Program Overview

Introduction to the Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology Program

The Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology (FPST) program offers a graduate program leading to the Master of Science in Engineering Technology with an option in Fire Safety and Explosion Protection (FSEP). This program extends the FPST undergraduate program into graduate research, scholarship, and creative activities.

Program Overview

The FSEP program is designed to prepare students for professional practice that may include research or consulting components, with a major emphasis in fields of interest such as fire protection engineering, explosion protection, fire and explosion hazards, and process safety. This is the nation's only master's degree program dedicated to both fire and explosion protection and related to safety.

Target Audience

The program is geared toward recent graduates and professionals in a variety of industries, including insurance companies, the oil & gas industry, and fire protection engineering companies. The graduates of this program will have a deeper knowledge base needed to safeguard people in Oklahoma, the nation, and the world. The FSEP program is intended to be especially attractive to engineering and engineering technology graduates from any discipline, and many science majors.

Program Structure

The program is interdisciplinary in nature, and hence, students with undergraduate degrees in fire and safety-related fields or other STEM disciplines are invited to apply for admission. Students can complete degree requirements either online as distance students or as a resident on campus.

Admission Requirements

Admission to the Master of Science degree program requires:

• A B.S. degree in engineering or engineering technology from an ABET-accredited (or equivalent) program
• A B.S. from other related disciplines with foundations in mathematics Admission is competitive based on:
• Undergraduate GPA
• TOEFL (for international students)
• Statement of interests
• Experience
• Recommendation letters The GRE exam is optional but encouraged.

Degree Requirements

A candidate for the graduate degree must satisfy at least the minimum University requirements for that particular degree. The program consists of:

• 30 hours of coursework with a thesis option
• 33 hours of coursework with a non-thesis option For both options, the courses taken must include:
• FSEP 5013
• FSEP 5023
• FSEP 5133 Both options require nine hours from the FSEP core courses that include:
• FSEP 5033
• FSEP 5113
• FSEP 5143
• FSEP 5043