Emergency Management/Homeland Security

This course examines issues and concepts that make up the field of transportation systems and their security from potential terrorist activity or attacks. It also examines historical transportation disasters.

This course prepares the student in the direct response, operations and management of critical incidents. Emphasis is placed upon the theoretical and applied models to understand and manage disasters, terrorism, and school/work place violence.

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.

The course examines the issues and concepts that make up the field of Public Health and how Public Health prepares for and supports disaster response. It will examine the intersection of security and public health policy, threats to public health, legal and policy infrastructure and the tools that are available to improve preparedness, response and recovery efforts.

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 course is designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of emergency management exercise design, management and evaluation. Students will design an exercise, identify the logistics necessary for execution and management of the exercise, and develop an exercise evaluation plan.

This course will explore various strategies to insure public and private organizational continuity during and following crisis.