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PAD505 DISASTER & EMER MGT| 3 - Credit Hours

Business, Econ, & Public AdminSchool of Education & Professional Studies
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Subject Code

PAD

Course Number

505

Department(s)

Business, Econ, & Public Admin

Academic Level (Course Level)

Graduate

Course Title

INTRODUCTION TO DISASTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

Course Description

Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Introduction to disaster and emergency management principles, policies and practices. How disasters and emergencies are individually defined and conceptualized, history of disaster and emergency management in the United States, phases of disaster management, phases of emergency management, politics of disaster response and humanitarian aid, and political landscape of disaster recovery and social change. Primary focus on the United States; international examples utilized.

Credit Hours Min

3

Lecture Hours Min

3