Graduate programs

Emergency Management and Community Resilience Graduate Certificate

The Graduate Certificate in Emergency Management and Community Resilience is designed to equip leaders to build more resilient communities and systems. The transdisciplinary Emergency Management and Community Resilience curriculum incorporates a multitude of fields, ranging from anthropology to urban planning to communication, which allows students to examine issues from multiple perspectives and equips them with skills and knowledge to create a more resilient future. The program emphasizes informed resilience work, community engagement, sustainability, inclusion and equity, and applied learning.

This is a five course program organized as follows:

Core Courses

EMCR 521/G 521Anatomy and History of Disasters

4

EMCR 530/USP 530Building Community Resilience

4

EMCR 591/Anth 591Culture, Vulnerability and Disaster Resilience

4

Two of the following:

EMCR 535/PA 535Strategies for Organizing Recovery, Mitigation and Resilience

3

EMCR 545/Comm 545Risk and Strategic Communication

4

EMCR 560/USP 560Climate Resiliency Planning

3

EMCR 567/Geog 567Community Resilience in Coupled Socio-Ecological Systems

4

EMCR 587/PA 587Principles and Practices of Emergency Management

3

EMCR 588/PA 588International Perspectives on Disaster Management & Resilience

3

Total Credit Hours: 18-20