Independent Study Program (ISP)

IS Courses' CEUs and College Credits

* CEU: 0.1 CEU = 1 Contact Hour.

** College Credits are granted upon submission of application & payment. See “College Credit” for details.

*** Any of the IS-100 courses can be combined with any of the IS-200 to obtain 1 credit.

Course Title (course code, course name)
CEUs *
College Credits **
Dev. Date
IS-1 Emergency Manager
1.0
1.0
10/02
IS-3 Radiological Emergency Management 1.0 1.0 04/97
IS-5.A An Introduction to Hazardous Materials 1.0 1.0 03/18/05
IS-7 A Citizen's Guide to Disaster Assistance 1.0 1.0 05/04 rev.
IS-8.A Building for the Earthquakes of Tomorrow: Complying with Executive Order 12699 1.0 1.0 12/06
IS-10 Animals in Disaster, Module A: Awareness and Preparedness 1.0 1.0 05/98
IS-11 Animals in Disaster, Module B: Community Planning 1.0 1.0 05/98
IS-16 Supervisors' Guide to Equal Employment Opportunity 0.2 n/a 06/08
IS-18 FEMA EEO Employee Course 0.1 n/a 06/08
IS-15.A Special Events Contingency Planning for Public Safety Agencies 0.4 n/a 10/05
IS-22 Are You Ready? An In-depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness 1.0 n/a 09/04
IS-30 Mitigation eGrants for the Subgrant Applicants 0.5 n/a 07/07
IS-55 Household Hazardous Materials - A Guide for Citizens 0.3 n/a 03/04
IS-100.a Introduction to Incident Command System, I-100 0.3 1.0 (When Combined w/ IS-200.a)*** 8/08
IS-100.LEa Introduction to the Incident Command System, I-100, for Law Enforcement 0.3 1.0 (When Combined w/ IS-200.a)*** 8/08
IS-100.SCa Introduction to the Incident Command System, I-100, for Schools 0.2 1.0 (When Combined w/ IS-200.a)*** 8/08
IS-100.PWa Introduction to the Incident Command System, I-100, for Public Works Personnel 0.2 1.0 (When Combined w/ IS-200.a)*** 8/08
IS-100.HC Introduction to the Incident Command System for Healthcare/Hospitals 0.3 1.0 (When Combined w/ IS-200)*** 12/06
IS-102 Deployment Basics for FEMA Response Partners 0.1 n/a 9/08
IS-111 Livestock in Disasters 1.0 1.0 10/02
IS-120.A An Introduction to Exercises 0.5 1.0 (When Combined w/ IS-130) 01/08
IS-130 Exercise Evaluation and Improvement Planning 0.5 1.0 (When Combined w/ IS-120.A) 01/08
IS-139 Exercise Design - Professional Development Series (Click for more details) 1.5 1.0 03/03
IS-197.SP Special Needs Planning Considerations for Service and Support Providers 0.4 n/a 12/06
IS-200.a ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents 0.3 1.0 (When Combined w/ IS-100.a)*** 8/08
IS-200.HC Applying ICS to Healthcare Organizations 0.3 1.0 (When Combined w/ IS-100)*** 12/06
IS-208 State Disaster Management 1.0 1.0 01/03
IS-230 Principles of Emergency Management - Professional Development Series (Click for more details) 1.0 1.0 04/06
IS-235 Emergency Planning - Professional Development Series (Click for more details) 1.0 1.0 04/06
IS-240 Leadership & Influence - Professional Development Series (Click for more details) 0.9 1.0 04/06
IS-241 Decision Making and Problem Solving - Professional Development Series (Click for more details) 0.8 1.0 04/06
IS-242 Effective Communication - Professional Development Series (Click for more details) 0.8 1.0 04/06
IS-244 Developing and Managing Volunteers - Professional Development Series (Click for more details) 1.0 1.0 04/06
IS-250 Emergency Support Function 15 (ESF 15) External Affairs: A New Approach to Emergency Communication and Information Distribution 0.1 n/a 01/08
IS-253 Coordinating Environmental and Historic Preservation Compliance 1.0 1.0 04/04
