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2018-2019 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Emergency Management (EMER) Courses

Emergency Management

Courses

Emergency Management

  • EMER 500 - Information Literacy and Practical Writing Applications for Emergency Management

    (3 units)

    Research processes and methods for retrieving emergency management information. Writing preparation for academic and professional documents in emergency management. On-campus and free-source e-learning technologies to interface with program content, student and faculty communications, and course projects and evaluations. Construction of webpages.

    Letter grade only (A-F). Not open for credit to students with credit in EMER 502 or EMER 504.

  • EMER 506 - Emergency Planning and Management

    (3 units)

    The planning and management processes and the issues involved in large-scale emergencies. The nature of natural and technological risk and emergency will be explored via case studies. Public sector roles in contingency planning and response will be assessed.

    Letter grade only (A-F). Same course as PPA 542 . Not open for credit to students with credit in PPA 542  or EMER 542.

  • EMER 530 - Applied Research Methods and Analytical Techniques for Decision Support and Innovation

    (4 units)

    Prerequisite: EMER 506 
    Critical analysis of interdisciplinary research, theory and multi-methods appropriate for application within emergency services and management are examined using quantitative and qualitative analysis.

    Letter grade only (A-F).

  • EMER 540 - Emergency Management Organizations: Constructs for Influencing Complex Systems

    (3 units)

    Historical events, policies, and complex organizational settings that shape emergency management organizations. Critical reviews of modern and post-modern organizational theories associated with complex systems. Strategic improvements in emergency management organizations.

    Letter grade only (A-F).

  • EMER 545 - Disaster Mental Health Issues in Emergency Management

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: EMER 500 
    Theories and practical applications of emergency mental health and self-care for those responding to, or managing response to, widespread natural and human-induced disasters.

    Letter grade only (A-F).

  • EMER 547 - Continuity of Operations, Recovery, and Emergency Management

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: EMER 500  and EMER 506 
    Development and maintenance of comprehensive emergency management programs for business and industry. Plan development and implementation, vulnerability analysis, hazard identification, life safety, property protection, communications and community outreach.

    Letter grade only (A-F).

  • EMER 548 - Risk, Crisis, and Inter-Agency Communications

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: EMER 500 
    Theory and practical applications of emergency communications for those responding to or managing response to widespread natural and human-induced disasters.

    Letter grade only (A-F).

  • EMER 601 - Technology, Cybersecurity, and Emergency Management

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: EMER 500  and EMER 506 .
    Role of technology in effective emergency management. Exploration of Internet, disaster simulation software, and geographic tools such as GIS, GPS, and direct and remote sensing devices through case study analyses and in-class simulations.

    Letter grade only (A-F).

  • EMER 605 - Public Health Issues in Emergency Management

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: EMER 500 .
    Roles and responsibilities of the public health system in emergency management. Structure of public health systems, management tools, public health intervention strategies, communication, collaboration, and ethical considerations. Role of public health regarding assessments following disasters and maintaining public health standards.

    Letter grade only (A-F).

  • EMER 631 - International Emergency Administration Systems: Comparative Analysis

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: EMER 500 
    Comparative analysis of international emergency management systems and structures. Implications of emerging threats and disasters in an increasingly interdependent world.

    Letter grade only (A-F).

  • EMER 650 - Graduate Seminar

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: EMER 500  and EMER 506 
    Students will undertake literature reviews and/or research to explore emerging issues, trends and research in the field of emergency services administration.

    Letter grade only (A-F).

  • EMER 661 - Emergency Management Leadership Across the Megacommunity

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: EMER 500 , EMER 506 , EMER 530  and EMER 540 .
    Competencies of professional emergency management defined through the megacommunity. Models of strategic leadership in all phases of disaster management, with often competing professional organizations and networks, across culturally and economically diverse constituencies, and for natural or human-made disasters.

    Letter grade only (A-F).

  • EMER 671 - Proposal: Strategic Planning and Integrative Practices in Emergency Services Administration

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: EMER 500 , EMER 506 , EMER 530 , EMER 540 , and EMER 548 . 
    Capstone course focusing on strategies for and preparation of a project or thesis proposal on a selected disaster risk-management topic. Students completing a project (EMER 694A /EMER 694B ) should complete EMER 671 and EMER 694A  concurrently.

    Letter grade only (A-F).

  • EMER 690 - Selected Topics in Emergency Management

    (1-6 units)

    Prerequisites: EMER 500  and EMER 506  
    Group investigation of selected topics.

    Letter grade only (A-F). May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units with different topics in the same semester. Topics announced in the Schedule of Classes.

  • EMER 694A - Project Proposal Defense: Strategic Planning and Integrative Practices in Emergency Services Administration

    (1 unit)

    Prerequisite/Corequisite: EMER 671  

    Presentation and defense of project proposal to faculty and community partners, delivered through digital media. 

    Letter grade only (A-F). May be repeated up to nine units in different semesters.

  • EMER 694B - Project: Strategic Planning and Integrative Practices in Emergency Services Administration

    (3 units)

    EMER 671  and Advancement to Candidacy

    Capstone course synthesizing research on all phases of disaster management and research methodologies leading to the development and implementation of a collaborative group project designed to provide practical solutions to an existing problem within the emergency services megacommunity.

    Letter grade only (A-F). May be repeated up to three units in different semesters.

  • EMER 695 - Independent Study

    (1-6 units)

    For students who wish to focus their studies on a specific area of emergency services administration which coincides with a faculty member’s research or practical expertise.

    Letter grade only (A-F).

  • EMER 697 - Directed Studies

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: EMER 500 , EMER 506 , and EMER 530 
    Research in an area of specialization under the direction of a faculty member.

    Letter grade only (A-F).

  • EMER 698 - Thesis

    (2-4 units)

    Prerequisites: Advancement to Candidacy.
    Planning, preparation, and completion of a thesis

    Letter grade only (A-F). May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units in different semesters.