Wake Tech is closed Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Prospective students can still apply online, and current students can register for 12- and eight-week Spring semester courses. The college will reopen Tuesday morning.
The Public Safety Administration AAS Degree program covers a number of subject areas, including the following:
– Public safety administration and education
– Interagency operations
– Crisis leadership
– Government and agency financial management
– Professional standards
– Incident management
– Administrative law
– Supervision
The Public Safety Administration curriculum, in general, is designed to provide students and practitioners the technical, managerial and administrative knowledge and skills needed to enter or advance in various public safety and government organizations.
Employment opportunities exist with fire or police departments, emergency management organizations, governmental agencies, industrial firms, correctional facilities, private industries, insurance organizations, educational organizations and security and protective organizations, as well as through self-employment opportunities.