IS-271 Anticipating Hazardous Weather & Community Risk 1.0 1.0 03/01
IS-279 Engineering Principles and Practices for Retrofitting Flood-Prone Residential Structures 1.0 1.0 01/95
IS-288 The Role of Voluntary Agencies in Emergency Management 1.0 1.0 01/99
IS-292 Disaster Basics 1.0 1.0 11/05
IS-301 Radiological Emergency Response 1.0 1.0 10/99
IS-302 Modular Emergency Radiological Response Transportation Training 1.0 1.0 06/05
IS-317 Introduction to Community Emergency Response Teams N/A N/A 11/03
IS-324 Community Hurricane Preparedness 1.0 1.0 01/99
IS-330 Refresher Course for Radiological Response 1.0 N/A 07/93
IS-331 Introduction to Radiological Emergency Preparedness (REP) Exercise Evaluation 1.0 1.0 04/04
IS-340 Hazardous Materials Prevention 1.0 1.0 01/04
IS-346 An Orientation to Hazardous Materials for Medical Personnel 1.0 1.0 rev.01/03
IS-362 Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for Schools 0.8 1.0 01/04
IS-386 Introduction to Residential Coastal Construction 1.4 1.0 09/01
IS-393.A Introduction to Hazard Mitigation 1.0 1.0 08/06
IS-394.A Protecting Your Home or Small Business From Disaster 1.0 1.0 04/06
IS-546 Continuity of Operations (COOP) Awareness Course 0.1 1.0 (When Combined w/ IS-547)*** 01/05
IS-547 Introduction to Continuity of Operations (COOP) 0.5 1.0 (When Combined w/ IS-546)*** 01/05
IS-630 Introduction to the Public Assistance Process 0.2 1.0 11/00
IS-631 Public Assistance Operations I 0.7 N/A 08/02
IS-632 Introduction to Debris Operations in FEMA's Public Assistance Program 0.5 1.0 08/02
IS-650 Building Partnerships with Tribal Governments 1.0 1.0 01/04
IS-700.a National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction 0.3 n/a 12/08
IS-701 NIMS Multiagency Coordination System (MACS) 0.5 n/a 12/06
IS-702 National Incident Management Systems (NIMS) Public Information Systems 0.3 1.0 (When Combined w/ IS-700 and IS-703)*** 06/06
IS-703 NIMS Resource Management 0.3 1.0 (When Combined w/ IS-700 and IS-702)*** 05/06
IS-706 NIMS Intrastate Mutual Aid - An Introduction 0.2 n/a 08/07
IS-775 EOC Management and Operations 0.4 n/a 08/08
IS-800.B National Response Framework (NRF), An Introduction 0.3 1.0 (When Combined w/ IS-1900)*** 02/08
IS-801 Emergency Support Function (ESF) #1 – Transportation 0 n/a 08/08
IS-802 Emergency Support Function (ESF) #2 – Emergency Support Functions Communications 0 n/a 08/08
IS-803 Emergency Support Function (ESF) #3 – Public Works and Engineering 0 n/a 03/08
IS-804 Emergency Support Function (ESF) #4 – Firefighting 0 n/a 03/08
IS-805 Emergency Support Function (ESF) #5 – Emergency Management 0 n/a 12/08
IS-807 Emergency Support Function (ESF) #7 – Logistics Management and Resource Support Annex 0 n/a 08/08
IS-808 Emergency Support Function (ESF) #8 – Public Health and Medical Services 0 n/a 04/08
IS-809 Emergency Support Function (ESF) #9 – Search and Rescue 0 n/a 05/08
IS-810 Emergency Support Function (ESF) #10 – Oil and Hazardous Materials Response Annex 0 n/a 08/08
IS-812 Emergency Support Function (ESF) # 12 Energy 0 n/a 05/08
IS-813 Emergency Support Function (ESF) #13 – Public Safety and Security Annex 0 n/a 08/08
IS-814 Emergency Support Function (ESF) #14 – Long Term Community Recovery 0 n/a 12/08
IS-860 National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) 0.2 n/a 12/06
IS-1900 NDMS Federal Coordinating Center Operations Course 0.3 1.0 (When combined w/ IS-800.A or IS-800.B)*** 09/06