Ⅰ. Introduction
The collaborative Bachelor’s Degree Program of Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology training program is a Sino-foreign cooperative education project approved by the Ministry of Education and jointly organized by Southwest Jiaotong University and Oklahoma State University. After students’ enrollment, they will study on Emei Campus for three years until their grades fit the requirements of OSU admission, then study at Oklahoma State University for one year. Based on their whole four years’ performance, Southwest Jiaotong University and Oklahoma State University undergraduate diploma shall be awarded if the graduation requirement of each side has been achieved.
Program Code: 082901H
Program Name: Safety Engineering (Chinese-foreign cooperative education)
Ⅱ. Objectives
Cultivate patriotic, virtuous, science-advocating, excellence-striving, well-developed (morally, intellectually and physically) talents with solid professional knowledge, strong engineering practice ability, international vision and innovative spirit, cross-cultural communication, capabilities of competition and cooperation, self-learning and constant knowledge updating skill at work. After graduation, students can engage in the following fields: Safety planning and design, safety management, fire safety assessment, hazardous chemicals safety management, petrochemical safety assessment, fire accident investigation and analysis, safety education and training, occupation safety administration. They will work on planning, design, construction, project management, education and R&D in various government departments, design department, multinational groups, construction department, industrial and mining enterprises, research institutes, schools, etc.
III. Graduation Requirements
1. Engineering knowledge: The graduate should be able to make full use of the knowledge in mathematics, natural science, engineering fundamentals and specialized courses to solve complicated problems encountering in building fire prevention and fire protection. More specifically, he/she should
1.1 Have basic knowledge in Calculus, Linear Algebra, Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics, etc.
1.2 Have knowledge in natural science, such as Physics and Chemistry, etc.
1.3 Have fundamentals knowledge in Engineering Graphics, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Computer Technology, etc.
1.4 Know well basic knowledge in fire protection engineering.
1.5 Be able to make full use of the knowledge to solve complicated problems encountering in building fire prevention and protection.
2. Problem Analysis: The graduate should be able to use basic principles of Applied Mathematics, Natural Science and Engineering Science. Moreover, he/she should conduct literature reviews and then correctly identify and express the occurrence and development of fire and the propagation of smoke, as well as a number of sophisticated problems in fire prevention, so as to arrive at a feasible design solution. More specifically, he/she should
2.1 Be able to identify and express the complicated problems in building fire prevention and protection by using fundamentals knowledge.
2.4 Be able to conduct literature reviews and recall previously learned knowledge to get a preliminary solution.
2.5 Be able to use the specialized knowledge in fire protection engineering, analyze the complicated problem, and finally arrive at a feasible solution.
3. Design/Develop Solutions: Ability to provide solutions to complex engineering problems such as developing fire-retardant materials and fire extinguishing agents, designing building fire prevention system / human evacuation system / smoke control system / water-based fire extinguishing system / special fire extinguishing system / automatic alarm and linkage control system. Ability to design and evaluate fire safety processes that meet specific production requirements. Innovative ideas are encouraged to be involved during design process, considering factors like society, health, safety, law, culture and environment.
3.1 Understanding and mastering the basic methods and skills of engineering design;
3.2 Selecting appropriate measures to ensure production safety;
3.3 Ability to include innovative ideas in the design process, considering complex factors like society, health, safety, law, culture, environment, etc.
4. Scientific Research: Ability to apply scientific methods to analyze complex engineering problems in fire science and fire protection engineering based on scientific principles, including designing experiments, analyzing/interpreting data or building system models, and obtaining effective conclusions through information synthesis.
4.1 Mastering basic experimental skills and operation methods, and be able to process data.
4.2 Using professional knowledge of fire protection engineering to design scientific and reasonable experimental schemes. Trying to explain experimental results by using rational data analysis method.
4.3 Understanding key scientific issues involved in complex engineering problems in fire science and fire protection engineering. Designing and conducting experimental studies, analyzing and summarizing experimental data, and finally obtaining reasonable and effective conclusions through information synthesis.
5. Use of modern tools: the ability to develop, select and use universal and specialized technologies, resources, modern engineering tools and information technology tools, including scientific predictions and simulations of complex engineering problems in fire protection field, and to understand their limitations for complex engineering problems.
