Emergency Services Management

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Program Overview
The Emergency Services Management (ESM) major provides UI&U students with an innovative option to obtain a Bachelor of Science degree uniquely tailored to meet the administrative requirements of careers in a rapidly growing industry. The curriculum covers general organizational, administration, and management topics including administrative challenges, legal and ethical issues, strategic plans, human resources, and productivity in a variety of emergency services organizations. Special focus will be on emergency and disaster preparedness, homeland security, and critical incident management.

During the course of their studies, students will develop and strengthen the administrative capabilities and analytical skills crucial for implementation of appropriate and effective responses in federal, state and local organizations and agencies before, during, and after emergencies and disasters.

Benefits

• Personal attention from a faculty advisor and staff who understand your academic and scheduling needs
• Police training certificates
  • Arkansas- ALEATA (Arkansas Law Enforcement Training Academy) - 32 credits
  • California - POST (CA Basic POST - Police Training) - 32 credits
  • California - POST (CA Basic POST - Corrections Training) - 32 credits
  • Colorado - (CO Basic POST - Police Training) - 32 hours
  • Florida - FDLE (FL Department of Law Enforcement Training) - 34 credits (1998 and after graduation)
  • Kentucky - DOCJT (KY Department of Criminal Justice Training) - 32 credits
  • Ohio – OPOTA (OH Peace Officer Training Academy) - 32 credits
  • Pennsylvania - (PA Act 120 Basic Police Training) - 32 credits
  • Wisconsin - (WI Department of Justice Law Enforcement Standards Board) - 32 credits
• Fire academy training
  • California - FFI (Fire Fighter I Certificate) - 22 credits
  • Ohio
    • Ohio Firefighter I - 6 credits
    • Ohio Firefighter II (includes I) - 16 credits
    • Public Safety Inspector - 7 credits
    • Public Safety Instructor - 6 credits
    • Emergency Medial Technician - 10 credits
    • Paramedic Technician - 50 credits
• Associate Arts (AA) degree or Associate Science (AS) degree from a regionally accredited college or university will automatically waive the General Education requirements.
• Up to 30 additional semester units for training beyond the academy training through UI&U’s certified learning method.
• The option to earn college credits through CLEP, DANTES, Challenge Exams, prior learning assessment, and credits recommended by ACE though military training.
• Faculty-guided instruction by field experts.
• Financial aid available to those who qualify.

Concentrations

Students who choose the major in Emergency Services Management may complete a generalized program or may choose one of the following three concentrations within the major (12 credit hours), with specific focuses as described below:

• Criminal Justice Management (CJM): management, administration, contemporary issues in criminal justice management, and policies and practical interaction among local, state, and federal government agencies in emergency situations.
• Leadership (LDS): assessing and building leadership capacity and theory and practice of leadership, with special emphasis on leadership of change.
• Public Administration (PUA): administration, management, and leadership in a variety of public settings, such as federal, state, and local government, social services, law enforcement, public health, and emergency services.

Upon completion of the Bachelor of Science program with a major in Emergency Services Management, graduates will be able to:

• Evaluate principles of supervision and management for emergency services organizations.
• Analyze current issues that affect first response organizations and their strategic operations.
• Create an effective strategic plan in emergency and disaster situations.
• Evaluate how the individual components of emergencies and disasters interplay along the entire crisis and disaster spectrum of the human experience (i.e., legal, economic, ethical and human issues).
• Design critical decision-making skills needed to respond appropriately to emergency and disaster situations and community resources in any crisis situation.

Accelerated Degree Completion Options

• Attending on-ground classes that meet face-to-face five (5) times in an eight (8)-week session or selecting distance learning options.
• Earning eight (8) credits in eight (8) weeks.
• Transferring credits from other regionally accredited colleges and universities.
• Requesting credit for knowledge gained outside the classroom through work or professional experience.
• Successfully completing CLEP or DANTES exams.
• Applying college credits for training through certified learning.