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Apr 27, 2024
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HSEM 410 Ethics and Critical Thinking in Homeland Security Emergency Management (5 credits)
Prerequisite Current enrollment in the Bachelor of Applied Science in Homeland Security Emergency Management program.
Course Description
This course provides students with an overview of ethical frameworks and critical decision-making models likely to be used in Homeland Security Emergency Management environments. Students will observe how different frameworks are used in HSEM and will apply models to case studies, to learn how different frameworks and models can affect people before, during, and after disasters.
Course Content
Morals, Ethics, and Values
Case Study
Ethics of Planning and Recovery
Ethical Dilemmas
Ethical Decision Making
Civil Liberties
Diversity, Whole Community, and Access and Functional Needs
Ethical Frameworks and Theories (consequentialist, non-consequentialist, agent-centered)
Student Outcomes
Differentiate between morals, values, and ethics Describe ethical principles that are common to HSEM Demonstrate the ability to apply ethical frameworks and critical thinking models to complex HSEM problems. Devise strategies to address issues faced by historically underserved communities in HSEM processes. Identify ethical issues in case studies and propose alternate decisions that might lead to more equitable outcomes.
Degree Outcomes
Program Outcomes: Students will be able to review and interpret ethical and legal issues that impact homeland security and emergency management. Core Abilities: Responsibility: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts and consequences of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable systems. Multiculturalism: Graduates will demonstrate knowledge of diverse ideas, cultures, and experiences, and develop the ability to examine their own attitudes and assumptions in order to understand and work with others who differ from themselves.
Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50
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