Master of Science in Emergency & Threat Response Management

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The MS in Emergency & Threat Assessment Management meets the pressing need to fill state and regional leadership gaps that exist while understanding the growing necessity to build resilience and recognizing that the whole community approach to a variety of threats and their management is becoming a reality. The curriculum covers operations management, planning, response, and terrorism, and is designed to provide students with a global outlook, interpersonal skills, and emergency management knowledge and skills.

Students will be prepared for management positions in emergency management in government and industry. The M.S. in Emergency & Threat Response Management is a full-time or part-time program offered in a face-to-face format at our Camden campus, with several courses offered in an online format. It requires the completion of 30 graduate semester hours (10 courses). The program has a thesis and non-thesis option.

Program Requirements

Required Courses: 24 s.h.

Choose one from the following:

DPEM 00610 - Advanced Exercise Design and Evaluation Credits: 3
DPEM 00633 - Global Crisis Monitoring, Conflict Analysis & Early Warning Systems Credits: 3
DPEM 00652 - Continuity of Operations Credits: 3
DPEM 00531 - Cyber Security Risk Analysis in Homeland Security Credits: 3
DPEM 00605 - Disaster Public Health Credits: 3

Thesis and Non-Thesis Option

DPEM 00680 - Capstone Experience in Emergency and Threat Response Management Credits: 3 (non-thesis option)
or
DPEM 00689 - Thesis: Emergency and Threat Response Management I Credits: 3 * (thesis option)
and
DPEM 00699 - Thesis: Emergency and Threat Response Management II Credits: 3

Note:

*Students electing the Thesis option will take DPEM 00689 and DPEM 00699 - Thesis: Emergency and Threat Response Management II . DPEM 00699 becomes one of the electives.

Elective Courses:

Enrolling in electives outside the MS in Emergency and Threat Response Management will require meeting any additional prerequisites, approval from the program coordinator, and the departmental approval offering the course. Additional elective options may be approved by the program director. For non-thesis option students must take 6 s.h., for thesis option, students must take 3 s.h.

Choose from the following:

DPEM 00505 - All-Hazards Threat Response Management Credits: 3
DPEM 00522 - Emergency Preparedness, Prevention, and Community Partnerships Credits: 3
DPEM 00531 - Cyber Security Risk Analysis in Homeland Security Credits: 3
DPEM 00542 - Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Credits: 3
DPEM 00544 - Emerging Health Threats: Risks, Surveillance, and Policy Credits: 3
DPEM 00605 - Disaster Public Health Credits: 3
DPEM 00610 - Advanced Exercise Design and Evaluation Credits: 3
DPEM 00615 - Management of First Responder Organizations Credits: 3
DPEM 00619 - Violent Intruder and Mass Casualty in School Settings Credits: 3
DPEM 00622 - School-Based Threat Assessment and Planning Credits: 3
DPEM 00528 - Research Methods and Statistics in Emergency Management and Homeland Security Credits: 3
DPEM 00603 - Disaster, Risk, and Vulnerability Theory Credits: 3
DPEM 00631 - Security, Securitization, and Migration in Emergency Management and Homeland Security Credits: 3
DPEM 00632 - Disaster Recovery Strategies and Planning for Emergency Managers Credits: 3
DPEM 00633 - Global Crisis Monitoring, Conflict Analysis & Early Warning Systems Credits: 3
DPEM 00635 - Urban Emergency Management Credits: 3
DPEM 00639 - Post-Disaster Sustainable Recovery and Community Resilience Credits: 3
DPEM 00651 - Foundations of Global Threats, Risks and Response Credits: 3
DPEM 00652 - Continuity of Operations Credits: 3 (if not taken for as a Required Course)
DPEM 00670 - Fire Services Administration Credits: 3
DPEM 00691 - Administrative Public Policy and Law for Public Managers Credits: 3
DPEM 00692 - Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining Credits: 3
MPS 22511 - Organizational Decision Making and Strategic Planning Credits: 3
MPS 22512 - Complex Organization Dynamics: Leadership and Planning Credits: 3
MPS 22513 - Personnel Administration Credits: 3

Total Required Credits for the Program: 30 s.h.

Foundation Courses

None

Graduation/Exit, Benchmark, and/or Thesis Requirements

Satisfy all course requirements as dictated by the academic department.

Minimum Required Grades and Cumulative GPA

The Certificate of Graduate Study in Public Health Preparedness and Emergency Medical Management is a Category 2 program.

For details regarding satisfactory academic progress and graduation requirements, please visit Academic Program Policy Categories

Program Coordinator/Advisor Contact Information
DeMond Miller
856.256.4500, ext. 53517
millerd@rowan.edu