5.1 Ability to use library, database and other resources for literature retrieval;
5.2 Ability to use modern technical tools such as computer language and engineering graphics;
5.3 Ability to simulate, predict, or analyze using professional engineering software, advanced analytical testing methods, etc., and to understand the limitations of such tools.
6. Engineering and Society: Be able to reasonably analyze and evaluate the social, health, safety, legal and cultural impact of fire risk and fire prevention engineering practices and complex engineering problems solutions based on the basic principles of engineering and relevant background knowledge, and understand the responsibilities.
6.2 Professional ability to reasonably analyze and evaluate the social, health, safety and cultural impact of fire protection engineering solutions;
6.3 Understand the responsibilities of fire protection engineers in engineering practices and complex engineering problem solutions.
7. Environment and Sustainability: Familiar with fire safety related laws and regulations, and capable of understand and demonstrate the environmental, social and sustainable development impacts of engineering solutions for complex engineering problems in the fire protection field.
7.1 Understand the environmental, sustainable development guidelines, regulations, policies and laws and in the field of fire protection;
7.2 Capable of consider the impact on environmental and social sustainability in the design of complex engineering problem solutions and take steps to improve them.
8. Ethics: Understand China's national conditions, have humanities, science literacy, and social responsibility, be able to understand and commit to engineering professional ethics and norms in fire engineering practice, fulfill fire safety social responsibility, have the professional qualities of modern engineers, and fulfill their responsibilities, contribute to the country and serve the society.
8.1 Have a sound physical and mental quality;
8.2 Master the necessary humanities and social science knowledge, develop correct values, and have a strong sense of social responsibility;
8.3 Understand and abide by fire engineering ethics and practices.
9. Individuals and teams: be able to fulfill the roles of individuals, team members, and team leaders in multi-disciplinary context.
9.1 Be able to understand the relationship between personal responsibility and team goals in practical courses of this major, and fulfill personal obligations properly;
9.2 Be able to understand the relationship between personal responsibility and team goals in social practice and other multi-disciplinary context, and fulfill personal obligations properly.
10. Project management: Understand and master the principles of engineering management and economic decision-making, and apply it in various fire engineering practices to achieve scientific management of the project.
10.1 Understand and master the important engineering management principles and economic decision-making methods involved in fire engineering practice;
10.2 Be capable of applying engineering management principles and economic decision-making methods to various fire engineering practices.
11. Lifelong learning: Have the ability to continuously learn and adapt to the development of society and technology with awareness of independent learning and lifelong learning.
11.1 Have the awareness of independent learning and lifelong learning;
11.2 Can select and adjust learning content based on career development needs with the ability to self-renew knowledge and skills.
12.Internationalization ability: With a high level of English, familiar with domestic and foreign fire related codes, understand international customs and etiquette, with patriotic feeling and international vision.
12.1 With a high level of English, can understand English-teaching course, proficient English for academic exchanges, write papers, academic reports, design manuscripts in English.
12.2 Familiar with domestic and foreign fire related codes, understand international customs and etiquette, able to effectively communicate in cross-cultural dialogue on professional issues and participate in solving complex technical problems in practical projects.
12.3 With patriotic feeling and international vision, can correctly understand "Chinese characteristics and international comparison", and can comprehensively and objectively understand contemporary China and the outside world.
IV.Duration and Degree
Duration: Four Years
Degree: Workplaces degree
V. Main Subject and Main Course
Main Subject： Fire Safety Hazards and Recognition
Main Course：General Chemistry for Engineers、Elementary Statistics、Linear Algebra and Differential Equations、Engineering Design CAD、Thermodynamic、The Chemistry of Organic Compounds、Statics、Industrial & Operational Safety、Fluid Mechanics for Fire Protection、Fire suppression and Detection system 、Fundamentals of Management、Engineering Economic Analysis、Combustion、engineering fluid mechanics、Safety management、Human Factorsin Accident Prevention、Elements of Industrial Hygiene、Design & Analysis of Sprinkler Systems、Fire Dynamics、Industrial Ventilation & Smoke Control、Life Safety Analysis
