The Fire Protection & Safety Technology Professional School

Admission to the Professional School

In the Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology Program (FPST), the lower-division course work is devoted to preparing the student for professional school. To be admitted to the professional school, the student must have:

1. Completed a minimum of 60 semester credit hours in an accredited institution of higher learning.
2. Demonstrated an acceptable level of competence in subject material comparable to that covered in Pre-engineering technology, i.e., General Education and Common Pre-engineering technology. Such demonstration may be by completion of course work or by examination with not more than half the requirements satisfied by examination.
3. Been formally accepted by the FPST professional school.

An acceptable level of competence for admission to the professional school may be demonstrated by:

1. Completion of the pre-professional school requirements as designated on the flow chart corresponding to the student's matriculation date, with an overall grade-point average of 2.30 or higher in these courses. Students must have completed the required sequences in calculus, general physics, general chemistry, English composition, and at least two engineering science/engineering technology courses.
2. Final grades of "C" or better in all courses submitted to meet the University's English composition requirement.
3. Completion at OSU of at least 12 semester credit hours of courses required for the degree, with a grade-point average of 2.30 or higher in these courses. This must include at least nine hours of technical subjects with a GPA of 2.50 or higher.
4. Achievement of an overall grade point average of 2.50 or higher in the required mathematics, physics, chemistry, engineering science and engineering technology courses completed prior to admission to a professional school and final grades of "C" or better in each of these courses.

For these purposes, all GPAs are calculated using only the last grade in repeated courses.

If the number of qualified professional school applicants to the FPST professional school exceeds the number that can be provided a quality program with the resources available, the number admitted each year to the professional school will be limited. In that event, priority for admission will be given to pre-engineering/ engineering technology students on a best qualified basis as determined by the grade-point average in relevant courses taken and completed at OSU and professional potential. This practice will preserve the high standards demanded of a quality educational experience sought by students and is necessary so that OSU graduates will continue to be highly regarded.

Students may enroll in no more than six hours of upper-division major requirements prior to admission to professional school unless they secure permission from the head of the school.

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