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EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT (EMY3)

The Emergency Management Associate Degree program is a sequence of courses that prepares students for positions in the emergency management profession. Learning opportunities develop academic, technical, and professional knowledge and skills required for job acquisition, retention, and advancement. Emergency managers work in a variety of professional settings. There is a critical and growing need for emergency management personnel in public and private areas. The student obtaining a degree in Emergency Management is prepared for employment as an Emergency Management Director for government agencies, private corporations and industry, and education or health care institutions.

Associate Degree
Program Length 103 Credit Hours
Education Requirements High School graduate or GED recipient
Entrance Dates Quarterly
Offered Macon Campus

Emergency Management Curriculum
   

Credit Hours

General Education Core Courses
30
Area I - Humanities/Fine Arts  
ENG 191 Composition and Rhetoric
5
HUM 191 Introduction to Humanities
5
SPC 191 Fundamentals of Speech
5
     
Area II - Social/Behavioral Sciences  
ECO 191 Principles of Economics
5
PSY 191 Introductory Psychology
5
   
Area III - Natural Sciences/Mathematics  
MAT 191

MAT 190
College Algebra
OR
Mathematical Modeling
5

5
     
Occupational Courses
73
MKT 101 Principles of Management
5
SCT 100 Introduction to Microcomputers
3
MSD 103 Leadership
5
MSD 114 Management Communication Technologies
5
EMY 124 Principles of Emergency Management
5
EMY 125 Exercise Design & Evaluation
5
EMY 126 Hazardous Materials Contingency Planning
5
EMY 127 Emergency Planning
5
EMY 128 Developing Community Resources
5
EMY 129 Mass Fatalities Incident Response
5
EMY 130 Infection Control
5
EMY 137 Facility Security
5
MSD 205 Service Sector Management
5
   
Emergency Preparedness Electives*
10
EMY 135 Modular Emergency Response Radiological Transportation Training (MERRTT)
5
EMY 138 Effective Communication
5
  *Other electives must be approved by program advisor.  
 
Total Hours
103

 

 

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