Syllabi Compilation
Below
you will find a compilation of college courses on hazards, disasters
and emergency management subjects provided by various colleges.
The purpose is to share course ideas among academics. If you have
a relevant course syllabus you wish to have added to the compilation
please forward it to the Higher Education Program Assistant at Barbara.Johnson3@fema.dhs.gov. Syllabi listed below
are available as MS Word documents and Adobe Acrobat PDF documents.
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can be downloaded for free from the Adobe
website.
- AMC - Anna Maria College
-
ASU - Arizona
State University
- Emergency
Preparedness, Response and Planning for Hazardous Materials
Summer Semester 1997 -
MS Word
- Emergency
Preparedness, Response, and Planning for Hazardous Materials
ETM 524(424) -
MS Word
- Terrorism,
WMD, and Contemporary Issues ETM 598 -
MS Word
- Introduction
to Emergency Management ETM 360 -
MS Word
- Managing
Natural and Technological Disasters ETM 362 -
MS Word
- Computer
Applications in Emergency Management ETM 363 -
MS Word
- Toxicology
and Biohazards in Emergency Management ETM 364 -
MS Word
- Incident
Management Systems and Emergency Operations Center ETM 460 -
MS Word
- Contingency
Planning ETM 461 -
MS Word
- Simulation
and Exercising ETM 468 -
MS Word
- Emergency
Management Capstone ETM 469 -
MS Word
- Emergency
Preparedness, Response and Planning for Hazardous Materials
IST 524 -
PDF
- Emergency
Preparedness, Response and Planning for Hazardous Materials
Summer Semester 1997 -
-
ATU - Arkansas
Tech University
- Living
in a Hazardous Environment - EAM 1003 -
MS Word
- Aim
and Scope of Emergency Management - EAM 1013 -
MS Word
- Disaster
Planning - EAM 1023 -
MS Word
- Principles and Practice of Disaster Response Operations and Management - EAM 2023
- Developing
Emergency Management Skills - EAM 3003 -
MS Word
- Public
Administration/Policy and Emergency Management - EAM 3013 -
MS Word
- Social
Dimensions of Disaster - EAM 3033 -
MS Word
- Politics
of Disaster - EAM 3043 -
MS Word
- Principles
and Practice of Disaster Relief and Recovery - EAM 4003 -
MS Word
- Crisis
Management in Business and Industry - EAM 4013 -
MS Word
- Information
Technology and Emergency Management - EAM 4023 -
MS Word
- Emergency
Management research - Methods/Analysis - EAM 4033 -
MS Word
- Disaster
and Emergency Management Ethics - EAM 4043 -
MS Word
- Community
Management of Hazard of Hazardous Materials - EAM 4053 -
MS Word
- Internship
- EAM 4106 -
MS Word
- Externship
- EAM 4201-15 -
MS Word
- Special
Topics: Domestic Preparedness, Weapons of Mass Destruction
- EAM 4991-3 -
MS Word
- Incident Command and the EOC Interface - EAM 4993
- Public Information for Emergency Management - EAM 4993
- Living
in a Hazardous Environment - EAM 1003 -
- AuU - Auburn University
- AYS - Andrew Young School Of Policy Studies
-
Ball State
University
- Environmental
Hazards -
MS Word
- Environmental
Hazards -
- BA – Baruch College
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BCCC - Barton County Community College
- Advanced Incident Command System/EOC Interface -
MS Word
- Weapons of Mass Destruction Responder Awareness and Operations -
MS Word
- Disaster Site Worker -
MS Word
- Introduction to Emergency Management -
MS Word
- Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) -
MS Word
- Introduction to Terrorism -
MS Word
- Emergency Planning -
MS Word
- Developing and Managing Volunteer Resources -
MS Word
- Exercise Design, Management and Evaluation -
MS Word
- Advanced Incident Command System/EOC Interface -
- BU - Boston University
- BU - Brandon University
