2021 cycle

https://calstatela.curriculog.com/proposal:7704/form

 

D1 - Fit with the Institutional Mission or Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILO)

D1        Fit with institutional mission or ILOs

CSULA Mission

Cal State LA transforms lives and fosters thriving communities across greater Los Angeles. We cultivate and amplify our students’ unique talents, diverse life experiences, and intellect through engaged teaching, learning, scholarship, research, and public service that support their overall success, well-being, and the greater good.

The FPAT program empowers our highly diverse and minority background students with the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to successfully compete for and achieve much-sought-after, highly rewarding jobs in the fire and emergency service agencies that serve our Greater Los Angeles community.

Institutional Learning Objectives

1. Knowledge: Mastery of content and processes of inquiry

CSULA graduates have a strong knowledge base in their academic major and can use powerful processes of inquiry in a range of disciplines. They engage contemporary and enduring questions with an understanding of the complexities of human cultures and the physical and natural world and are ready to put their knowledge into action to address contemporary issues.

The FPAT program is a 2-year transfer program with major-specific entrance criteria, where students build on two years of prior community college fire protection instruction to further develop and master the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to succeed in the fire protection/EMS field. Since the field is always changing, FPAT graduates are prepared with research and analytical skills. Additionally, they are empowered to be lifelong self-paced learners, which is a major expectation for continued growth within the industry.

2. Proficiency: Intellectual skills

CSULA graduates are equipped to actively participate in democratic society. They are critical thinkers who make use of quantitative and qualitative reasoning. They have the ability to find, use, evaluate and process information in order to engage in complex decision-making. They read critically, speak and write clearly and thoughtfully and communicate effectively.

FPAT graduates are successful decision makers, with the ability to lead as well as follow. Most crucially, they are successful communicators-among their industry peers and with the public. The FPAT program empowers its graduates to analyze, integrate, and act on information, to be able to communicate and educate within the community, and to proactively inform themselves about trends and community issues pertaining to their professional duties.

3. Place and Community: Urban and global mission

CSULA graduates are engaged individuals who have contributed to the multi-lingual and multiethnic communities that constitute Los Angeles and the world of the future. They are aware of how their actions impact society and the environment, and they strive to make socially responsible decisions. They are community builders sensitive to the needs of diverse individuals and groups and committed to renewing the communities in which they live.

FPAT graduates are guardians of the community-its people and it property. They are able to successfully interact with the community to protect and educate it. They understand their community and its needs. They value their role as trusted servants of the community and understand that will that trust comes deep responsibility to ensure the safety and well-being of all community members.

4. Transformation: Integrative learning

Cal State LA graduates integrate academic learning with life. They engage in community, professional, creative, research and scholarly projects that lead to changes in their sense of self and understanding of their worlds. Graduates integrate their knowledge, skills and experience to address complex and contemporary issues and act ethically as leaders for the 21st century.

FPAT graduates understand the need to dedicate themselves to lifelong fitness and lifelong learning. They understand that the fire protection/EMS field is always changing to meet the needs of the community it serves. They remain flexible and appreciative of the need to adapt to changes in the community and the larger national emergency services structure. Graduates are empowered to be ethical as well as tactical decision-makers.

 

D2 - Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)

D2: Program Learning Outcomes

1. To produce graduates who will demonstrate tactical, technical, and management knowledge as fire protection professionals.

The 2+2 transfer program builds on the KSAs that have been instilled by feeder community college fire programs through major-specific criteria for entrance into the FPAT program at the junior level. FPAT program graduates examine the industry at the management as well as line officer levels and are able to understand the duties of emergency services operators and commanders, fire chiefs, public information officers, fire safety inspectors, fire investigators, and community safety educators, among other roles.

2. To produce graduates who can apply the skills necessary to collaborate, organize, and lead.

FPAT graduates are educated through scenario-based learning so that they are prepared to apply appropriate decision-making. Students learn collaboratively and are given many opportunities in the FPAT curriculum to organize and communicate information, and to model service leadership and practices that value inclusivity and understanding of the diverse communities they serve.

3. To produce graduates who will be prepared to meet the challenges of our ever-changing technological world.

FPAT graduates have the tools and values they need to be lifelong learners to meet the needs of the always changing and challenging fire service/EMS industry. From delivering babies to fighting wildland fires to teaching school children to become home safety advocates, FPAT graduates are instilled with commitment to continual growth and self-improvement.