Emergency Management Masters
Core: Complete all courses (12 credits)
SOC 723: Social Theory
SOC 700: Qualitative Methods or SOC 701: Quantitative Methods
EMGT 720: Emergency Management Theory
EMGT 614: Spatial Analysis in Emergency Management
Disaster Phases: Complete at least one course from each of the following four Disaster Stages (12 credits). Courses should be taken in the order listed. Courses taken at the undergraduate level (400) cannot be retaken at the graduate level (600).
Preparedness
- EMGT 611: Community Disaster Preparedness
- EMGT 712: Hazards Risk Assessment Theory and Practice
Mitigation
- EMGT 613: Building Disaster Resilient Communities
- EMGT 721: Hazard Mitigation Theory and Practice
Response
- EMGT 631: Disaster Response Operations and Leadership
- EMGT 732: Disaster Response Theory and Practice
Recovery
- EMGT 683: Holistic Disaster Recovery
- EMGT 782: Damage Recovery Theory and Practice
Disaster Area Studies - Social and Behavioral Sciences: Select one course from each area (6 credits). Courses taken at the undergraduate level (400) cannot be retaken at the graduate level (600).
Social Structure, Social Institutions, and Social Processes
EMGT 681: Disaster Analysis
SOC 605: Community Development
SOC 626: Sociology of Medicine
SOC 641: Sociology of Death
SOC 631: Environmental Sociology
Social and Cultural Context of Disasters
SOC 610: Social Inequality
SOC 643: International Disasters
SOC 645: Special Populations & Disasters
ANTH 658: Indians of the Great Plains
ANTH 661: Germans from Russia
ANTH 662: Cultural Ecology
Disaster Area Studies - The Public and Private Sector: Select one course (3 credits)
EMGT 661: Business Continuity & Crisis Management
EMGT 663: Voluntary Agency Disaster Services
COMM 683: Organizational Communication I
BUSN 630: Legal and Social Environment of Business
Practicum: (6 credits)
EMGT 795: Emergency Management Practicum
Thesis (6 credits)
TOTAL = 45 credits
