Emergency Management 90-30, Bachelor of Science

In addition to University Requirements:

• Up to 9 units of major prefix courses may be used to satisfy General Studies Requirements; these same courses may also be used to satisfy major requirements.

• Elective courses, if needed, to reach an overall total of at least 120 units.

• 30 units of Emergency Management requirements.

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	2.0
Highest Mathematics Required	MAT 114
University Honors Program	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.

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 makes 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
• Emergency Management

Transfer Block

• • Students may transfer up to 90 units of community college and/or university credit from regionally accredited institutions of higher education.

General Studies Requirement

• • Up to 9 units of major prefix courses may be used to satisfy General Studies Requirements; these same courses may also be used to satisfy major requirements.

• • Students who have completed the Arizona General Education Curriculum (AGEC) from an Arizona public or tribal community college, the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC), or California State University General Education (CSUGE) from a California public community college are considered to have satisfied NAU's General Studies and Foundation requirements as well as the US Ethnic and Global Diversity requirements.

Major Requirements

• All major requirements must be completed at Northern Arizona University.

• This major requires 30 units distributed as follows:

  • Emergency Management Requirements: 21 units
  • Additional Emergency Management Courses: 9 units

   

  Take the following 30 units:

  The following coursework must be completed with a Grade of "C" or better in each course.

• Emergency Management Requirements (21 units)

  • EMGT 421C, EMGT 302, EMGT 340 (9 units)
  • PADM 301, PADM 327, PADM 411 (9 units)
  • Select from the following (3 units):
    • JUS 350W
    • PADM 302W

• Additional Emergency Management Courses (9 units)

  • Select from the following (9 units):
    • EMGT 400, EMGT 410, EMGT 435, EMGT 440

General Electives

• Additional coursework is required if, after you have met the previously described requirements, you have not yet completed a total of 120 units of credit.

  You may take these remaining courses from any of the academic areas, using these courses to pursue your specific interests and goals. You may also use prerequisites or transfer credits as electives if they weren't used to meet major, minor, or General Studies Requirements.
  
  We encourage you to consult with your advisor to select the courses that will be most advantageous to you.

Additional Information

• Some courses may have prerequisites. For prerequisite information, click on the course or see your advisor.

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