| This course presents an overview of organizational and management practices in emergency services. It covers management principles and techniques, supervision and leadership styles, motivation, morale, and organizational behavior. It will prepare students for future leadership positions within their respective public service agencies. |
| This course provides an overview of the legal, strategic, political, economic, ethical, and human issues encountered in the management of disasters or major traumatic public events. This knowledge gives the emergency administrator a realistic view of the issues to expect in a disaster, how to plan accordingly, and how to manage resources and people more effectively in emergency situations. |
| This course explores and examines major issues and current events that have or will have a significant impact on the field of emergency services management. In-depth analysis of contemporary issues such as catastrophic events, public health and disasters, or homeland security issues will be the focus of this course. |
| This course is designed to immerse the learner in the principles of critical incident management. Special attention will be given to the emergency services agencies as complex and dynamic organizations. Emphasis will be placed on planning and preparation and application of the Incident Command System. The role of the critical incident manager is to use a variety of resources, techniques, and skills to reduce the probability and impact of extreme incidents, and to restore operations quickly should an emergency occur. |
| This course focuses on a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of homeland security. It will examine threats to homeland security, including natural and technological disasters, as well as intentional threats of domestic and international terrorism, including weapons of mass destruction. Students review the roles and responsibilities of government agencies, non-government organizations and individual citizens in homeland security. |
| This course concentrates on the introduction and use of technology in public safety and examines various issues and the impact of technology on emergency response systems. It also surveys the trends and uses of modern technology in emergency response, investigations, communications and response to major incidents. The learner will examine problematic issues, current laws, jurisdiction, and the potential unintended consequences of technology in emergency services. |
| This course deals with understanding the motivation, tactics, and targeting trends of terrorist and extremist groups by evaluating potential threats and then identifying appropriate countermeasures to protect the community. Using case studies and discussions, learners examine groups ranging from radical religious fundamentalists to environmental extremists along with other extreme special interest groups. |
| This course covers how nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons offer both terrorists and rogue states a powerful selection of tools to swing the correlation of forces in their direction. It deals with understanding range and characteristics of these weapons, how they are most effectively employed, and potential impacts which are all critical to defending communities against them. It provides detailed look at history, capabilities, and tactics and explores options available to both attacker and defender. |
| This course will present the processes of budget preparation for emergency services administrators, including comparative analysis of major line item expenses, contractual and consultative items. It will examine the problems of governmental funding, service and equipment cutbacks, cost comparison and accessibility of federal grants. |
| This course examines how populations respond to disasters including such areas as response to warnings, evacuation reactions, and looting. It suggests strategies for management of formal and emergent organizations and disaster stressors on individuals, organizations, and groups. Furthermore, it discusses development of effective programs for management of community change to increase disaster resistance. |
| Learners will study the principles of assessing community risk and developing regional cooperative procedures and plans of response. The relationship of structural, climatic, and topological variables to natural disasters is analyzed. Other aspects introduced include pre- and post-occurrence factors, such as organization, communications, planning, coordination, and command and logistics. |
| This course applies psychological theories to the workplace. Topics include organizational structure, motivation and job satisfaction, organizational communication, characteristics of leadership, and personnel selection, training and appraisal. |
| 1-4 credits. May be taken up to three (3) times. |
| Advanced Individualized, special interest course selected by the learner, working with the faculty advisor (may be taken up to 3 times). |
Additional elective learning may be accepted when appropriate to the major. Acceptable elective learning may include: prior learning that meets program criteria for acceptance, general education courses (beyond those required by the program) and courses offered through other majors, following published syllabi, and/or individually designed courses developed by the learner in consultation with her or his faculty advisor, and submitted using the Learning Agreement form. All additional electives must be endorsed by the faculty advisor and the dean, and documented in the approved degree plan prior to registration.
