2024-2025 Pierce College Catalog
Emergency Management (BAS/EM) Course Map
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Created by Pierce faculty, this map outlines the initial coursework for this career field. It provides you a clear path to complete your degree by listing a specific set of courses relevant to your program and career. The map is designed with the appropriate number of credits and meets degree requirements. Courses are organized in a recommended sequence; please schedule accordingly. If a course is unavailable, select the next appropriate course within the sequence. For each course, a purpose statement explains how the content relates to your career field. On this map, there may be instances when you will be required to select a course from several options. Use these purpose statements and notes to choose the course that best aligns with your interests and needs. You will also find action items to complete to assure you progress and graduate on time.
While this map is a great guide to courses required to complete the Bachelor of Applied Science in Emergency Management, you are responsible for fulfilling all degree requirements.
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Employment Eligibility Information
A criminal history may inhibit your ability to find employment in Emergency Management. In addition, any recent history of drug use, including marijuana, may preclude you from federal employment. If you have any concerns please speak with an advisor.
Admission Requirements
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Completion of at least an associate degree (or 90 college level credits) with a cumulative GPA for all college-level credits of 2.0 or greater
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Completion of CIS 130, ENGL&101, and HSEM 102 with a grade of 2.0 or higher
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Completion of 45 college-level general education credits, inclusive of the 5 general education requirement blocks listed below (Communication, Quantitative/Symbolic Reasoning, Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, including lab)
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Completion of the BAS HSEM application and submission of supporting documentation
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NOTE: Students lacking any of these requirements are encouraged to speak with the HSEM Program Chair or an HSEM Advisor to determine the best way to meet those requirements, either prior to or after admission to the program.
Graduation Requirements
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2.0 minimum grade in all EM and BUS core requirement courses
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1.5 minimum grade in all other courses
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2.0 minimum GPA for program
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Minimum of 60 approved college-level general education credits earned at both the associate and BAS levels
- Communication skills (10 credits)
- Quantitative/Symbolic Reasoning Skills (5 credits)
- Humanities (10 credits)
- Social Sciences (10 credits)
- Natural Sciences (10 credits) - At least 5 credits in physical, biological and/or earth sciences. Shall include at least one laboratory course.
- Additional general education courses (15 credits) - Remaining general education courses needed to achieve the required 60 credits should be selected from distribution areas listed above
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Minimum of 180 college-level course credits
Action Item: Meet with your Advisor
Meet with your advisor to create your degree completion plan. With your advisor, you will make selections that complete any missing general education requirements, and you will choose electives most suited to your career interests.
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Total Credits Required for the BAS-EM: 180
Number of Credits in Map: 90 credits
1. Emergency Management Program Administration
2. History of Emergency Management
3. Risk Assessment and Preparedness
- EM 330 Risk Assessment and Preparedness (5 credits)
Course purpose: In this course you will develop foundational skills to identify, analyze, and evaluate risk in an organization within the context of all-hazards emergency management and develop preparedness measures that account for the risk.
5. Continuity Planning
- EM 370 Continuity Planning (5 credits)
Course purpose: In this class you will learn about the Business Continuity Planning Process, Continuity of Operations planning, and Continuity of Government planning, all designed to keep organizations functioning after a disaster.
Action Item: Meet with Advisor
Meet with your advisor to check-in on your degree plan and make sure you’re on-track to graduate. Your Advisor will help you make any necessary changes to your plan.
11. Geographic Information Systems
12. Professional Development
Action Item: Apply for Graduation
Way to go! It is time to apply for graduation. Visit the Pierce College Graduation website for details.
Remember to apply for the HSEM BAS degree and the Project Management Short Certificate.
15. Technology and Cybersecurity
17. Ethics and Critical Thinking
18. Disaster Recovery and Resilience
19. Culminating Experience
For your culminating experience in the HSEM program, you will either complete an internship or a capstone project, depending on your previous work experience. Your advisor will guide you to the correct course. With permission, you may take both courses if you wish, in lieu of an elective.
Choose one course from the following list.
Number of Credits in Map: 90 credits
Total Credits Required for the BAS-EM: 180
ctcLink Plan Code: CRMHSBAS
Program Outcomes
- Evaluate disaster risk in communities and organizations using current scientific, geographic, sociocultural, and technological knowledge, systems, and equipment.
- 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.
- Analyze organizations using the systems theory of management to define outcomes, identify risk, and create performance measures in emergency management settings.
- 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.
- Apply effective multi-modal communication, critical thinking, and decision-making skills to emergency management environments.
- Analyze the ethical and legal issues that impact the profession and practice of emergency management.
- Construct a comprehensive capstone project or internship that synthesizes program knowledge into a “real world” application.
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