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M.S. in Disaster Medicine and Management
Philadelphia University's Master of Science in Disaster Medicine and Management is a comprehensive online graduate degree program encompassing all facets of disaster management. Students study terrorism, hazardous materials, weapons of mass destruction, natural disasters, psychological aspects of disasters, public-health considerations of disasters, acute traumatic-stress intervention,research methods and disaster planning and management including incident command, risk assessment, and resource allocation.There is a growing demand for highly organized disaster-preparedness infrastructure and individuals with expertise in this area. Physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants in emergency medicine would benefit from this degree program as would environmental-health professionals, EMTs and paramedics, healthcare and government administrators, non-governmental agency administrators, military members, emergency managers, and public-health professionals.
Master of Arts in Fire Science and Administration
Anna Maria College's Master of Arts in Fire Science prepares students to advance into management positions such as fire chief or head of a government agency that provides fire protection, prevention, or management services. The program is offered or firefighters and other fire service professionals looking for more responsibility and increased earning power. The curriculum emphasizes the specialized administrative and organizational skills required to ascend to the upper ranks in this field, such as the management and planning of human resources, effective communication within and across emergency response agencies, and disaster response and control.
Master of Science in Emergency Management
Anna Maria College's master's program in Emergency Management is designed for individuals interested in management- and director-level positions in this growing field. Anna Maria College's emergency management programs will give students the confidence and training to act quickly and lead wisely and efficiently when disaster strikes. Natural disasters and terrorist attacks have highlighted the need for professionals trained in disaster preparedness and crisis management. The curriculum covers risk analysis and assessment, search and rescue operations, and emergency response planning. Ready to learn more? Request information about the online master's degree in Justice Administration at Anna Maria College.
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M.S. in Criminal Justice/Policing
Examine issues surrounding ethics and diversity, fiscal issues, and employment-related legal issues. Analyze both contemporary and critical issues facing the field of policing. The Kaplan University online Master of Science in Criminal Justice program is designed to help prepare working law enforcement, other criminal justice professionals, and active military personnel to pursue career advancement. A master's degree may improve your chances for promotion, open doors to leadership positions, and qualify you to teach criminal justice in a variety of academic settings.* Rising concern over homeland security and increasing emphasis on education in law enforcement agencies has led to a greater need for qualified criminal justice administrators and instructors. Personalize your degree by choosing one of the following specializations: corrections, global issues in criminal justice, law, policing, or leadership and executive management.*Kaplan University's programs are designed to prepare graduates to pursue employment in their field of study, or in related fields. However, the University does not guarantee that graduates will be placed in any particular job or employed at all. Additional police academy training may be required for law enforcement jobs.
MS in Leadership: Disaster Preparedness & Executive Fire Leadership
Grand Canyon University's Master of Science in Leadership with an Emphasis in Disaster Preparedness and Executive Fire Leadership offers an opportunity for graduates of the National Fire Academy's Executive Fire Officer Program (NFA-EEOP) to complete a graduate degree. The program provides students with the skills to develop professionally and gain self-confidence in their own leadership styles. Environmental issues directly related to leadership skills development and content required of leaders in the area of emergency public safety and disaster preparedness will also be addressed. Students learn to integrate a conceptual foundation for an executive leadership role that emphasizes the immediate application of ethical and practical leadership skills as well as disaster preparation and crisis management.
MS - Emergency Management
This Emergency Management specialization is designed to deepen your understanding of the dynamics of all phases of natural and man-made disasters, including dealing with various human reactions, critical incident stress management, risk assessment, evaluation, and analysis, and managing critical incidents via the National Incident Management System (NIMS). Major disasters around the world have brought heightened appreciation for emergency professionals with the leadership skills to field manage complex, crisis situations, and coordinate the many agencies that often join forces to address emergency situations. People who choose this specialization often work in fire service, law enforcement, or other security or emergency management fields who want to expertly manage critical incidents.Concentrations: You can use your electives to earn a concentration in Public Health or Homeland Security for no additional time or money as part of this specialization.
MS - Public Safety Leadership
There is increased demand for public safety leaders who are knowledgeable on a range of criminal justice, public safety, and emergency preparedness issues, and have the business and human resources skills to effectively manage a complex organization with the field of public safety becoming broader and more complex. The master's-level specialization is designed to prepare you to handle the many facets of public safety leadership through course work that includes organizational leadership, human development and behavior, accounting and finance, and training and performance improvement. People who choose this specialization are often pursuing career advancement or consulting careers in fire services, law enforcement, emergency response, and other public safety professions.Concentrations: You can use your electives to earn a concentration in Public Health or Homeland Security for no additional time or money as part of this specialization.
