Students will be able to:

• demonstrate verbal and nonverbal, goal- directed interaction with colleges, fire science systems and the community

• identify cultural variations in regards to communicating with African Americans, Asians, Hispanics and Native American cultures

• implement effective written communication skills

• apply effective oral communication techniques in diverse situations

• demonstrate decision making related to the inter-workings of the fire science, their coordination and coherent overlapping

• locate information resources related to the Fire Science field

• demonstrate understanding of the theory and practice of fire science coupled with technology that has enhanced the fire science communities

• access Fire Science information online

• integrate basic concepts of human valuing that are essential for ethical decision making

• analyze the relationship between ethics and morality in relation to Fire Science practice

• apply the ethical decision-making process to specific ethical issues encountered in practice

• acquire the understanding of documentation, theory,  skills as well as the technology associated with the practice of Fire Science