Columbia Southern University – Master of Science in Emergency Services Management
Columbia Southern University is offering a Master of Science degree in Emergency Services Management. The program is designed to produce an educated, multi-disciplined, proactive group of professionals who must evaluate risk analysis and prevention, secure communications reliability, and provide for mitigation along with economic and social recovery in the face of disastrous natural or man-made catastrophic events.
Emergency managers shoulder a great deal of responsibility during emergencies. They must understand the risks in a variety of emergency situations and be prepared to act as soon as trouble and disaster arises and threatens the public and our communities. The bottom line is that the emergency manager is the one who is counted on to deal with unpredictable, dangerous and sometimes catastrophic situations, and to address such situations in a fashion that minimizes risk to responders and the public alike This program provides professional leaders in the fire science, criminal justice, safety and environmental fields with the knowledge base to assume Emergency Management roles in the federal, state, county, private corporate or consulting sectors of our economic and business infrastructure.
Curriculum:
Course Code / Course Title / Credit HoursMOS 6801 / Emergency Management / 3
MSE 6201 / Homeland Security / 3
MCJ 6374 / Special Topics in Criminology / 3
MCJ 6453 / Global Terrorism / 3
MSE 5201 / Advanced Fire Administration / 3
MOS 5425 / Advanced Toxicology / 3
MSE 6301 / Risk Management / 3
MSE 5101 / Legal Aspects of Emergency Services Management / 3
MHS 5201 / Weapons of Mass Destruction / 3
MSE 5301 / Interagency Disaster Management / 3
MOS 5640 / Advanced Interactions of Hazardous Materials / 3
MSE 6701 / Case Studies in Natural and Man Made Disasters / 3
Total Semester Hours: / 37
Columbia Southern University is an accredited member of the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC). The Accrediting Commission of the DETC is listed by the U.S. Department of Education as a nationally recognized accrediting agency. Additionally, the Accrediting Commission of the DETC is a recognized member of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).
For more information:
Contact: Misti Kill, Ph.D., Program Director
College of Safety and Emergency Services
Columbia Southern University
21982 University Lane
P.O. Box 3110
Orange Beach, AL 36561
Phone: 1-800-977-8449 ext. 1482
Email:
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Updated: 7/14/2015
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