EM 190 Emergency Management Special Topics (3 credits)
Prerequisite EM 102 or EM 105 and EM 110 or EM 111 with at least a 2.0 grade.
Course Description
Special topics will be developed for areas outside the usual course offerings in Emergency Management. Topics developed will focus on a specific current issue or concept in the area emergency management.
Course Content
A. Agency/organization evaluation tools
B. Ethical and legal issues
C. Emergency Management functions
D. Procedures and protocols for incident management
E. Leadership roles in emergency management
Student Outcomes
- Research issues related to the course topic.
- Apply course learning to solve a problem related to the course topic.
- Compare and contrast the course topic with existing knowledge and experience in emergency management.
- Evaluate the impact of the course topic on emergency management.
Degree Outcomes
Program Outcomes:
· Apply emergency management program guidance, processes, and protocols to emergency management initiatives that prepare individuals, communities, and organizations for disaster.
· 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
A. Participation in Class Activities
B. Discussion Board
C. Exams and Quizzes,
D. Individual Assignments
E. Individual Projects
F. Written Paper
G. Prior Learning Assessment
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