Emergency Management
Emergency Management Major
The mission of the major is to develop graduates with extensive theoretical and applied knowledge in emergency management and disaster research. The program is based on an all hazards approach which includes natural and technological disasters as well as other human made hazards. The Emergency Management major is a professional program and requires students to complete a pre-professional program before being admitted into the major as a professional student. To be admitted into the Emergency Management major, students must have: 1) completed at least 12 total credit hours at NDSU upon application (see department for application material); 2) achieve a minimum GPA of 2.50 across all coursework completed at NDSU including transfer coursework; 3) completed EMGT 101 with a grade of 'B' or better or have a minimum of a 3.0 cumulative GPA for EMGT prefix courses taken at the time of application; 4) students must maintain a minimum GOA of 3.0 across all EMGT prefix courses and failure to maintain a 3.0 GPA in the EMGT prefix courses will result in academic warning from the department. If the GPA falls below 3.0 for a second time, the student will be administratively removed from the Emergency Management major; and 5) a grade of 'D' in an EMGT prefix course will result in that course not counting toward the major. Only one retake to remediate a 'D' grade is allowed.
Emergency Management Minor
The Department of Emergency Management offers a minor with a variety of options to enhance the educational background and career opportunities for students from various majors.
- The Comprehensive Emergency Management option covers all of the disaster phases and includes an elective course.
- The Preparedness and Response option focuses on those activities that compliment majors related to planning activities and responder engagements. An additional two elective courses round out this minor.
- The Mitigation and Recovery option focuses on structural as well as social and behavioral aspects of minimizing disaster impacts as well as recovering from them. Courses that deepen the student’s knowledge of these functions are included in the elective category.
- The International Emergency Management option covers the disaster phases of response and recovery as they typically involve collaboration and intervention from international partners. Specific international issues courses and electives are also included in this minor.
Major Requirements
Major: Emergency Management
Degree Type: B.A. or B.S.
Required Degree Credits to Graduate: 122
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Degree Requirements
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Degree – The completion of a minor program of study, a second major, or a second degree is required.
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Degree – Second year language proficiency required.
General Education Requirements
| First Year Experience (F): | ||
| UNIV 189 | Skills For Academic Success (Students transferring in 24 or more credits do not need to take UNIV 189.) | 1 |
| Communication (C): | ||
| ENGL 110 | College Composition I | 3 |
| ENGL 120 | College Composition II | 3 |
| One Course in Upper Level Writing. Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Business and Professional Writing | ||
| Writing in the Sciences | ||
| Writing in the Humanities and Social Sciences | ||
| Researching and Writing Grants and Proposal | ||
| COMM 110 | Fundamentals of Public Speaking | 3 |
| Quantitative Reasoning (R): | ||
| STAT 330 | Introductory Statistics | 3 |
| Science & Technology (S): | ||
| A one-credit lab must be taken as a co-requisite with a general education science/technology course unless the course includes an embedded lab experience equivalent to a one-credit course. Select from current general education list. | 10 | |
| Humanities & Fine Arts (A): Select from current general education list | 6 | |
| Social & Behavioral Sciences (B): | ||
| SOC 110 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
| Select from current general education courses | 3 | |
| Wellness (W): Select from current general education list | 2 | |
| Cultural Diversity (D): Select from current general education list | ||
| Global Perspecitves (G): Select from current general education list | ||
| Total Credits | 40 | |
Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences College Requirements
An additional 9 credits are required by the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences for all Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts degree programs of study, except the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, the Bachelor of Music degree, Bachelor of Landscape Architecture degree, and the Bachelor of Science in Architecture degree:
| AH&SS College Requirements | ||
Courses used to satisfy any general education requirement cannot be used to also count toward the AH&SS College Requirements. A minimum of three credits is required in each of the 3 following areas for a total of 9 credits. Choose only those courses with the prefixes listed for each area. A course with the WGS prefix can only be used in one area. | ||
| Area One: Humanities | 3 | |
ARB, ENGL, FREN, GERM, HIST, HUM, PHIL, RELS, SPAN, or WGS | ||
| Area Two: Social Sciences | 3 | |
ANTH, CJ, COMM, EMGT, POLS, SOC, or WGS | ||
| Area Three: Fine Arts | 3 | |
ARCH, ART, ENVD, LA, MUSC, or THEA | ||
| Total Credits | 9 | |
Major Requirements
Emergency Management is a professional program of study. No grades of 'D' allowed in EMGT prefix courses. See application material for information.
