EM 415 Project Management for Emergency Management (5 credits)
Prerequisite Current enrollment in the Bachelor of Applied Science in Emergency Management or Certificate in Emergency Management Technology programs.
Course Description
This course equips students with project management skills tailored to emergency management settings. Students learn to plan, implement, and evaluate projects that support disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation.
Course Content
1. Project lifecycle
2. Stakeholder engagement
3. Adaptive planning
4. Performance metrics and evaluation tools
5. Reporting
Student Outcomes
1. Evaluate project management principles that can enhance emergency management initiatives across all disaster phases.
2. Design adaptive project plans that respond to dynamic risk environments and stakeholder needs.
3. Construct strategies to engage diverse communities and partners using inclusive, culturally responsive strategies.
4. Develop performance measures to evaluate project effectiveness and guide improvement.
5. Analyze ethical considerations in emergency management-related project decisions and leadership.
6. Evaluate interdisciplinary collaboration opportunities to implement projects that enhance community resilience.
Degree Outcomes
Program Outcomes:
1. Design programs that use current principles, processes, procedures, decisions, and activities to engage the whole community and increase their capabilities throughout all disaster phases and mission areas.
2. Apply effective multi-modal communication, critical thinking, and decision-making skills to emergency management environments.
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.
Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50
Potential Methods
1.Exams and Quizzes
2.Group Projects
3.Discussion Boards
4.Individual Projects
5.Written Papers
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