Program Overview

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Public Safety Leadership and Administration (EMS - Mobile Integrated Health Care), MPSLA

The Master of Public Safety Leadership and Administration degree program is designed primarily for public safety professionals. An advanced degree is an important key to career progression within public safety administration. Those with an advanced degree have a significant advantage --- a practical understanding of public safety organization administration --- when they seek to progress in their profession.

Program Description

The emergency medical services mobile integrated healthcare concentration provides the foundation for leadership and administration of EMS organizations. This program takes a multiprofessional approach to administration of EMS organizations and encompasses public policy and administration, organizational management and leadership, finance and data analysis. Students develop a solid foundation of knowledge and skills on which to build success within the field of EMS administration.

At a Glance

• College/school: Watts College of Public Service & Community Solutions
• Location: Online
• STEM-OPT extension eligible: No

Degree Requirements

33 credit hours including the required applied project course (CRJ 593)

Required Core (15 credit hours)

• CRJ 510 Criminal Justice Planning and Program Evaluation (3)
• CRJ 574 Executive Leadership Principles in Public Safety (3)
• PAF 506 Public Budgeting and Finance (3)
• PAF 507 Public Human Resource Management (3)
• PAF 508 Organization Behavior (3)

Concentration (9 credit hours)

• CRJ 571 Foundations of Emergency Medical Services (3)
• CRJ 572 Community Paramedicine: Mobile Integrated Health Care (3)
• HCD 502 Foundations of U.S. Health Systems and Design (3)

Electives or Research (6 credit hours)

• Culminating Experience (3 credit hours)
  • CRJ 593 Applied Project (3)
• Students choose two courses from a restricted list or any graduate-level CPP or PAF course, with program approval, for the electives or research credits.

Admission Requirements

• General university admission requirements: All students are required to meet general university admission requirements.
• Applicants must fulfill the requirements of both the Graduate College and the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions.
• Applicants are eligible to apply to the program if they have earned a bachelor's or master's degree in criminology or criminal justice, public administration or public service, sociology or social work, public safety or fire service management, parks and recreation management, applied sciences or another closely related field from a regionally accredited college or university.
• Applicants must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 (scale is 4.00 = "A") in the last 60 hours of their first bachelor's degree program, or applicants must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 (scale is 4.00 = "A") in an applicable master's degree program.
• All applicants must submit:
  • graduate admission application and application fee
  • official transcripts
  • two letters of recommendation
  • written statement
  • evidence of current employment in an organization in the field of the degree program or concentration, or at least two years of professional experience in the field of the chosen degree program or concentration
  • resume or curriculum vitae
  • proof of English proficiency

Tuition Information

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Attend Online

ASU offers this program in an online format with multiple enrollment sessions throughout the year.

Application Deadlines

• Fall:
  • Session A/C: Online, 08/01, Final
  • Session B: Online, 09/23, Final
• Spring:
  • Session A/C: Online, 12/23, Final
  • Session B: Online, 02/24, Final
• Summer:
  • Session A/C: Online, 04/29, Final

Program Learning Outcomes

Program learning outcomes identify what a student will learn or be able to do upon completion of their program. This program’s learning outcomes include the following:

• Critically integrate theoretical perspectives on leadership into the planning and evaluation of public safety programs.
• Demonstrate the essential qualifications for employment in public safety leadership roles by applying their foundational knowledge of organizational leadership and administration to a final written project.
• Demonstrate the ability to effectively manage employees, multi-agency partnerships and organizational change efforts in emergency medical service agencies.

Career Opportunities

With the MPSLA degree from ASU, graduates are in a position to lead and improve EMS teams in mobile integrated health care. They have knowledge and skills that uniquely qualify them for leadership positions in different types of EMS agencies, such as hospitals, public health departments and managed care organizations. Graduates should expect to find employment and advancement in all levels of government agencies and in the private sector.

Specific career opportunities include:

• ambulance dispatcher
• emergency medical technician
• firefighter
• medical assistant
• paramedic

Program Details

The Master of Public Safety Leadership and Administration degree program is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in leadership roles within public safety organizations. The program focuses on the administration of emergency medical services organizations and encompasses public policy and administration, organizational management and leadership, finance and data analysis. Students develop a solid foundation of knowledge and skills on which to build success within the field of EMS administration.