- CAUPA - California University of Pennsylvania
-
CCRI - Community
College of Rhode Island
- Natural Disasters -
MS Word
- Basic
Concepts of Emergency Preparedness for Bioterrorism -
MS Word
- Disaster
Response Operations and Management -
MS Word
- Fundamentals
of Emergency Management -
MS Word
- Impact of Disasters on Civilians and Responders -
MS Word
- Trauma Treatment in an Age of Disaster and Terrorism -
MS Word
- Understanding
Terrorism -
MS Word
- Natural Disasters -
-
CGTC - Central Georgia Technical College
- Developing Community Resources -
MS Word
- Disaster & Fatalities Response & Recovery -
MS Word
- Effective Communications -
MS Word
- Emergency Planning -
MS Word
- Exercise Design and Evaluation -
MS Word
- Facility Security -
MS Word
- Infection Control -
MS Word
- Modular Emergency Response Radiological Transportation Training -
MS Word
- Principles of Emergency Management -
MS Word
- Developing Community Resources -
- ChSU - Charles Sturt University (Australia)
-
CLC - College
of Lake County
- Introduction
to Emergency Management EDM 111 - COURSE SYLLABUS -
MS Word
- Emergency
Planning EDM 112 COURSE SYLLABUS -
MS Word
- COLLEGE
OF LAKE COUNTY EDM 112 -
MS Word
- Professional
Development EDM 113 COURSE SYLLABUS -
MS Word
- COLLEGE
OF LAKE COUNTY EDM 113 -
MS Word
- Communications
in Emergency Management EDM 114 COURSE SYLLABUS -
MS Word
- COLLEGE
OF LAKE COUNTY EDM 114 -
MS Word
- Emergency
and Disaster Response EDM 211 COURSE SYLLABUS -
MS Word
- COLLEGE
OF LAKE COUNTY EDM 211 -
MS Word
- Introduction
to Emergency Management EDM 111 - COURSE SYLLABUS -
-
CCAC – Community College of Alleghany County
- Continuity of Operation Planning -
PDF
- Emergency Medical Services and Health Services Orientation -
PDF
- Homeland Security and Emergency Management -
PDF
- Introduction to Homeland Security Grant Writing and Grants -
PDF
- Introduction to Physical Security and Deterrents to Terrorism -
PDF
- Orientation to Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness Planning and Response -
PDF
- Perspectives on Terrorism -
PDF
- Continuity of Operation Planning -
- CoU - Coventry University (United Kingdom)
- CSU-F - California State University - Fullerton
- CSU -LA - California State University - Los Angeles
- DCC – Delgado Community College
- DU - Duquesne University
-
ETSU – East Tennessee State University
- Disaster Response Training -
MS Word
- Disaster Response Training -
-
ECSU - Eastern
Connecticut State University
- Disasters
in America -
MS Word
- Disasters
in America -
- EKU - Eastern Kentucky University
-
EMU - Eastern
Michigan University
- EMU-IDT
306 Issues in Emergency Preparedness -
MS Word
- EMU-IDT
309 Natural Hazard Mitigation -
MS Word
- EMU-IDT
380 Planning and Decision -
MS Word
- EMU-IDT
381 Public Relations and Public Safety -
MS Word
- EMU-IDT
412 Organizational Behavior for Public Safety Managers -
MS Word
- EMU-IDT
434 Hazardous Materials -
MS Word
- EMU-IDT
435 Incident Command -
MS Word
- EMU-IDT
438 Personnel for Public Safety Managers -
MS Word
- EMU-IDT
452 Current Trends in Emergency Management -
MS Word
- EMU-IDT
453 Management Process for Public Safety Managers -
MS Word
- EMU-INDT-438
Terrorism -
MS Word
- Emergency
Preparedness Planning IDT 255 -
PDF
- EMU-IDT
306 Issues in Emergency Preparedness -
- Fl A & M - Florida A & M University
- FIU - Florida International University
-
FSU - Florida State University (Center for Disaster Risk Policy)
- Advanced Topics in Terrorism -
MS Word
- EM Leadership and Communication -
MS Word
- Advanced Topics in Terrorism -
- FSU - Florida State University (Department of Geography)
