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Public Safety Administration BAS
Lead the Future of Public Safety in a Changing World
Request InformationLead the future of public safety with the knowledge and leadership skills to address today’s most complex challenges. Our Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS) in Public Safety prepares you to manage emergency response, cybersecurity threats, public health crises, infrastructure failures, and other evolving risks. As Washington’s only BAS program of its kind, you’ll gain the technical expertise, management experience, and strategic leadership skills needed to advance your career and make a lasting impact in public safety.
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Program Information
Degrees & Certificates:
- Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS)
Program Lengths:
- Six Quarters
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
Location/Hours
South Campus
Hybrid/Online Mix
Public safety extends beyond traditional law enforcement and fire services, addressing critical issues such as cybercrimes, pandemics/epidemics, infrastructure failures and climate change-related disasters.
Note: Information is accurate as of its original posting date. The college reserves the right to edit, change, or update information as needed throughout the year. Up-to-date information is available in Student Services.
- 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 transferable 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.
Please contact us for more information.
Tuition and Fees
At Bates, our tuition is affordable and there are options to help make it even easier to gain an education. Federal aid is available for many of our students. Scholarships are also available through the Bates Foundation.
See if you qualify for other funding through our special funding programs with the Workforce Education office.