Emergency Management

Program Director: Ryan G. Fischer, Ph.D.

School Director: Brenda L. Vogel

Department Office: Engineering Technology (ET) 232

Telephone: (562) 985‑8965

Faculty: Shirley Feldmann-Jensen, Steven Jensen, Peter Kreysa (Family and Consumer Sciences), William Goeller, James Hutchinson, Judith Colle, Doug Weeks, Valerie Lucus-McEwen, Christine Rodrigue (Geography), Joanne M. Tortorici Luna (Advanced Studies in Education and Counseling), Margaret Muhr, Lynn Wainfan, Joseph Aubele, Steven Jensen

Graduate Advisor: Peter G. Kreysa

Administrative Assistant: Durrell Dew

College: College of Health and Human Services  

Courses: EMER  

Career Possibilities

In recent years, emergency services professions have become extremely competitive, with demands for personnel to further their education to attain promotion and keep up with technological advances. Graduates of this program are well-suited for management-level positions in the following areas:

• Firefighters
• Law enforcement
• Emergency medical services personnel
• Military personnel
• Emergency managers
• Public health practitioners
• Public administrators
• NGO administrators
• Business continuity planners
• Other professionals with a strong interest in how disasters influence their field

(Some of these, and other careers, require additional education or experience. For more information, visit www.careers.csulb.edu.)

Courses

• EMER 500 - Information Literacy and Practical Writing Applications for Emergency Management
• EMER 506 - Emergency Planning and Management
• EMER 530 - Applied Research Methods and Analytical Techniques for Decision Support and Innovation
• EMER 540 - Emergency Management Organizations: Constructs for Influencing Complex Systems
• EMER 545 - Disaster Mental Health Issues in Emergency Management
• EMER 547 - Continuity of Operations, Recovery, and Emergency Management
• EMER 548 - Risk, Crisis, and Inter-Agency Communications
• EMER 601 - Technology, Cybersecurity, and Emergency Management
• EMER 605 - Public Health Issues in Emergency Management
• EMER 631 - International Emergency Administration Systems: Comparative Analysis
• EMER 650 - Graduate Seminar
• EMER 661 - Emergency Management Leadership Across the Megacommunity
• EMER 671 - Proposal: Strategic Planning and Integrative Practices in Emergency Services Administration
• EMER 690 - Selected Topics in Emergency Management
• EMER 694A - Project Proposal Defense: Strategic Planning and Integrative Practices in Emergency Services Administration
• EMER 694B - Project: Strategic Planning and Integrative Practices in Emergency Services Administration
• EMER 695 - Independent Study
• EMER 697 - Directed Studies
• EMER 698 - Thesis