M.S. in Disaster and Emergency Preparedness
Admission Requirements
The M.S.D.E.P. Program evaluates the overall quality of its applicants, including academic achievement, life experience, recommendations, knowledge of the field of emergency management, and personal motivation.
Criteria for admissions are as follows:
- the applicant must hold a bachelor's, master's, doctoral, or terminal professional degree from a regionally accredited college or university*
- a cumulative overall grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or above on a 4.0 scale from all institutions attended
- GRE or MAT scores are required from all applicants except those who currently have a terminal degree (e.g. Ph.D., DMD, DVM, JD, DO, etc.) from a regionally accredited U.S. university of college, or those who currently hold a MSN, MCMS, MPA, MPH, MSW
- the ability to express one's self in writing through a written statement submitted with the application
- applicants who have a degree from a college or university where English is not the primary language must score a minimum of 600 on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOFEL) exam.
- three letters of recommendation (instructors from their college or university, employer, work colleague, etc.)
Course Listing
Core Courses - 18 credit hours
Students visit on campus for orientation and introduction into the degree program.
- Required Courses (6 credit hours) (Both required courses)
- MI 6401 Biostatistics (3)
- DEP 6010 Practicum in Selected Track (3)
- Management and Leadership Cluster (6 credit hours)
- MGT 5012 21st Century Management (3)
- MGT 5020 Managing Organizational Behavior (3)
- DEP 5020 Preparedness Planning, Mitigation and Continuity Management (3)
- DEP 5030 Executive Leadership and Administration (3)
- DEP 5040 Security Management in a Global Society (3)
- Threats, Hazards and Impacts Cluster (6 credit hours)
- DEP 5050 Bioterrorism and All-Hazards Preparedness (3)
- DEP 5060 Hazardous Materials in Emergency Preparedness (3)
- DEP 5070 Risk Assessment and Mitigation (3)
- DEP 5080 Agro-terrorism and Food System Disasters (3)
- DEP 5090 Weapons of Mass Threat and Communicable Diseases (3)
Elective Courses - 18 credit hours
Students must take 4 courses from their chosen track, plus 2 additional courses selected from the entire curriculum.
- General Electives (12 credit hours)
- DEP 6110 Community Vulnerability Assessment (3)
- DEP 6120 Psychosocial Dimensions of Disaster (3)
- DEP 6130 Risk and Crisis Communications (3)
- DEP 6140 Emergency Preparedness for Special Needs Populations (3)
- DEP 6150 Grant Writing for Emergency Preparedness (3)
- DEP 6160 Special Topics in All-Hazards Preparedness (3)
- Maritime Safety Track Electives (12 credit hours)
- DEP 6210 Introduction to Maritime Safety (3)
- DEP 6220 Maritime Safety and Security Leadership (3)
- DEP 6230 Maritime Safety for the Cruise and Yachting Industries (3)
- DEP 6240 Concepts in Shipboard Safety Management (3)
- DEP 6250 Maritime History (3)
- DEP 6260 Maritime Environmental Responsibilities (3)
- Cyber Security Track Electives (12 credit hours)
- MMIS 653 Telecommunications and Computer Networking (3)
- MMIS 683 Fundamentals of Security Technologies (3)
- MMIS 684 Information Security Management (3)
- MMIS 685 Information Security Governance (3)
- MMIS 686 Information System Auditing (3)
- MMIS 687 Information Security Project (3)
- Law Enforcement/Criminal Justice Track Electives (12 credit hours)
- DEP 6423 Interagency Disaster Communication (3)
- DEP 6424 Community Disaster Preparedness (3)
- DEP 6404 Community Planning, Response, & Recovery for Families & Children (3)
- DEP 6410 Emergency Preparedness Public Policy and Law (3)
- DEP 6440 Critical Incidents: Response, Management and Resolution (3)
- Public Health Track Electives (12 credit hours)
- PUH 5101 Introduction to Public Health (3)
- PUH 5220 Environmental and Occupational Health (3)
- PUH 5802 Epidemiologic Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation (3)
- DEP 6510 Public Health Issues in Disaster and Emergency Preparedness (3)
- DEP 6520 Veterinary Challenges in Disasters (3)
To access the online application, please click here.
