19 courses with the subject EM, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
EM 200Introduction to Emergency Management3
This course introduces students to the field of Emergency Management with attention to the principles and practices of EM at all levels. Students will be introduced to the ways during a disaster that government, businesses, industries, and non-governmental organizations plan, prepare, mitigate, respond, and recover. Offered: F.
EM 202Disaster and Movies: Facts and Fiction of Survival3
This course will utilize contemporary movies and films to examine common myths on disasters, survival, and social behavior in the context of emergencies. This course will help students improve their personal and family emergency and disaster survival skills by dispelling myths and teaching effective, evidence-based emergency preparedness skills. Offered: F.
Students are introduced to a wide range of topics within marine safety, regulations, and sustainability. This is a survey course intended to provide students with a foundation in which to build. Topics include marine safety, water safety, boating safety, marine policy, and sustainability at an introductory level. This course incorporates hands-on learning, peer-to-peer learning, and a variety of projects and collaboration. Offered: F; S
This course prepares the student to deal with the legal issues in the management of critical Incidents. Emphasis is placed upon the tangible laws that effect the management of disasters as well as the not so clear-cut ethical issues associated with emergencies. Offered: S.
This course introduces principles and perspectives utilized in preparing for and mitigating against hazards associated with disasters and emergencies Training will be given in how to assess different types of hazards, from a variety of viewpoints. Prominent mitigation strategies will be covered, as will central approaches to preparedness. Offered: F.
EM 240Disaster Command and Control Principles of ICS & NIMS3
This course will instruct the student on command and control functions used during disasters. The student will participate in mock exercises in various functions utilizing proper Incident Command System (ICS) and National Incident Management (NIMS) techniques to resolve the incident. Offered: S.
This course focuses on the psychological, sociological, and physiological human responses and behaviors to natural and human made disasters. This course provides an extensive foundation for understanding how people act in disasters. Offered: S.
This course provides insight into preparations needed for emergency and catastrophic situations. Students learn about various disaster situations, emergency planning, mass displacement, and terminology. It is designed to stimulate thinking about how to become better prepared as individuals, professionals, organizations, and communities in the event of a major event. Offered: F.
This course examines the potential threat of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive weapons (CBRNE) collectively known as weapons of mass destruction (WMD). This course studies the technical aspects of WMD use as well as case study of past events to better prevent future occurrences. Offered: F.
EM 320Public Education in Preparedness and Safety Topics3
Many organizations have realized the benefit of providing public education to reduce the number and magnitude of injuries. This program will provide the student with the knowledge and skills to work their way through a safety problem to create an educational solution. Offered: F.
This course offers students an overview and analysis of methods, procedures, and strategies of emergency planning. In addition, the course provides an understanding of how to develop policies and plans to prepare for natural and manmade disasters.
Students in this course will conduct practical explorations of different rescue operations to determine and practice appropriate strategies and tactics preparing the student to plan for real world emergencies for their organization/community. Offered: S.
The EM internship I is designed to combine theoretical knowledge with practical work by allowing students to participate with community organizations in performing emergency management tasks and assignments. Offered: SS.
The EM internship II is designed to combine theoretical knowledge with practical work by allowing students to participate with community organizations in performing emergency management tasks and assignments. Offered: SS.
This course will comprehensively study hazards analysis and risk assessment techniques, a set of essential skills required to develop an effective EM system. This course will look at hazards and risks both external and internal along with familiarization of technologies to help the process.
This course examines global terrorism and its implications for organizational, community and national safety. Topics covered will include: definition and conceptualization of terrorism; terrorist groups and tactics; and the social factors that contribute to the development of terrorist groups to better examine ways to combat the growing threat.
This course examines the ideals of leadership and management as it applies to the field of EM in terms of daily tasks as well as large scale incidents. The course will analyze incident leadership as well as test the student in leadership roles during mock disasters.
The Emergency Management Seminar course is designed to combine theoretical knowledge with practical work by allowing students to conduct a research project with the help of EM faculty on a topic that would beneficially further the academic knowledge base while providing real world application of acquired knowledge.
