University of North Carolina at Pembroke · Courses
EMG
8 courses with the subject EMG, 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.
EMG 5150Introduction to Emergency Management (3 credits)3
This course will introduce students to the fundamental elements of emergency management: its evolution, the history and growth of emergency management, and the contemporary practice of strategic emergency management. The multidisciplinary origins of emergency management will be explored along with its evolving status as a profession. The significance of emergency management to modern government will be addressed. The course will present the development of integrative concepts and phases in emergency management: preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation. The concept of comprehensive emergency management will be examined along with its multi-sector institutional base. Cases scenarios, and similar techniques will be employed throughout the course.
Subject
EMG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke 2026-2027 Catalog
EMG 5160Sustainability and Hazard Resilience (3 credits)3
This course will address the issues, strategies, and techniques related to sustainable disaster planning and hazard mitigation. Of special interest will be the linkages between planning, mitigation, and the building of hazard resilient communities. Federal policy initiatives, local initiatives, and the planning tools and techniques in relation to these will be explored.
Subject
EMG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke 2026-2027 Catalog
EMG 5170Crisis Leadership and Sustainability (3 credits)3
The course explores the concept of crisis, crisis leadership, and the political and administrative challenges to those with leadership roles and responsibilities in crisis environments and situations. Special emphasis is given to the need to create conditions of political, social, economic, and cultural sustainability in crisis environments and situations. Crisis is presented through a series of cases and research results. Leadership actions and behaviors are learned and reinforced by guided participation in research projects, scenario construction, realistic exercises and other applications.
Subject
EMG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke 2026-2027 Catalog
EMG 5180Social Equity in Emergency Management (3 credits)3
The importance of social and cultural factors has long been embraced in the field of public management. It is a fact that attention to special needs, regional, and cultural differences will improve both the equity and efficiency of operations in emergency management. This course focuses on the role of social, cultural, and physical differences among the many populations in the United States in emergency response and individual resilience.
Subject
EMG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke 2026-2027 Catalog
EMG 5190Technological Applications in Emergency Management (3 credits)3
This course will explore the emerging role of technology in effective emergency management. Specific applications and usages of modern technology, with an emphasis on information technology, will be addressed. Various software packages applicable to emergency management for modeling the effects of a disaster will be addressed. Among the topics covered: modeling the effects of disaster, risk analysis, the practical applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and the uses of information technology in the four phases (preparedness, response, recovery, mitigation) of emergency management.
Subject
EMG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke 2026-2027 Catalog
EMG 5750Capstone in Emergency Management (3 credits)3
This course serves to coalesce the knowledge and tools acquired in the EM concentration by assigning teams of students actual projects in Emergency Management. Faculty will guide students through projects applying state of the art knowledge, tools, and technology aimed at solving real problems at the local, state, regional, and national level.
Subject
EMG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke 2026-2027 Catalog
EMG 5800Disaster Recovery and Sustainability (3 credits)3
This course deals with the complex political, social, and administrative process of disaster recovery. The emergent concept of sustainable recovery will be explored in the context of the other components of emergency management, federal and state recovery assistance processes, pre-event recovery planning, and other forms of community planning, long-term restoration planning, and hazard mitigation planning. The course will employ a variety of instructional approaches using existing cases, scenarios, and recovery exercises.
Subject
EMG
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke 2026-2027 Catalog
