Hello all. (Or, as we Texas Aggie fans say, Howdy!)
I may not have expressed interest in this on the forums before, but I’m becoming more interested in pursuing fire safety/fire detection/fire alarms as a profession. Texas A&M has an electrical engineering course and Oklahoma State University has a Fire Protection and Safety Technologies program that I’m looking at. I’m visiting A&M this weekend and OSU in March.
As for now, course card season is upon me, and I’m being urged to select courses for my senior year wisely. I want to either be a fire protection engineer or a FACP programmer. I’ve heard from numerous people, including my uncle and BCarl, that programmers are very much needed and I think that would be nice for me to do professionally. I would certainly love to assist in installing, programming, and testing fire alarm systems for a living, and the time for me to make a decision in what classes to invest in has come.
For my Science 4 class, I’m thinking of AP Environmental Systems. I’ve already taken Chemestry, Biology, and I am currently taking Physics.
For my Math 4 class, I’m looking at either AP Calculus AB or AP Statistics. I have heard stories about Stats, though. I have already taken Algebra I and II, Geometry, and I am currently taking Pre-Calculus and AP Computer Science I.
I’m not sure if History matters much, but I am interested in it all the same. I’ve taken World Geography, World History, and I’m currently taking US History. I’m probably going to end up taking Government and Economics.
As for English, I’ve taken I and II, am currently taking III AP-Dual Credit, and plan to take IV AP Dual-Credit. I’m not sure if you know this, but Dual Credit is something that some schools have that award students with college credit as well as high school credit! That means I won’t have to spend as much time on Freshman English in college.
I’ve taken Latin I and II and am currently taking III. My Latin teacher is thinking about starting a Greek course, so that’ll be fun.
I just don’t know what kind of courses to take to focus more on fire protection. Maybe some of you professionals can help me out? Any sort of help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your time and patience!