- GMU - George Mason University
- GSU - Georgia State University (School of Public Administration
-
GU - Georgetown University
- Leadership in Crisis and Disasters -
MS Word
- Leadership in Crisis and Disasters -
-
GWTC - Gwinnett Technical College
- Crisis Reaction and Response -
MS Word
- Developing Community Resources -
MS Word
- Disasters and Fatalities Response and Recovery -
MS Word
- Effective Communications -
MS Word
- Emergency Management Internship -
MS Word
- Emergency Planning -
MS Word
- Exercise Design and Evaluation -
MS Word
- Hazardous Materials Contingency Planning -
MS Word
- Infection Control -
MS Word
- Modular Emergency Response Radiological Transportation Training -
MS Word
- Principles of Emergency Management -
MS Word
- Crisis Reaction and Response -
-
GWU - George
Washington University
- Managing Catastrophe -
MS Word
- Crisis
and Emergency Management EMGT 232 -
MS Word
- Information Technology for Crisis and Emergency
Management EMSE 233 -MS Word
- Current issues in international disaster & crisis management
Emse 238 -
MS Word
- Terrorism Preparedness: Critical Infrastructure and Emergency
Management EMSE 240 -
MS Word
- Hazard Mitigation in Disaster Management EMSE 298A -
MS Word
- Crisis Management, Disaster Recovery & Organizational Continuity
EMSE 332.CM -
MS Word
- Managing Catastrophe -
-
HS - Hesston College
- Introduction to Disaster Response -
MS Word
- Introduction to Disaster Response -
-
IU - Indiana
University
- Managing
Government Operations -
MS Word
- Managing
Government Operations -
-
JSU - Jacksonville
State University
- Disaster Analysis -
MS Word
- Foundations of Emergency Management -
MS Word
- Hazard Mitigation -
MS Word
- Research Methods in Emergency Management
- Legal Aspects of
Emergency Management EM 515 -
MS Word
- Populations
at Risk EM 331 -
MS Word
- Introduction
to Emergency Management (EM 505-97) -
MS Word
- Disaster Analysis -
- KSU - Kent State University (Department of Geography)
- LSU - Louisiana State University
- MCC - Metropolitan Community College
- Community Emergency Response Team -
MS Word
- Emergency Operations Center -
MS Word
- Exercise Design -
MS Word
- Hazardous Materials -
MS Word
- Incident Management Systems -
MS Word
- Intermediate Incident Management Systems -
MS Word
- Leadership and Influence -
MS Word
- Mitigation -
MS Word
- Principles of Emergency Management -
MS Word
- Community Emergency Response Team -
- MSU Michigan State University
-
MU - Millersville
University
- Principals & Practices of Emergency Management -
MS Word
- Theoretical Perspectives and Methods Applied to EM -
MS Word
- Humanitarian Responses to Internl Disasters -
MS Word
- Emergency Mental Health and Trauma -
MS Word
- Terrorism, Weapons of Mass Destruction and HS -
MS Word
- Natural Hazards Primer -
MS Word
- Issues in Communications and Mass Media -
MS Word
- Emergency Preparedness For Industry -
MS Word
- Gender and Disaster -
MS Word
- Principals & Practices of Emergency Management -
- NCC - Nash Community College
- NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE
- NCSU - North Carolina State University
-
NDSU - North
Dakota State University
- Crisis Analysis and Homeland Security -
MS Word
- Sociology of Disaster -
MS Word
- Disaster Case Study – Katrina -
MS Word
- Crisis Analysis and Homeland Security -
- NIU - Northern Illinois University (Department of Technology)
-
NWC- The National
War College
- Homeland
Security -
MS Word
- Homeland
Security -
-
OCC - Onondaga Community College
- Curriculum Outline -
MS Word
- Principles of Emergency Management -
MS Word
- Introduction to Public Safety Response -
