Certificate of Emergency Management

EMG 203: Introduction to Emergency Management (3 units)

This course presents the theories, principles, and approaches to emergency management. It discusses the scope and magnitude of recent disasters and their impact on society, as well as introduces the student to hazard mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. An analysis of past disasters will be presented, along with their impacts on policy formation leading up to the current Homeland Security/FEMA all-hazards approach.

EMG 213: Individual & Community Disaster Preparedness (3 units)

This course presents the rationale for disaster preparedness in the context that citizens and families can take measures to prepare for disasters in their communities. The course covers disaster response and preparedness, civilian perception of disasters, disaster education models and community planning preparedness education.

EMG 223: Fundamentals of Faith-Based Disaster Response Efforts (3 units)

This course examines biblical perspectives of disaster response and recovery within the scope of a Christian worldview of humanitarian aid and assistance. Also covered is an introduction to international disaster relief and utilization of technologically advanced means of logistical support.

EMG 303: Building Disaster Resilient Communities (3 units)

This course presents building resilience to disasters as one of the primary goals of emergency management and develops skills in designing programs to achieve it. The course emphasizes resilience as the outcome of a multi-level, multi-dimensional process, which requires emergency managers to integrate standards and procedures to create resiliency and sustainability within local government administrative processes and private-sector decision making.