Emergency Management Minor

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) defines Emergency Management (EM) as “the managerial function charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters.” Students completing this minor will have a composite view of emergency management, and its integral role in Homeland Security and resilience, as well as how to design emergency management plans, continuity of operations plans and how to design and evaluate exercises in both the public and private sectors. As such, the minor in EM formalizes an academic credential in an area vital to Homeland Security and of interest to several other disciplines and professions such as business, law enforcement, urban and community planning, environmental studies, and government and military affairs. 

The Minor in Emergency Management will require five courses (20 credits). Two courses are also required by the Homeland Security major (Department of Security Studies) which provides the foundation for the minor and two from the Geography Department. One additional course from a list of electives is required to complete the minor. Students may take an unlisted course as an elective but only with prior approval by the minor coordinator.