MS Word
- Resource and Donation Management -
MS Word
- Basic Public Information -
MS Word
- Emergency Response Planning -
MS Word
- Emergency Management Leadership -
MS Word
- Disaster Response and Recovery -
MS Word
- Intermediate Incident Command System -
MS Word
- Emergency Operations Center Management -
MS Word
- Emergency Exercise Program Management -
MS Word
- Advanced Incident Command System -
MS Word
- Curriculum Outline -
-
Old Dominion University
- Emergency Management and Disaster Policy -
MS Word
- Social Impact of Disaster -
MS Word
- Disaster
Management - PADM 695 -
MS Word
- Emergency Management and Disaster Policy -
- OSU - Oregon State University
- OSU - Oklahoma State University
- PCC - Portland Community College
- Theory of Emergency Management -
MS Word
- Introduction to Emergency Services -
MS Word
- History of U.S. Hazards and Disasters -
MS Word
- Principles and Practices of Hazard Mitigation -
MS Word
- Principles and Practices of Disaster Response I -
MS Word
- Principles and Practices of Disaster Response II - MS Word
- Disaster Recovery Operations -
MS Word
- Emergency Planning -
MS Word
- Business Continuity Planning -
MS Word
- Disaster Exercise Design -
MS Word
- Terrorism -
MS Word
- Theory of Emergency Management -
- PSU - The Pennsylvania State University
- PSU-H - The Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg
- PUC - Purdue University Calumet
- RRCC - Red Rock Community College
- ShU - Shenandoah University
- SIU - Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (Geography Department)
- SJSU- San Jose State University
- SJU - Saint Joseph's University, Graduate Public Safety Programs
-
SPJC - Saint Petersburg Junior College
- EMERGENCY
ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT -
PDF
- Technical
Applications in Emergency Management -
PDF
- Introduction
to Hazards -
PDF
- Disaster
Sociology -
PDF
- Integrated
Emergency Management Planning Systems I -
PDF
- Hazard
Mitigation -
PDF
- Fundamentals
of Emergency Management -
PDF
- Public
Policy in Emergency Management -
PDF
- Contingency
Planning for Business and Industry -
PDF
- Emergency
Management Public Education Programs -
PDF
- Integrated
Emergency Management Planning Systems II -
PDF
- Emergency
Management Leadership and Administration -
PDF
- Emergency
Preparedness -
PDF
- Disaster
Recovery Operations -
PDF
- Education
Methodologies and Instructional Techniques -
PDF
- EMERGENCY
ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT -
-
SU- Salisbury
University
- Bioterrorism
- ENVH 490-1 -
MS Word
- Bioterrorism
- ENVH 490-1 -
- SMC - Santa Monica College
-
STCC - Southwest Tennessee Community College
- Introduction to Homeland Security -
MS Word
- Introduction to Homeland Security -
- SU - Seattle University
- TESC - Thomas Edison State College
- TU - Tulane University
- TXU - Texas A & M University
- University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
- UC Boulder - University of Colorado At Boulder (Geology Department)
-
UC-Berk-University
Of California, Berkeley (Extension)
- Emergency
Preparedness Planning and Management -
PDF
- STRATEGIC
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION -
PDF
- EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION AND STRUCTURE -
PDF
- Crisis
Information Management -
PDF
- THE
HUMAN ELEMENT IN PREPAREDNESS PLANNING -
PDF
- CORPORATE/PUBLIC
AGENCY COORDINATION -
PDF
- Operational
Recovery -
PDF
- PRACTICUM -
PDF
- Emergency
Preparedness Planning and Management -
- UC - Irvine - University of California at Irvine
- UCF - University Of Central Florida
- UCD- University of Colorado at Denver (Health Sciences Center)
