EM 370 Continuity Planning (5 credits)

1. Assess the private sector’s impact on the protection of the nation’s critical infrastructure including economic recovery and cybersecurity using case studies of recent events. 

2. Evaluate relevant industry standards along with federal FEMA standards to assess and interpret risk factors, hazards, and critical information as part of a Business Impact Analysis. 

3. Design a planning team template identifying the selection, roles, and responsibilities of those who would collaborate through the Business Continuity Planning process. 

4. Explain the role and use of recovery strategies as a means to restore business operations to a minimum acceptable level following a business disruption. 

5. Develop a Business Continuity Plan for a specified organization using basic business and project management principles to allow for quick, ethical, and effective response to rapidly evolving situations. 

6. Develop a recommended training plan for a business continuity team that includes testing and exercise recommendations that evaluate recovery strategies and the plan 

1. Evaluate disaster risk in communities and organizations using current scientific, geographic, sociocultural, and technological knowledge, systems, and equipment.
2.  Analyze organizations using the systems theory of management to define outcomes, identify risk, and create performance measures in emergency management settings.
3. Critique historical and modern sociocultural constructs that have led to disparities in equity, diversity, and inclusion within the EM profession and delivery of EM programs to the whole community.
4. Apply effective multi-modal communication, critical thinking, and decision-making skills to emergency management environments.

Degree 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.

Effective Communication

Graduates will be able to craft and exchange ideas and information in a variety of situations, in response to audience, context, purpose, and motivation.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

Potential Methods
Participation in Class Activities
Discussion Board
Exams and Quizzes
Individual Assignments
Individual Projects/Research Paper
Written paper