• Bachelor’s in Emergency Management at Cape Breton University is offered as a 4-year teaching program.
    This bachelor program has a co-op work option.
  • In order to be eligible to participate in a full-time Co-op Work Term, students must meet the GPA requirements.
  • The student to faculty ratio is 16:1 which bridges the gap between faculty and students.
  • Some of the main courses that students will study in this program are:
    • Taxonomy and Anatomy of Hazards
    • Cultivating Emergency Management Alliances
    • Communicating Emergency Management
  • Emergency management professionals around the world are working hard to safeguard people from natural, technological or human-caused incidents. The demand for knowledgeable and competent emergency managers, planners and responders contributing to safer, more resilient and sustainable communities.
  • Emergency Management is about understanding hazards, risks, and vulnerabilities to deal with them. It’s about everything that can be done to prevent and mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from all sorts of emergencies and disasters by developing, implementing, maintaining and evaluating strategic management processes.
  • Career positions may include: 
    • Public sector
    • Private sector
    • Non-governmental organizations
    • First response agencies, public safety and volunteer organizations, etc with an average salary of 36,475 USD per year.