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Graduate Certificate in Disaster and Emergency Management

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Hauptmann School for Public Affairs.

This Certificate complements the existing graduate programs offered by HSPA. The public's continued concern for efficient governmental response to natural and man-made disasters, along with the recent significant investment in emergency management activities, requires knowledgeable public managers, including managers transitioning from other areas of expertise. The array of hazardous events that now confronts public managers includes homeland security issues, failures of complex technology, and a wide range of natural hazards. Students possessing a Graduate Certificate in Disaster and Emergency Management will be well-prepared to engage the public policy issues surrounding these community hazards.

Admissions Requirements

  • Online Application
  • A bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university or its foreign equivalent, with a minimum 3.0 grade point average
  • Applicants with a grade point average below 3.0 will be reviewed on an individual basis.

*Certificate students are not automatically eligible for admission to the related Master's degree program. If they wish to pursue a Master's degree, they must submit an application meeting all the entrance requirements for that program.

Curriculum

Foundation Courses: 6 hrs
PA 552 Public Policy and Disaster
3
One of the following two courses:
PA 551 Principles of Disaster and Emergency Management or
3
PA 553 Disaster and Society
Theory Integration Courses (select four): 8 hrs
PA 581 Global Hazard Reduction
2
PA 582 Disaster, Disease, and Public Health
2
PA 583 Technology, Accidents, and Organizations
2
PA 584 Continuity of Government Operations
2
PA 585 Natural Hazards and the Urban Environment
2
PA 586 Planning for Emergencies and Disasters
2
PA 587 Government Response to Terrorism
2
Total Courses: 14 hrs

 

Advising sheet for Disaster and Emergency Management.

See Master of Public Affairs.

Park University is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Universities.

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