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IS Courses' CEUs and College Credits

* CEU: 0.1 CEU = 1 Contact Hour.

** CEU calculation is based on the International Association of Continuing Education and Training (IACET) standards. For additional information about IACET, please see their website at http://www.iacet.org/ceus/about-the-ceu/.

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

**** Multiple courses must be completed in order to obtain 1 college credit.

Course Code Course Title CEUs* College Credits** Dev. Date
IS-302 Modular Emergency Radiological Response Transportation Training 1 1.0
IS-303 Radiological Accident Assessment Concepts 1.6 2.0 1/13/2014
IS-315 CERT Supplemental Training: The Incident Command System 0.3 1.0 8/13/2013
IS-317 Introduction to Community Emergency Response Teams 0.6 1.0 6/26/2014
IS-318 Mitigation Planning for Local and Tribal Communities 1.2 1.0 10/31/2013
IS-319 Tornado Mitigation Basics for Mitigation Staff 0.1
1.0
Details
1.0 when in combination with (IS-320, IS-321, IS-322 and IS-323)
 10/31/2013
IS-320 Wildfire Mitigation Basics for Mitigation Staff 0.1
1.0
Details
1.0 when in combination with (IS-319, IS-321, IS-322 and IS-323)
 10/31/2013
IS-321 Hurricane Mitigation Basics for Mitigation Staff 0.1
1.0
Details
1.0 when in combination with (IS-319, IS-320, IS-322 and IS-323)
 10/31/2013
IS-322 Flood Mitigation Basics for Mitigation Staff 0.1
1.0
Details
1.0 when in combination with (IS-319, IS-320, IS-321, and IS-323)
 10/31/2013
IS-323 Earthquake Mitigation Basics for Mitigation Staff 0.1
1.0
Details
1.0 when in combination with (IS-319, IS-320, IS-321 and IS-322)
 10/31/2013
IS-324.a Community Hurricane Preparedness 1 1.0 10/31/2013
IS-325 Earthquake Basics: Science, Risk, and Mitigation 0 n/a 10/31/2013
IS-326 Community Tsunami Preparedness 0.6 n/a 10/31/2013
IS-328 Plan Review for Local Mitigation Plans 0.4 1.0 10/31/2013
IS-331 Introduction to Radiological Emergency Preparedness (REP) Exercise Evaluation 1 1.0 10/31/2013

 

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