Professional Studies, Emergency Management, (B.P.S.)

University of Memphis

The interdisciplinary Emergency Management concentration is designed for students with a diversity of backgrounds and interest in applying that background to emergency management, community resilience to disaster, environmental hazards mitigation, emergency management response, and business continuity/disaster recovery. It will address the following critical knowledge elements: a) the physical and social dimensions of disasters through combining knowledge from various physical, social, and applied disciplines, b) the intersection of public policy to disaster risk, response, and mitigation, c) the intersection of the private, nonprofit, and governmental sectors and how this effects emergency preparedness, mitigation, and recovery, d) sustainable development, planning for and response to extreme events and change in our physical and human landscapes and e) communication dynamics and persuasive communication in emergencies.General Education (35-41 hours)See University General Education Program for the University General Education Program requirements. Students who have completed one year of American History in high school are exempted from the six credit-hour History General Education Program requirement otherwise, students will have to meet the History requirement.Coordinated Study (33 hours)Many upper-division (3000/4000-level) courses have prerequisites that must be met prior to being permitted to register for those courses. You are responsible for knowing and satisfying all course prerequisites. Some (not all) prerequisites are listed below. For specific information about courses and the prerequisites they may have, please view course descriptions at: Course DescriptionsProfessional Core (12 hours)EMGT 3100 - Seminar in Emergency Management Credit Hours: (3)Choose one of the following:EMGT 4000 - Internship Credit Hours: (3)CJUS 4100 - Ind Dir Studies Credit Hours: (1-6)ESCI 4621 - Investigations In GEOG Credit Hours: (1-3)Choose 6 hours from the following:ANTH 4223 - Refugees and Humanitarianism Credit Hours: (3)CJUS 4126 - CJUS Admin and Mgmt Credit Hours: (3)ESCI 4261 - Plan Sustainable Cities/Region Credit Hours: (3)MGMT 3110 - Organization and Mgmt Credit Hours: (3)MGMT 4710 - Strategic Management Credit Hours: (3)NOTE: Junior level status required.PADM 3601 - Public Admin Credit Hours: (3)PADM 3611 - Disaster Planning/Control Credit Hours: (3)PADM 3615 - Community Risk Reduction Credit Hours: (3)Hazard/Risk Management (9 hours)ANTH 3500 - Anth of Global Health Credit Hours: (3)ARCH 4451 - Site/Environmental Planning Credit Hours: (3)CJUS 4190 - Terrorism Soc/Legl Prsp Credit Hours: (3)ESCI 4251 - Environmental Hazards Credit Hours: (3)ESCI 3131 - Severe Weather Credit Hours: (3)Human Systems (9 hours)ANTH 4415 - Anthropology Human Rights Credit Hours: (3)ANTH 4418 - Anthropology of Organizations Credit Hours: (3)ANTH 4511 - Medical Anthropology Credit Hours: (3)COMM 3322 - Persuasion and Influence Credit Hours: (3)COMM 4380 - Communication and Conflict Credit Hours: (3) orCOMM 4410 - Conflict Resolution and Negot Credit Hours: (3)PADM 4207 - Health Politics/Policy Credit Hours: (3)PADM 4221 - Issues/Urban Admin Credit Hours: (3)SOCI 3401 - Social Inequality Credit Hours: (3)SOCI 3701 - Individual and Society Credit Hours: (3)

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