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Emergency Administration and Management

EAM-AS

Brian Frank, Dean, AC (727) 341-4143

A degree designed for:

  • Risk managers in the private and public sectors as well as those responsible for hazard assessment, OSHA, SARA compliance, and emergency response (including volunteer agencies).
  • Emergency professionals who will be relied upon to protect the public in the event of a major emergency. This includes paid and volunteer firefighters, police officers, emergency medical service workers, public works officials and private industrial safety managers.
  • Governmental and industrial emergency planners who must prepare for potential emergencies by designing procedures, buying equipment and - in some cases - predicting possible disasters.
  • Aspiring emergency professionals seeking a broad-based education in the procedures for coping with daily emergencies and major disasters.
  • Emergency professionals who need additional skills to prepare for management opportunities.
SPECIAL GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS 
Completion of an End-of-Program Assessment Examination

All courses within the major are offered on the internet and in the classroom.

* GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES (18 credits)
ENC 1101 - COMPOSITION I or (Honors) 3
SPC 1600 - INTRODUCTION TO SPEECH COMMUNICATION 3
or (SPC 1600H, SPC 1016, SPC 1060 or SPC 1060H)
Humanities/Fine Arts Approved Course 3
STA 2023 - ELEMENTARY STATISTICS or (Honors) 3
SYG 2000 - INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY 3
PHI 2649 - APPLIED ETHICS IN PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONS 3
or (PHI 1600, PHI 1602H, PHI 1631 or PHI 2635)
Computer/Information Literacy Competency Requirement

SUPPORT COURSES (18 credits)
FFP 1823 - TECHNICAL APPLICATIONS IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 3
FFP 2740 - FIRE SERVICE COURSE DELIVERY 3
FFP 2820 - EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS 3
FFP 2841 - CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY 3
FFP 2881 - EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION 3
SYP 2460 - EFFECTS OF DISASTERS ON SOCIETY 3

OPTION A: Emergency Administration & Management Track (24 credits)
FFP 1830 - INTRODUCTION TO HAZARDS 3
FFP 2800 - EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS 3
FFP 2801 - FUNDAMENTALS OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 3
FFP 2821 - INTEGRATED EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS II (IEMS II) 3
FFP 2822 - INTEGRATED EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS I (IEMS I) 3
FFP 2831 - HAZARD MITIGATION 3
FFP 2840 - DISASTER RECOVERY OPERATIONS 3
FFP 2880 - PUBLIC POLICY IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 3

OR
OPTION B:  Homeland Security Track (24 credits)
DSC 1004 - INTRODUCTION TO THE NRP AND NIMS 3
DSC 1011 - DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM 3
DSC 1033 - WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION 3
DSC 1222 - PSYCHOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION VICTIMS 3
DSC 1552 - CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION 3
DSC 1562 - HOMELAND SECURITY THREAT STRATEGY 3
DSC 1631 - TERRORISM RESPONSE PLANNING 3
DSC 1751 - HOMELAND SECURITY POLICY AND LAW 3

TOTAL PROGRAM HOURS
60
* To provide students with an ehanced world view in light of an increasingly globalized economy, students must include at least one course from this list as part of the general education requirements for the Associate in Science degree. 
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