Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management

About This Major

A program focusing on the application of the incident command system model to formulating and implementing effective response to natural and man-made disasters. Includes instruction in contingency planning, hazard and risk assessment, joint operations, law and ethics, emergency response and recovery, event mitigation, emergency rescue and medical operations, incident command, terrorism and national security issues, law enforcement, relief administration, volunteer and citizen coordination, public relations and applications to specific types of incidents.

Program Examples

• Disaster Planning and Management
• Emergency and Disaster Mitigation
• Emergency Preparedness and Technology
• Incident Command Systems
• Emergency Training
• Disaster Operations and Recovery
• Integrated Emergency Management
• Disaster Medicine and Management
• Public Health Preparedness and Emergency Management