant contribution to knowledge within fire and emergency management.
4. Champion ethical research and practice, and life-long learning within fire and emergency management.
MS Program Learning Outcomes:
1. Critically evaluate substantive theories, concepts, policies, and practices associated with fire and emergency management.
2. Build and sustain professional-level scientific, geographic, sociocultural, technological, and systems literacy within a fire and emergency management context.
3. Apply research theory, principles, and practices to critically analyze problems related to fire and emergency management.
4. Support continual learning, and ethical research and practice within fire and emergency management.
Under-Graduate Minor Program Learning Outcomes:
1. Evaluate substantive theories, concepts, policies, and practices associated with fire and emergency management.
2. Build entry-level scientific, geographic, sociocultural, technological, and systems literacy within a fire and emergency management context.
3. Apply research theory, principles, and practices to analyze problems related to fire and emergency management.
4. Value ethical research and practice, and life-long learning within fire and emergency management.