| General Education Requirements | 40 | |
| AH&SS College Requirement | 9 | |
| Emergency Management Core Courses: | ||
| EMGT 101 | Emergencies, Disasters, and Catastrophes † | 3 |
| EMGT 261 | Disaster Preparedness * | 3 |
| EMGT 262 | Disaster Mitigation * | 3 |
| EMGT 263 | Disaster Response * | 3 |
| EMGT 264 | Disaster Recovery * | 3 |
| EMGT 291 | Seminar * | 1 |
| EMGT 414 | Spatial Analysis in Emergency Management * | 3 |
| EMGT 430 | Socio-Behavioral Foundations of Emergency Management (Capstone) * | 3 |
| EMGT 496 | Field Experience * | 3 |
| Sociology Core Courses: | ||
| SOC 340 | Social Research Methods | 3 |
| SOC 341 | Social Research Methods Laboratory | 1 |
| Emergency Management Electives: Select 4 of the following: | 12 | |
| Homeland Security: An Exploration * | ||
| Comprehensive Emergency Management Planning | ||
| Hazard, Risk, and Vulnerability Assessments * | ||
| International Emergency Management * | ||
| Issues in Homeland Security and Emergency Management * | ||
| Vulnerability and Functional Needs in Emergency Management * | ||
| Business Continuity and Crisis Management * | ||
| Voluntary Agency Disaster Services * | ||
| Disaster Analysis * | ||
| Seminar * | ||
| Degree Requirements: Potential of 32 credits to reach 122 | 32 | |
| Total Credits | 122 | |
| * | No grades of 'D' allowed. Only one retake to remediate a 'D' grade is allowed. |
| † | A grade of 'B' or better required. |
Degree Notes:
- Admission to the Emergency Management undergraduate major at NDSU requires students to satisfy several curriculum requirements. Each requirement must be satisfied in order to be admitted to the program. Prior to admission, students will be listed in the pre-professional program if they indicate Emergency Management as their major. All students in the pre-professional program are strongly encouraged to seek out their adviser each semester to ensure that they are satisfying these guidelines.
- Emergency Management application material can be obtained from the website .
Recommended minors: Business Administration, Communication, Community Development, Criminal Justice, Environmental Science, Food Safety, Geography, Logistics Management, Political Science, Psychology, or Sociology.
Minor Requirements
Emergency Management Minor
Minor Requirements
Required Credits: 18
| Emergency Management Core - to be completed with all options: | ||
| EMGT 101 | Emergencies, Disasters, and Catastrophes | 3 |
| Select one of the following 4 options listed below: | 15 | |
| Total Credits | 18 | |
Option One: Comprehensive Emergency Management
| Disaster Stages | ||
| EMGT 261 | Disaster Preparedness | 3 |
| EMGT 262 | Disaster Mitigation | 3 |
| EMGT 263 | Disaster Response | 3 |
| EMGT 264 | Disaster Recovery | 3 |
| Electives | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Comprehensive Emergency Management Planning | ||
| Spatial Analysis in Emergency Management | ||
| Hazard, Risk, and Vulnerability Assessments | ||
| International Emergency Management | ||
| Issues in Homeland Security and Emergency Management | ||
| Vulnerability and Functional Needs in Emergency Management | ||
| Business Continuity and Crisis Management | ||
| Voluntary Agency Disaster Services | ||
| Disaster and Culture | ||
| Total Credits | 15 | |
Option Two: Preparedness and Response Functions
| EMGT 150 | Homeland Security: An Exploration | 3 |
| Disaster Stages: | ||
| EMGT 261 | Disaster Preparedness | 3 |
| EMGT 263 | Disaster Response | 3 |
| Electives: | ||
| Select two of the following: | 6 | |
| Comprehensive Emergency Management Planning | ||
| Issues in Homeland Security and Emergency Management | ||
| Business Continuity and Crisis Management | ||
| Total Credits | 15 | |
Option Three: Mitigation and Recovery Functions
| Disaster Stages | ||
| EMGT 262 | Disaster Mitigation | 3 |
| EMGT 264 | Disaster Recovery | 3 |
| Electives | ||
| Select three of the following: | 9 | |
| Comprehensive Emergency Management Planning | ||
| Spatial Analysis in Emergency Management | ||
| Hazard, Risk, and Vulnerability Assessments | ||
| Voluntary Agency Disaster Services | ||
| Total Credits | 15 | |
Option Four: International Emergency Management
| Disaster Stages | ||
| EMGT 263 | Disaster Response | 3 |
| EMGT 264 | Disaster Recovery | 3 |
| International Issues | ||
| EMGT 425 | International Emergency Management | 3 |
| EMGT 463 | Voluntary Agency Disaster Services | 3 |
| Electives | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| International Disasters | ||
| Vulnerability and Functional Needs in Emergency Management | ||
| Disaster and Culture | ||
| Total Credits | 15 | |
Minor Requirements and Notes
- A minimum of 8 credits must be taken at NDSU.
