Educational Goal:

Develop a professional Emergency Manager better positioned for the 21st century environment.

The following Program Educational Objectives have been established for students in this program:

  • To gain an essential understanding of the basic fields and the interdisciplinary nature of the Emergency Management discipline.
  • To gain a fundamental knowledge of emergency management terminology and all phases of the Emergency Management discipline ? preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation.
  • To develop an understanding of how emergency managers think, gather and process data, and reach conclusions.
  • To think critically about hazards and disasters and what to do about them.
  • To understand how communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters.
  • To develop effective oral and written communication skills.
  • To engage in problem solving.
  • To be exposed to a rich variety of perspectives and ideas from across the Emergency Management community.
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