Emergency Management, B.S.

Curriculum

A. General Education Requirememts (35 hours)

B. Major Core Requirements (45 hours)

1. Core Courses (36 hours)

EM 200	Introduction to Emergency Management	3
EM 210	Response and Recovery	3
EM 224	Emergency Service Law and Ethics	3
EM 230	Hazard Mitigation and Preparedness	3
EM 298	Social Dimensions of Disasters	3
EM 300	Emergency and Disaster Preparedness	3
EM Weapons of Mass Destruction	315	3
EM 382	Emergency Planning	3
EM 480	Hazard Analysis	3
EM 497	Seminar in Emergency Management	3
EM 490	Global Terrorism	3
EM 495	EM Leadership & Policy Management	3

2. Core Electives (9 hours)

Select 9 credit hours from the courses below.

EM 460	EM Internship I	3
EM 470	EM Internship II	3
ENGL 240	Disaster Command and Control Principles of ICS & NIMS	3
EM 202	Disaster and Movies: Facts and Fiction of Survival	3
EM 390	Practical Strategies in Rescue Operations	3
ENGL 320	Public Education in Preparedness and Safety Topics	3
PHS 210	Community Health, Safety, and Disease	3
PHS 310	Environmental Health and Sanitation	3
PHS 410	Terrorism, Disasters, and Epidemics	3

C. Major Core Elective Courses (0 hours)

D. Related Courses (15 hours)

Select 15 semester hours from the following:

CJ 210	Juvenile Justice System	3
HMLS 215	Introduction to Homeland Security	3
AVI 100	Introduction to Aviation	3
AVI 314	Aviation Meteorology	3
UAS 100	Unmanned Aerial Systems	3
CSC 114	Introduction to Computer Science	3
POLS 298	American National Government	3
POLS 299	State and Local Government	3
POLS 305	Political Theory	3
SOWK 205	Introduction to Social Work	3
SOWK 210	Fundamentals of Interviewing	3
SOWK 220	Human Diversity	3
SOWK 343	Social Work with Children	3
JOUR 349	Mass Media	3
GEOG 221	Cartographic Principles	3
GEOG 308	Weather and Climate	3
GEOL 360	Principles of Geographic Information System (GIS)	4
MAS 226	Beach and Island Environments	3
PHS 322	Principles of Epidemiology	3
ENSC 440	Global Environmental Issues Seminar	3
ATC 200	Control Tower Operations	3
AVI 230	Aviation Management	3
AVI 232	Safety Management Systems (SMS)	3
BIOL 215	Anatomy & Physiology	4
HLTH 465	Drug Education	3
MNGT 221	Principles of Management	3
KIN 388	Lifesaving	3
KIN 390	Water Safety	3
PESM 411	Facilities Management	3
SOC 391	Sociology of Terrorism	3
UAS 250	UAS Sensors and Payloads	3

E. Free Electives (25 hours)

Total Credit Hours: 120

Curriculum Guide for Majors in Emergency Management

Freshman Year

First Semester

UNIV 110	Freshman Seminar	1
ENGL 102	Composition I	3
	Social & Behavior Sciences A	3
HLTH 185	Health Concepts	2
EM 200	Introduction to Emergency Management	3
	Humanities and Fine Arts A	3
Total Credit Hours:		15

Second Semester

UNIV 120	Freshman Seminar II	1
ENGL 103	Composition II	3
	Social & Behavior Sciences B (1)	3
	Humanities and Fine Arts C	2
	Natural Sciences and Mathematics - A	3
EM 224	Emergency Service Law and Ethics	3
Total Credit Hours:		15

Sophomore Year

First Semester

EM 230	Hazard Mitigation and Preparedness	3
	Humanities and Fine Arts B	3
	Social & Behavior Sciences B (2)	3
	Related Course	3
	Related Course	3
Total Credit Hours:		15

Second Semester

EM 210	Response and Recovery	3
	Related Course	3
	Natural Sciences and Mathematics - B	4
EM 298	Social Dimensions of Disasters	3
	Physical Education Activity	1
	Free Elective 1	1
Total Credit Hours:		15

Junior Year

First Semester

	Related Course	3
EM 300	Emergency and Disaster Preparedness	3
EM Weapons of Mass Destruction	315	3
	Free Elective	3
	Free Elective	3
Total Credit Hours:		15

Second Semester

	Related Course	3
EM 382	Emergency Planning	3
EM 490	Global Terrorism	3
	Free Elective	3
	Major Core Elective (3 hours)	3
Total Credit Hours:		15

Senior Year

First Semester

EM 495	EM Leadership & Policy Management	3
	Free Elective	3
	Free Elective	3
EM 480	Hazard Analysis	3
	Major Core Elective (3 hours)	3
Total Credit Hours:		15

Second Semester

EM 497	Seminar in Emergency Management	3
	Free Elective	3
	Free Elective	3
	Free Elective	3
	Major Core Elective (3 hours)	3
Total Credit Hours:		15

Total Credit Hours: 120