Emergency Management/Homeland Security

This course will examine the Federal Government response to terrorism since the 9/11 terrorist attacks and how that response affects protecting the Homeland and the ethics of balancing security and civil liberty.

This course presents an overview of background and history of hazards, disasters and Emergency Management in the United States. It covers the birth of disaster response and identifies some of the early disasters that helped found the fundamentals of Emergency Management.

The course examines issues and concepts that make up the field of International and Domestic Terrorism. It will examine anti-terrorism and counter terrorism measures that are utilized and evolving to deal with this complex problem.

This course will discuss underlying risk assessment and analysis theory, and explore the key steps and actions that can be taken to manage risk inclusive of: studying and understanding the community or entity at risk.

This course will develop students comprehension of the systems utilized to prepare for, respond to, mitigate and recover from emergencies of all types and complexities. The course will cover the Incident Command System (ICS), National Incident Management System(NIMS) and Emergency Operations Center (EOC) functions in the modern emergency services.

This course will focus on the analysis of disaster events across a broad spectrum of causation, mitigation, response and recovery and their impacts on involved communities.

This is a capstone course which will provide the student with a thorough review of all theories, techniques, and management practices within the field of emergency management and homeland security.

This course will provide the student with the practical experience in an actual work environment. Emphasis is placed on all phases of the industry in the student's area of specialization (Local or State Emergency Management Office, Public Health, Homeland Security or Business Continuity). Students are acquainted with occupational responsibilities through realistic work situations and are provided with insights into management applications on the job. Topics include: Adaptability to the job setting, use of proper interpersonal skills, application of emergency preparedness skills and techniques, and professional development.

This course will introduce students to concepts, theories, principles and practices of leadership, public information and communication in All-Risk environments, as well as effective leadership principles in an emergency management shared power context.

Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) is a cornerstone of homeland security. This course examines the framework of CIP and provides the tools and techniques to identify, plan and implement protection for CIP.