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Interdisciplinary Studies - Emergency Management 90-30, Bachelor
Overview
In addition to University Requirements:
- Students may transfer up to 90 units of community college and/or university credit from regionally accredited institutions of higher education.
- 30 units of Emergency Management specialization Requirements
- Completion of Computer Literacy, Communication Skills, and Science or Language Requirements
- Up to 9 units of specialization prefix courses may be used to satisfy General Studies Requirements; these same courses may also be used to satisfy specialization requirements.
- Elective courses, if needed, to reach an overall total of at least 120 units.
Students may be able to use some courses to meet more than one requirement. Contact your advisor for details.
| Minimum Units for Completion |
120 |
| Major GPA |
C |
| Highest Mathematics Required |
MAT 114 |
| Foreign Language |
Optional |
| Some online/blended coursework |
Required |
| AZ Transfer Students complete AGEC-A |
Recommended |
| Progression Plan Link |
Not Available |
Purpose Statement
The purpose of the Emergency Management Program is to provide an outstanding education in the broad-based, interdisciplinary and expanding field of emergency management. All communities are vulnerable to disaster, and emergency management professionals, be it full-time emergency managers or those assuming emergency management responsibilities along with their primary scope of duty, work to protect their communities from emergency events. The Emergency Manager integrates the activities of community stakeholders to effectively prevent, prepare for, protect and mitigate disasters, and when a disaster strikes, to respond and recover. In essence, practitioners of emergency management, regardless of whether they work in the public, private or non-profit sectors, act as stage managers, arranging the set and putting the pieces in place to allow first responders to effectively respond to emergencies. Students studying emergency management at Northern Arizona University receive a strong foundation in this critically important area, thus enhancing their employment prospects, and strengthening their capacity to make vital contributions to their communities and the Nation.
In order to foster students' success as emergency management practitioners, NAU's Emergency Management Program emphasizes experiential learning by linking theory to specific professional situations and scenarios. In addition, the Program focuses on vital emergency management components, including the phases of emergency management, Homeland Security, Incident Management Systems, emergency management and homeland security exercise design, development, conduct and evaluation planning, emergency management grants and administration and a basic understanding of the public sector environment, including ethics, in the context of the emergency management field.
Students will discover that NAU's Emergency Management faculty make the difference! They are a select group of caring, dedicated and knowledgeable faculty who possess years of relevant professional emergency management and public/private sector experience, including current and former City, County and State Emergency Managers, Emergency Management Preparedness Managers and Counterterrorism Specialists. In addition faculty hold numerous emergency management certifications, such as Certified Emergency Manager and Master Exercise Practitioner.
Student Learning Outcomes
Communication Skills
- Provide logically coherent pieces of written work.
- Effectively organize and orally deliver content based on audience and purpose.
Emergency Management
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate in an effective manner.
- Apply and/or practice critical thinking in coursework.
- Provide relevant examples of ethical concepts in the public sector.
- Comprehend the importance of leadership, and demonstrate the knowledge and ability to model leadership skills in the public sector.
- Apply and integrate the principles and practices of emergency management by describing activities and/or concepts associated with the phases of emergency management: prevention, protection, mitigation, response and recovery.
- Describe the budgeting process in the public sector.
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