-
UCin - University
of Cincinnati
- Basic
Incident Command System -
MS Word
- Constitutional
Law, Ethics and Civil Rights -
MS Word
- Decision
Making and Problem Solving -
MS Word
- HAZMAT:
Awareness and Response -
MS Word
- Intelligence
and Threat Assessment -
MS Word
- Intermediate
Incident Command System -
MS Word
- Introduction
to Homeland Security -
MS Word
- Media
Relations and Public Information -
MS Word
- Principles
of Emergency Management -
MS Word
- Terrorism
Awareness and Weapons of Mass Destruction -
MS Word
- Terrorism:
History and Philosophy -
MS Word
- Terrorism:
History and Philosophy II -
MS Word
- Basic
Incident Command System -
-
UCLA - University
of California At Los Angeles (School of Public Health)
- CHS
256 – Bioterrorism: A Deliberate Public Health Disaster -
PDF
- CHS
257 – Program Planning in Community Disaster Preparedness -
PDF
- CHS
258 – Cooperative Interagency Management in Disasters -
PDF
- CHS
295 – Selected Topics in Disaster Relief and Humanitarian
Assistance -
PDF
- CHS
451 – Post Disaster Community Health -
PDF
- CHS
256 – Bioterrorism: A Deliberate Public Health Disaster -
- UD - University of Denver
-
U Del - University
of Delaware (Department of Political Science)
- Politics and Disaster – Graduates -
MS Word
- Politics and Disaster – Undergraduates -
MS Word
- POSC
456-656, Spring 2004:Politics and Disaster MS Word
MS Word
- Disaster
and Politics Studies in U.S. Emergency Management -
PDF
- HAZARDS,
DISASTERS, AND SOCIETY -
MS Word
- International Aspects of Disasters -
PDF
- Overview of Disaster Science and Management -
MS Word
- Politics and Disaster – Graduates -
- UHa - University of Hawaii (Graduate School of Public Health)
- UHI - (West, Manoa)
- UHo - University of Houston (Department of Political Science)
- UIC - University of Illinois at Chicago
- Integrative Project in Emergency Management
- Strategic Planning for Emergency Management and Business Continuity
- Disaster Response and Recovery Operations
- Environment Risk Assessment and Management
- Foundations of Emergency Management and Business Continuity Planning
- Crisis Management & Communications Planning
- Critical Infrastructure and Resource Protection
- UIU - Upper Iowa University
- Emergency Preparedness and Planning-
MS Word
- Emergency Preparedness and Planning-
- UK - University of Kansas (Geology Department)
- UMASS - University of Massachusetts (Department of Geography and Geology)
- UMBC - University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Emergency Health Service Department)
- UMUC - University of Maryland, University College
-
UNC Char -
University of North Carolina At Charlotte (Department of Sociology)
- Fighting Terrorism -
MS Word
- Homeland Security -
MS Word
- Introduction to Disaster Management -
MS Word
- Introduction to Emergency Management -
MS Word
- Sociology
of Disasters -
PDF
- Disaster
Response and Recovery -
MS Word
- Fighting Terrorism -
- UNC syllabi - University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
-
UNLV - University of Nevada at Las Vegas
- Community Preparedness -
PDF
- Crisis and Emergency Management -
PDF
- Evolution of Terrorism -
PDF
- Executive MS in Crisis and EM Capstone Handbook -
PDF
- Exercise Design and Response Planning -
PDF
- Human Considerations -
PDF
- Intergovernmental Affairs -
PDF
- Leadership in Public and Nonprofit Organizations -
PDF
- Prevention and Planning -
PDF
- Response and Recovery -
PDF
- Risk Assessment, Mitigation and Communication -
PDF
- The Science of Catastrophes -
PDF
- Community Preparedness -
-
UNT - University
of North Texas (Department of Public Administration)
