A two-year curriculum, thoughtfully designed

The Master of Science in Emergency Management and Community Resilience (EMCR) is designed to educate professionals in public, private, and nonprofit organizations whose jobs include responsibility for planning and organizing responses to disasters, both natural and human-made. In times of crisis, people look to leaders who can manage complex, multi-faceted situations and communicate effectively with everyone involved. Emergency managers bring people together, provide updates, formulate a strategy and create spaces where people can feel safe. 

Our EMCR graduate program was built on a simple idea: a person, community, or system should have the ability to maintain its core purpose and integrity in the face of radically shifting circumstances. Students learn to analyze the previous state of a region and determine how inequalities contributed to the disaster—and how to address those inequalities to prevent future hardship.

Course Requirements (22-24 Credits)

Each student must enroll in and successfully complete the following four (4) core courses

EMCR 530            Building Community Resilience
EMCR 521            Anatomy of History of Disasters
EMCR 591            Culture, Vulnerability and Disaster Resilience
EMCR 595            Capstone Seminar in Emergency Management and Resilience

Enroll in and successfully complete TWO (2) of the following six courses

EMCR 535            Strategies for Organizing Recovery, Mitigation and Resilience
EMCR 587            Principles and Practice of Emergency Management
EMCR 560            Climate Resiliency Planning
EMCR 545            Risk and Strategic Communication 
EMCR 588            International Perspectives on Disaster Management and Resilience
EMCR 567            Community Resilience in Coupled Socio-Ecological Systems

Skills & Methods Requirement (6-8 credits)

Students must take a minimum of two (2) courses from the Skills and Method Areas:

• Research Design, Evaluation, Communication and Assessment
• Qualitative and Quantitative
  Methods
• Geographic Information System (GIS) 

These courses focus on skills and methodologies that support varied careers within the emergency management profession. They are taught by faculty within a multitude of academic departments across the campus.

Field Specialization Requirement (12 credits)

Students in this program must take three to four (3-4) courses, with a minimum of twelve (12) credits within one of the four (4) Field Specializations they select as identified below:

• Natural Systems, Sustainability and Resilience
• Public Health Response and Promotion
• Organizational Strategies for Effective Emergency Management
• Social Resilience, Culture and Community

These courses focus and student interests and knowledge relevant to careers within the emergency management profession. They are taught by faculty from academic departments throughout the university.

Total Credits: 45