Emergency Management Professional, AAS

Program Code: AAS.EMP

Help build a culture of preparedness and ready communities forcatastrophic disasters with the Emergency Management Professional (EMP) AAS at CCC. This program is ideal for incumbent workers looking to benchmark their experience while engaging in meaningful learning opportunities. The degree is also designed to provide the foundational skills to enter the field of homeland security and emergency management.

The EMP AAS guides students to understanding the interactions between the evolving social, built, and physical environments that are creating greater risk complexities. Through a diverse curriculum, students will identify what foundations are needed for emergency management professionals to address evolving risks.

Related Instruction Outcomes

Computation

• 3-4 credits - See Related Instruction for course list
• Use appropriate mathematics to solve problems

Communication

• 1 course - WR-121Z Composition I
• Read actively, think critically, and write purposefully and capably for professional audiences

Human Relations

• 1 course - COMM-140 Introduction to Intercultural Communication or COMM-218Z Interpersonal Communication
• Engage in ethical communication processes that accomplish goals

Physical Education/Health/Safety/First Aid

• 1 credits - See Related Instruction for course list
• Use effective life skills to improve and maintain mental and physical wellbeing

Program Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students should be able to:

• demonstrate critical thinking to identify and reduce disaster risk through a proactive, anticipatory and innovative approach for guiding public policy and the application of homeland security and emergency management framework and principles;
• identify the social determinants of risk, as both the risks for and the effects of disasters are socially produced;
• demonstrate knowledge in scientific processes, geographic configurations, social-cultural issues and interdependent relationships as they pertain to emergency management;
• explain communication and facilitation modes including evolving technologies and methods for disaster risk awareness, assessment, measurement and reduction for a broad spectrum of stakeholders;
• identify civic and legal processes, ethical considerations, policies and politics important in Emergency Management;
• develop an individual learning development plan.

Plan of Study Grid

First Year
Fall Term		Credits
EMP-201	Introduction to Homeland Security and Emergency Management	4.00
EMP-202	Threat and Hazard Assessment for Emergency Management Professionals	3.00
EMP-208	Disaster Response and Recovery	4.00
GIS-101	Maps and Geospatial Technology	4.00
	Credits	15
Winter Term
COMM-140	Introduction to Intercultural Communication	4.00
EMP-210	Developing and Managing Volunteer Resources	4.00
EMP-212	Public Health and Medical Emergency Management	3.00
EMP-218	Public Information Officer and External Affairs	2.00
WR-121Z	Composition I	4.00
	Credits	17
Spring Term
EMP-204	Foundations of Emergency Planning	4.00
EMP-222	Terrorism Awareness and Response	2.00
EMP-226	Business Continuity Fundamentals	4.00
EMP-170		3.00
Computation requirement		3.00-4.00
	Credits	16-17
Second Year
Fall Term
EMP-206	Hazard Mitigation	3.00
EMP-224	Science of Disasters	2.00
GIS-201	Introduction to Geographic Information Systems	4.00
WR-227Z	Technical Writing	4.00
	Credits	13
Winter Term
COMM-218Z	Interpersonal Communication	4.00
EMP-214	Technology in Emergency Management	4.00
EMP-216	Emergency Management Laws and Ethics	2.00
Electives		6.00-8.00
	Credits	16-18
Spring Term
EMP-220	Introduction to Emergency Management Public Administration and Policy	2.00
EMP-270		3.00
PE/Health/Safety/First Aid requirement		1.00
Electives		8.00
	Credits	14
	Total Credits	91-94

Electives

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
BA-119	Project Management Practices	2.00
BA-120	Project Management Fundamentals	4.00
BA-128	Project Management: Leadership Strategies	4.00
BA-214	Business Communications	3.00
BA-224	Human Resource Management	4.00
BA-264	Project Management Tools	3.00
BA-285	Human Relations in Business	4.00
COMM-100Z	Introduction to Communication	4.00
COMM-111Z	Public Speaking	4.00
COMM-126	Intro to Communication, Gender, and Sexuality	4.00
COMM-212	Mass Media & Society	4.00
COMM-227	Nonverbal Communication	4.00
FRP-130	Introduction to Wildland Firefighting (S-130/S-190/S-110/ICS-100/IS-700/L-180)	3.00
FRP-200	Basic Incident Command System (I-100, I-200, IS-700, IS-800)	4.00
FRP-248	Wilderness V: Introduction to Search and Rescue	2.00
FRP-249	Followership to Leadership (L-280)	2.00
PHL-103	Critical Reasoning	4.00
PSY-101	Human Relations	3.00
PSY-219	Introduction to Psychological Disorders	4.00
WR-101	Workplace Writing	4.00

Career opportunities include:

• emergency management directors
• emergency management coordinators
• emergency management specialists