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Graduate Certificate in Emergency and Disaster Management
The Certificate in Emergency and Disaster Management is designed to provide the student a solid foundation in consequence and crisis management. Students are introduced to the operating characteristics, response and recovery functions, and resource management of an integrated emergency management system. Additionally, students are introduced to the various emergency support functions (fire, law enforcement, security, public works, healthcare providers etc.) work together in an integrated emergency management system. Students completing the certificate program will gain a practical working knowledge of the four phases and functions of emergency management. American Military University’s Emergency and Disaster Management program is recognized through the Foundation of Higher Education in Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
DEGREE AT A GLANCE:
- Number of Credits
- 18
- Cost Per Credit
- $ 325
- Total Tuition*
- $ 5,850
- *(Before Transfer Credit)
This course identifies the public law, regulation, and associated policy that facilitates and in some cases restricts emergency management planning, recovery, and relief. Topics include national, state, and local issues and examples of public law. The course also covers issues associated with intergovernmental (fire, police, EMS, emergency management, military, etc.) action in emergencies as such action relates to regulation or public law.
This course addresses the fundamental principles and theory of emergency and disaster. It covers the conceptual necessities for effective preparation, response, and recovery. It identifies specific examples of effective theory in practice in different systems.
This is a survey course that is designed to introduce students to the concepts of emergency management. Topics covered include the history of the field, hazard analysis, mitigation, planning, communication, response, recovery, and terrorism. Students conduct interview research with an emergency manager and conduct a site visit of an emergency operations center.
This course deals with the interaction, coordination, and facilitation between federal, state, and local AND the different functions associated with emergency and disaster management (fire, police, emergency medical, military, public health, etc.) during public crises. Included in the course is in-depth study of current policy and plans associated with interagency cooperation, shortfalls in interagency and intergovernmental efforts, principles for effective interorganizational behavior, and concepts for closer interorganizational action.
This course is a study of the economics associated with international, national, state, or local level disaster. Students will study, analyze, and conduct research on the direct and indirect economic losses associated with disaster. The course will cover the economics associated with both public and private institutions.
This course is an in-depth look at specific public crises to examine preparation, response, and recovery from them. Included in the course are issues of leadership and decision making, organizational structure, and training, among many other issues that are brought to bear when a crisis strikes a nation, state, locality, or community.
The following program details are intended to help you make an informed decision about the university that's right for you.
| 2010-2011 Program Completion Rate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal time to completion for full-time student | 1 year | |||
| Graduates who completed in this time | 25%1 | |||
| 1 Data may be “not available” if the program has no graduates during reporting period or if it has not been in existence the normal time for completion. If 0%, then graduates in the reporting period took longer than the average time, usually because they were part-time students. 91% of our students are employed full time and do not take a full-time course load. | ||||
| Tuition & Fees as of October 1, 2011 | Median Loan Debt of 2010-2011 Graduates | |||
| Tuition (before any awarded transfer credit) | $5,850 | Federal Loans3 | $0 | |
| Transfer Credit Evaluation fee (if applicable) | $50 | Private educational loans | $0 | |
| Graduation fee | $25 | Institution financing plan | $0 | |
| Books and supplies | $750-1,0502 | |||
| On-campus room and board | Not applicable | |||
| 2 Students must obtain their own software when required for a course or program | 3 This figure does not include PLUS loans or TEACH grants converted to Unsubsidized Federal Direct Loans. | |||
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This program is designed to prepare graduates to pursue a job in this field or related fields. Although career and professional development services are available to students and graduates, finding a job is the individual responsibility of the student. We do not guarantee that any student will be placed in any particular job, or at all.
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