HSEM 210 Exercise Design and Evaluation (3 credits)
Prerequisite HSEM 102 or HSEM 105 with at least a 2.0 grade
Course Description
This course provides participants with the knowledge and skills to develop, conduct, evaluate and report effective exercises that test a community’s operations plan and operational response capability. Throughout the course, participants will learn about topics including exercise program management, design and development, evaluation, and improvement planning. It also builds a foundation for subsequent exercise courses, which provide the specifics of the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) and the National Standard Exercise Curriculum (NSEC).
Course Content
A. Introduction to Exercise Design
B. Comprehensive Exercise Program
C. The Exercise Process
D. Exercise Design Steps
E. Tabletop Exercise
F. Functional Exercise
G. Full-Scale Exercise
H. Exercise Evaluation
I. Exercise Enhancements
J. Designing a Functional Exercise
Student Outcomes
Describe the exercise design process
Identify hazards that affect a community or organization
Develop a purpose statement for an exercise
Develop objectives for an exercise
Design a discussion based exercise
Develop exercise evaluation support material
Degree Outcomes
Core Abilities Outcomes: Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations. Program Outcome: Graduates develop agency/organization specific tools to evaluate specific domestic security challenges for the 21st Century that face the United States and other industrialized nations. Define the interdisciplinary nature of Homeland Security/Emergency Management functions and be able to assess and integrate various functional areas. Develop policies, procedures and protocols to allow seamless agency integration from prevention to incident response scenarios.
Lecture Contact Hours 30
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 30
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