- Capstone
in Emergency Management -
MS Word
- Computers
in Emergency Management -
PDF
- Disaster
Preparedness and Management -
MS Word
- Disaster
Response and Recovery -
MS Word
- Emergency
Management Leadership and Organizational Behavior -
PDF
- Federal
Government and Disasters -
PDF
- Hazardous
Materials Planning & Management -
PDF
- International
Disasters 05 -
MS Word
- Private
Sector Issues in Emergency Management -
PDF
- Public
Health and Disasters -
PDF
- Terrorism
and Emergency Management -
PDF
- Images of Disaster in Film and Media -
PDF
- Images of Disaster in Film and Media -
MS Word
- Capstone
in Emergency Management -
-
UP - University
of Pennsylvania
- Natural
Disturbances and Human Disasters -
MS Word
- Natural
Disturbances and Human Disasters -
-
UP - University
of Pittsburgh
- Advanced
Information Technology and Public Management -
MS Word
- Emergency
Preparedness and Disaster Response -
MS Word
- EOH Preparedness -
MS Word
- Introduction to Public Health Emergency Preparedness -
MS Word
- Health Program Evaluation -
MS Word
- Issues in Biological Terrorism -
MS Word
- Managing
Threats, Emergencies and Disasters -
MS Word
- Risk Communication -
MS Word
- THE
IMPACT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY UPON DISASTER MANAGEMENT -
MS Word
- Advanced
Information Technology and Public Management -
- UP - University of Phoenix (Utah)
- UR - University of Richmond (Virginia)
- USC - University of South Carolina (Department of Geography)
- USD - university of South Dakota (Disaster and Mental Health Institute)
- USF – University of South Florida
- University of Southern Mississippi
- UT - University of Toledo (Department of Geography)
-
UU - University
of Utah (Department of Geography)
- University
of Utah, Center for Natural and Technological Hazards Program -
PDF
- PRINCPLES
OF NATURAL HAZARDS REDUCTION -
PDF
- U.S.
AND UTAH EARTHQUAKE RISK -
PDF
- NATURAL
HAZARDS FOR URBAN DWELLERS -
PDF
- Textbook:
Land Resource Economics-Economics of Real Estate -
PDF
- INTRODUCTION
TO NATURAL HAZARDS OF UTAH -
PDF
- MODERN
TECHNOLOGICAL HAZARDS Geography 3341 -
MS Word
- University
of Utah, Center for Natural and Technological Hazards Program -
-
UV – University
of Victoria, Canada
- Disaster
Planning -
MS Word
- Disaster
Planning -
- UWa - University of Washington
- UWi Madison - University of Wisconsin, Madison
- UWi O - University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
- VT - Virginia Tech
-
VU - Villanova
University
-
MS Word, 60KB
-
- WCC – Wayne Community College
- Widener University School of Law
- WU - Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri)
- Western Carolina
University
- Emergency Planning -
MS Word
- Emergency Planning -
-
Western Washington
University
- Emergency
Management and the Challenge of Terrorism -
PDF
- Emergency
Management: Business Continuity Planning -
PDF
- Group Dynamics and Facilitation ofEmergency
Management Systems -
PDF
- Impact of Disaster -
PDF
- Interpersonal Communication in Disaster Service -
PDF
- Law and Policy in Emergency Management -
PDF
- Practical Applications of Emergency
Management -
PDF
- Principles and Practice of Emergency
Management -
PDF
- Principles and Practice of Emergency
Management -
PDF
- Public Health Issues in Emergency Management -
PDF
- Emergency
Management and the Challenge of Terrorism -
- West Texas A&M University
- Principles of Emergency Management -
MS Word
- Principles of Emergency Management -
- WVU - West Virginia University
-
Yale University
School of Medicine
- Public
Health Management of Disasters -
MS Word
- Public
Health Management of Disasters -