Prepare for leadership opportunities in this evolving and increasingly complex industry. Public safety extends beyond traditional law enforcement and fire services, and in this program, you will learn to address critical issues like cybercrimes, pandemics/epidemics, infrastructure failures and climate change-related disasters.
This groundbreaking degree—the only one of its kind in Washington state—equips you with the technical skills, leadership strategies, and management expertise needed to tackle the challenges of today’s public safety landscape. Gain a strong foundation in areas like budgeting, personnel management, and organizational collaboration, enabling you to manage safety efforts across diverse industries and agencies. Potential associated careers: Higher education or K-12 safety and security director; Hospital/medical safety and security or risk manager, director or specialist; Dispatch supervisor; Port public safety; Airport safety; Public utility district response; Police or fire administration or criminal forensics; Public or senior housing emergency housing/homeless response/shelter/management; City and county government supervisor or manager
Information technology (computer and information systems, network and computer systems, cybersecurity) supervisor or manager.
Financial information
Total tuition
$13,615.00
Total required fees
$3,994.00
Books and supplies
$300.00
Locations
Online,
South Campus - Tacoma
Instructional methods
Hybrid or Blended Program, Online, E-learning, or Distance Learning
Is this program offered on evenings and weekends?
Yes
Additional details
Award name
Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS)
Education Prerequisites
Associate's Degree
Prerequisite courses and other requirements
Associate degree in a public safety related field or an associate’s degree with relevant work experience. Cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher. 25 credits of generally transferable general education coursework.* Personal statement. Transcripts from previous institution(s). *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 associate degree. Generally transferrable general education coursework include: Five credits of ENGL& 101 (English Composition I); Five credits of Quantitative Reasoning; Five credits of Humanities; Five credits of Social Science; Five credits of Natural Science. NOTE: You can take the above courses at Bates Tech, or transfer courses in from another college. Courses may not need to match exactly in each academic/general education category listed above.
Is this program approved to train veterans?
Yes
Program languages
English
Certification/license obtained as part of training program
Certification/license test preparation provided
Employment performance results
Data is unavailable for one of several reasons: In some cases, the institution has not provided the Workforce Board with data to independently evaluate program performance. We encourage all schools to provide this data on an annual basis. In other cases, the program joined Career Bridge recently and student data has not been reported yet. In other cases, the program is too small or too new to provide reliable results.
Top industries for graduates
Data is unavailable for one of several reasons: In some cases, the institution has not provided the Workforce Board with data to independently evaluate program performance. We encourage all schools to provide this data on an annual basis. In other cases, the program joined Career Bridge recently and student data has not been reported yet. In other cases, the program is too small or too new to provide reliable results.
Data is unavailable for one of several reasons: In some cases, the institution has not provided the Workforce Board with data to independently evaluate program performance. We encourage all schools to provide this data on an annual basis. In other cases, the program joined Career Bridge recently and student data has not been reported yet. In other cases, the program is too small or too new to provide reliable results.
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