EMP 100 Emergency Planning
Credits: 3.00
This course will introduce the student to the
concepts of Emergency and Crisis Planning.
The course provides a conceptual overview
of planning as a means to anticipate, prevent,
prepare for, respond to, and recover from any
incident. The course will analyze the planning
process in its constituent parts, such as hazard
analysis, resource assessment, plan development,
coordination with others, and plan implementation,
training, and education. Students will work in an
interactive program to establish a planning
process for companies or municipalities. Students
will learn from actual case experiences, and will
sharpen their understanding and relevant skills.
EMP 110 Incident Management
Credits: 3.00
This course is designed to provide the student
with an overview of the 'Incident Command' -
'Unified Command' Structure. Students will
analyze incident management from various
perspectives, including those of local fire
departments, in industrial settings, and through
the use of case studies such as the Oklahoma
City bombing. Students will work interactively to
prepare for future roles and responsibilities as
those charged with a management role in incident
command, control or mitigation. Moreover, the
student will learn from the experiences of others,
sharpening their understanding and skills relative
to the dimensions of emergency incident
management.
EMP 120 Search & Rescue
Credits: 3.00
This is a skills-based course that will provide
the student with practical knowledge concerning
the general responsibilities, skills, abilities,
and equipment needed by those involved in
search and rescue efforts. The course will also
provide the student with practical exercises and
search missions where they will be required to
utilize the proper equipment and methods. The
content of the course includes topics in three
major areas: survival, support, and search and
rescue. The course will afford the opportunity to
discuss and investigate the role of search and
rescue in relation to incident management as well
as the roles and responsibilities of search and
rescue leaders. Students will learn from the
experiences of others through actual case
anaylsis.
EMP 200 Seminar in Emergency Management
Credits: 1.00
This course will provide the student with a forum
for discussion of the basic need for emergency
management, emergency planning and incident
management. This course will also offer an
overview of the roles and responsibilities of the
Incident Safety Officer in preparation for a
series of response drills to implement student
knowledge in these areas. In addition, a
functional exercise utilizing advanced interactive
simulation software will be conducted to confirm
the course outcomes and test student competencies.
Prerequisites: EMP 100 and EMP 110
EMP 210 Leadership & Influence in Emerg Response
Credits: 3.00
This course is intended to serve as a 4th semester
capstone course in the EMP Program. It will
provide the student with an overview of the
theories and concepts of leadership development,
as well as to inculcate higher-order leadership
skills and competencies. The course will
examine leadership from a 'core values'
approach, systems (chain of command)
approach, a functional approach, and a
skills approach (motivation, supervision and
communications). Students will study the
process approach by looking at leadership as
a process of influencing an organization or
group to achieve desired ends.
Prerequisites: EMP 100 and EMP 110
EMP 250 Terrorism & Counter-Terrorism
Credits: 3.00
Terrorism in the 21st century is a global
phenomenon. This course is designed to provide
a comprehensive and interdisciplinary survey of
the history, theory, and modern-day political
manifestations of terrorism and counter-terrorism.
Terrorism will be evaluated in terms of its
underlying cultural, economic, political, and
psychological root causes. Effective
counteraction and profiling requires empathetic
explorations and analyses by students into causes
and mind-sets. Counter-terrorism strategies and
tactics will also be examined specifically in
light of the legal and procedural safeguards that
are fundamental to the maintenance of liberal
democratic social and political values.
Prerequisites: A passing grade in a least one
introductory level course in any of the following:
Criminal Justice Studies, History Political
Science, or Sociology.
This course is cross-listed with: CJS 250 & SOC
250
EMP 265 Public Safety Technology
Credits: 3.00
This course will focus on current themes in public
safety technology, to include such topics as
Computer Aided Dispatch, basic ideas of mobile
radio technology, mobile data/mobile computer
capabilities and functionality, public safety
applications for Global Positioning technology, as
well as emerging trends that will appear in the
Public Safety arena in the next 3 to 5 years. An
overview of standards governing communications
systems, dispatchers, and other areas of public
safety technology will also be covered. Topics
will be covered at a non-technical level to
provide the student with an overview and
understanding of the technology rather than an
in-depth examination of just a few specific items.
Lectures will include live demonstrations of
devices to reinforce key concepts and promote
greater understanding. Students will prepare a
summary paper in small groups on an emerging idea
in public safety technology, based upon original
research.
Prerequisites: FSC 100 or EMP 100 or CJS 100, or
permission of the instructor or director.
(This course is cross-listed with FSC 265 and CJS
265)
