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• PSA 101: Public Safety Technology

  3.00 Credits

  Montgomery County Community College

  
  This course will focus on current themes in public safety technology, including such topics as Computer Aided Dispatch, basic ideas of mobile radio technology, mobile data/mobile computer capabilities and functionality, public safety applications for Global Positioning technology, as well as emerging trends that will appear in the Public Safety arena in the next 3 to 5 years. An overview of standards governing communications systems, dispatchers, and other areas of public safety technology will also be covered. Topics will be covered at a non-technical level to provide the student with an overview and understanding of the technology.
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• PSA 102: Fire Department Organization and Administration

  3.00 Credits

  Montgomery County Community College

  
  This course will provide an introduction to the history and philosophy of fire protection, the basic principles and concepts of organizational structure, the construction of new fire facilities and training. Topics that will be covered include the distribution of equipment and personnel, personnel management, communications, community and public relations, and a review of fire losses. There will also be a discussion of the relationship between fire prevention and fire control and extinguishment, budgeting, the use of systems analysis and operations research, reports and their uses.
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• PSA 200: Public Safety Incident Management

  3.00 Credits

  Montgomery County Community College

  
  This course is designed to provide the student with an overview of the incident command and unified command structure and their operations. Students will examine incident management in various public safety circumstances. After gaining an understanding of incident management in various public safety situations, students will focus on the roles and responsibilities of rescue leaders as those roles relate to incident command and the unified command structure.
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• PSA 201: Leadership and Influence in Public Safety

  3.00 Credits

  Montgomery County Community College

  
  This course is intended to be a capstone course for public safety administration students. This course provides students with an overview of the theories and concepts of leadership development, as well as higher-order leadership skills and competencies for effective leadership in public safety administration. The course will examine leadership from a 'core values' approach, systems (chain of command) approach, a functional approach, a process approach, and a skills approach (motivation, supervision and communications). Topics include leadership, leadership theories and styles, leadership roles, leadership performance, individual leadership skills and plans, effective leadership, and future trends.
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• PSY 101: Introduction to Psychology

  3.00 Credits

  Montgomery County Community College

  
  An examination of the vocabulary, theories and research methods common to the various branches of the science of psychology. The course surveys psychology from its early history to important new advances in brain research. The principles of psychology are applied to learning, to mental health, and to everyday life.
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• PSY 136: Personality

  3.00 Credits

  Montgomery County Community College

  
  A comparison of major approaches to the study of the development and structure of normal personality. Topics include the applications of psychological research to understanding and promoting mental health and human resilience. Consideration is given to the role of healthy personality in managing frustration, conflict, adjusting to predictable and unpredictable life changes, and achieving maximum well-being.
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• PSY 137: Introduction to Organizational Psychology

  3.00 Credits

  Montgomery County Community College

  
  Explores the application of psychological theory and research to understanding and improving work environments in both for profit and non-profit organizations. Students will gain skills through experiential learning of topics including enhancing motivation, performance evaluation, job satisfaction, communication, conflict resolution, achievement and leadership.
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• PSY 200: Child Psychology

  3.00 Credits

  Montgomery County Community College

  
  This course is a study of human development from concept through adolescence. Physical, psychological, social, and emotional development is examined. The major theories are introduced as the back bone to the course. Research and its application to child development are also included. Historical relevance and cultural differences are also embedded throughout the course.
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• PSY 203: Assessment & Documentation in Human Services

  3.00 Credits

  Montgomery County Community College

  
  This course is designed to teach students the necessary skills to assess and document client interactions in a human services agency or program. Students will explore the nature of the helping relationship, demonstrate their active listening abilities, learn how to gather information, build treatment plans, and write case notes. Students will also understand case management in a managed care environment, and the legal, ethical and regulatory implications of comprehensive assessment and documentation.
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• PSY 204: Adolescent Psychology

  3.00 Credits

  Montgomery County Community College

  
  The effects of experiences in childhood and of cultural institutions on adolescence are identified and analyzed. Major themes and topics researched and discussed include: historical and current theories on adolescent development; personality; the development of healthy and unhealthy coping styles; and major indicators of cognitive, physical and psychosocial development.
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