Public Safety Administration
This program will first be offered starting Winter quarter 2025
The Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS) degree program in Public Safety Administration is intended to support the Tacoma and Pierce County communities by educating leaders for an evolving industry. Public safety, long viewed as the sole province of law enforcement and fire service, is an industry undergoing profound change. The reasons guiding businesses, public organizations, cities, counties, and state governments to reconsider their public safety systems are complex, but they can be reduced to two primary causes. First, existing public safety systems have failed to protect communities effectively and equitably. Secondly, the range of threats is steadily increasing, and now includes relatively new issues such as cybercrimes, pandemics, failures of community infrastructure, and major disasters brought on by climate change.
Admission Requirements
- Associates degree in a public safety related field or an Associates degree with relevant work experience
- GPA of 2.0 or higher
- Personal Statement
- Transcription from previous institutions
- 25 credits of generally transferable general education coursework*
*Students who have fulfilled their general education coursework for their associates degree with non-transferable courses may take additional general education courses to meet degree requirements during their junior year. Students may be provisionally admitted into the program if they are within 25 credits from completing an associates degree."