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Emergency and Disaster Management Certificate
18 Semester Hours

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Upon completion of this certificate the student will be able to:

  • Assess the impact of federal Homeland Security legislation and regulation, and the placement of FEMA within the Department of Homeland Security, on FEMA’s ability to perform in its traditional emergency and disaster role.
  • Develop budgetary guidance for Emergency Management functions.
  • Assess the threats to the community that derive from actual and potential "mass casualty--high impact" incidents and judge the effectiveness of the National Incident Management system (NIMS) upon the results of such incidents.

  • EM500 / EDMG611 - Case Analyses: Crisis and Disaster
  • EM503 / EDMG530 - Economics of Disaster
  • EM504 / EDMG503 - Emergency and Disaster Planning and Management
  • EM506 / EDMG502 - Emergency and Disaster Theory
  • EM507 / EDMG501 - Emergency Management and Public Law
  • EM516 / EDMG509 - Interagency Disaster Management


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American Public University System (APUS) is regionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) of the North Central Association and nationally accredited by the Accrediting Commission, Distance Education and Training Council.

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