EM 130 Technology and Emergency Management (3 credits)
Prerequisite EM 102 or EM 105 with at least a 2.0 grade (or concurrently enrolled).
Course Description
This class provides a detailed overview of the application of technology in emergency management. Students will learn how to effectively use technology in all phases of disaster.
Course Content
Using Technology as a Tool
Emergency Management and the Internet Information Highway
Networks and Communication Systems: Working Together
Geographic Information System (GIS) and Global Positioning System (GPS) Tools: Maps and Geographic Systems
Direct and Remote Sensing: Describing and Detecting Hazards
Emergency Management Decision Support Systems: Using Data to Manage Disasters
Hazards Analysis and Modeling: Predicting the Impact
Warning Systems: Alerting the Public to Danger
Operational Problems and Technology: Making Technology Work for You
Trends in Technology
Student Outcomes
- Compare the range of technologies available for emergency management use.
- Research the potential impact of new technologies on emergency management.
- Use current technology and data to complete a project
- Identify legal, ethical, and social elements in the deployment of technology.
- Demonstrate a working level knowledge of developments in technology.
Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome:
- Explain how the foundational doctrines for the field of emergency management shape modern emergency management program specialties.
- Apply emergency management program guidance, processes, and protocols to emergency management initiatives that prepare individuals, communities, and organizations for disaster.
- Use modern workplace technology to complete individual and group projects, demonstrating leadership and followership skills.
- Describe the technical application of emergency management program functions.
Core Abilities:
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.
Information Literacy
Graduates will be critical users, creators, and disseminators of information by examining how information is created, valued, and influenced by power and privilege.
Lecture Contact Hours 30
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 30
Potential Methods
Participation in Class Activities
Discussion Board
Exams and Quizzes,
Individual Assignments
Individual Projects
Written Paper
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