HSEM 205 Cultural Heritage Preservation and Traditional Knowledge (3 credits)

1. Define cultural heritage and native lifeways 

2. Research the role of cultural heritage protection in community recovery 

3. Differentiate between tangible and intangible cultural heritage collections 

4. Evaluate methods to prepare for, mitigate against, respond to, and recover from disaster using traditional knowledge 

5. Research local and non-local sources for additional information relevant to cultural heritage disaster planning 

• 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.
• Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.
• Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.

Program Outcomes: 

• Interpret ethical and legal issues that impact emergency management and homeland security. 
• Define the interdisciplinary nature of Homeland Security/Emergency Management functions and be able to assess and integrate various functional areas. 
• Apply a solid foundation of knowledge and skills to assume leadership roles in emergency management, homeland security, and/or public policy.