Emergency Management Major

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 advisor each semester to ensure that they are satisfying these guidelines. 

Requirements:

1. Complete a formal application and submit to Academic Assistant in Minard 428.  The application is available online at https://www.ndsu.edu/emgt or in the main office of the Department of Emergency Management.  Admission applications are processed on a rolling basis.  This means that students can apply at any time and the department will review them within 30 days of application.
2. The student must have completed a minimum of 12 credit hours at NDSU upon application.
3. The student must have achieved a minimum GPA of 2.50 in all coursework (transfer and NDSU) and a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 in all Emergency Management prefix (EMGT) courses at the time of application.
4. Must have completed EMGT 101 Emergencies, Disasters and Catastrophes with a grade of “B” or better or have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher in all Emergency Management courses taken.
5. A grade of “D” in an Emergency Management course will result in that course not counting toward the major.  One retake to remediate a “D” grade is allowed.
6. Failure to maintain a minimum GPA of 3.0 in Emergency Management prefix courses while in the program will result in an academic warning for the first violation and administrative removal from the program for the second violation.  Students facing administrative removal may draft an appeal letter for review by the full department if the student feels that there are extenuating circumstances that would merit consideration.
7. Internal and external transfer students will be handled similarly to students who commence their studies in the pre-professional program. External transfer students having Emergency Management courses from other institutions of higher education will not have the GPA for those courses counted in their NDSU Emergency Management major GPA.

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

General Education Requirements for Baccalaureate Degree

• A dynamic list of approved general education courses offered by term is available on the NDSU General Education Requirements website.
• General education courses may be used to satisfy requirements for both general education and the major, minor, and program emphases, where applicable. Students should carefully review the major, minor, and program emphases requirements for minimum grade restrictions, if applicable.

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 at college level required.

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:

Major Requirements

Emergency Management is a professional program of study.  No grades of 'D' allowed in EMGT prefix courses.  See application material for information.

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

Option One: Comprehensive Emergency Management

Option Two: Preparedness and Response Functions

Option Three: Mitigation and Recovery Functions

Option Four: International Emergency Management

Minor Requirements and Notes

• A minimum of 8 credits must be taken at NDSU.