- Online tools and video presentations to enhance the learning experience
- One-on-one interaction with faculty and students
- Courses specifically designed and presented for the online environment, based on real-world experiences of industry professionals
- Engaging classes including Political Violence and Terrorism and Security and Civil Liberties lead to greater student interaction
- 100% online format to work around your schedule
Master of Professional Studies in Security and Safety Leadership
Are you ready to meet the challenges of tomorrow? This comprehensive program is designed to contribute to the career development of working safety professionals by analyzing a wide range of homeland security issues, policies and practices, taught entirely online by seasoned law enforcement professors. The format provides the flexibility working professionals need to maintain a balance between their careers and their education delivered exclusively online. The curriculum, developed in partnership with industry experts, is intended to enhance the strategic leadership skills of current public safety professionals to ultimately improve security policy implementation at the local and regional levels. If you have what it takes to be a leader in your field, the enrollment date for the next term is July 15, 2010.Program Highlights:
- Law and civil liability
- Fiscal management
- Human resource development
- Labor relations and personnel issues
- Coordination with other public safety and emergency management agencies during incidents
Master of Science in Public Safety Administration
The Master of Science in Public Safety Administration teaches you how to lead organizations that deal with public safety efficiently and effectively in an increasingly challenging environment. Leaders in the public safety field now have a diverse range of responsibilities that are all vital to keeping communities and populations safe. The demands on public safety organizations in today's world are becoming much more complex. The coursework in Lewis University's online MS in Public Safety Administration program mirrors the curriculum of a traditional MPA program, but with a focus on the specific needs of public safety organizations—such as police and fire departments, public works departments, emergency response teams, disaster response agencies, and the military. You'll learn leadership and professional skills required of senior managers in multiple career fields of the public safety arena. Topics covered include:
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University of Maryland University College / UMUC Online University of Maryland University College is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, one of the six regional accrediting agencies recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. |
Master of Science in Management: Emergency Management
The emergency management specialization in the Master of Science (MS) in management program is designed for individuals who intend to assume greater management responsibility in helping communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters in both private and public settings. Students gain an essential understanding of the vision, mission, and principles of emergency management with an emphasis on management, leadership, cross-agency collaboration, and use of technology.The curriculum covers emergency management-related research and management theories and their application, including the interpretation of hazard, risk-related data and literature, and vulnerability. Courses also explore the major principles of this cross-disciplinary field that integrates all activities necessary to build, sustain, and improve the ability to mitigate against, respond to, prepare for, and recover from threatened or acts of terrorism, actual natural disasters, or other man-made disasters.
Master of Science in Technology Management: Emergency Management
The curriculum covers emergency management-related research and management theories and their application, including the interpretation of vulnerability, hazard, and literature and risk-related data. Courses also explore the major principles of this cross-disciplinary field that integrates all activities necessary to build, sustain, and improve the ability to mitigate against, prepare for, respond to, and recover from threatened or acts of terrorism, actual natural disasters, or other man-made disasters.
Master of Science - Management of Personal Protection
The Master of Science in Management of Personal Protection program unites proven successful management practices with proven methods for meeting a wide variety of security and protective services to individuals and businesses. It emphasizes proactive strategies, professionalism, and the benefits of lifetime learning, preparedness and safety. After you graduate from this program you will be able to: conduct protection operations in a team leadership or management role; display a detailed knowledge of protective security law and conduct operations that will not expose the agent or the client to legal or civil liability; plan and carry out advanced surveillance and countersurveillance operations on potential threats to a client; work with and protect high level clients at the diplomatic level; perform sophisticated analysis and evaluations of possible threats to a client; and respond as appropriate to emerging threats to a client.
Master of Science - Emergency Management and Business Continuity
The Master of Science in Emergency Management and Business Continuity from New Jersey Institute of Technology focuses on the business side of emergency management. FEMA established the Emergency Management Institute, or EMI prior to 9/11. FEMA provides free online Continuing Education Units (CEU) programs for emergency managers (e.g., fire fighters, police, handlers of hazardous materials, and emergency management technicians) through EMI. Subsequent to 9/11 private sector business continuity planners have been added to this list. Research indicates “there are more than 11 million emergency responders and other personnel in this country that would need training to deal with terrorist incidents.” By increasing its presence in research, academic, and professional communities, a master's in emergency management and business continuity increases the professionalism of the field, which is evolving in importance and societal needs.
Master of Arts in Emergency and Disaster Management
The Emergency and Disaster Management degree is designed to provide students with graduate level knowledge and associated critical thinking/decision making involved in management, planning, relief, and recovery for, in, and from public crises. Students will be exposed to the theory, history, planning, management, response, economics, relief, recovery, and specific cases associated with public emergencies, disasters, and catastrophes as a core of study. Included in the curriculum are technical, natural, and human-induced crises.
Master of Arts in Emergency and Disaster Management
The Emergency and Disaster Management degree is designed to provide students with graduate level knowledge and associated critical thinking/decision making involved in management, planning, relief, and recovery for, in, and from public crises. students will be exposed to the theory, history, planning, management, response, relief, economics, recovery, and specific cases associated with public emergencies, catastrophes, and disasters as a core of study. Included in the curriculum are technical, natural, and human-induced crises.
Master of Arts in Homeland Security
The degree is designed to provide broad coverage of the major homeland security threats, organization, and challenges through course study in homeland defense, intelligence and homeland security, terrorism, consequence management, and interagency government issues. Students may select courses based on their professional, personal, or research interests, to include crisis management, weapons of mass destruction, narcotics as a homeland security issue, international homeland security, general national security, intelligence methods, terrorism, security management, information security, transportation security, public health, and emergency management. This degree focuses on an interdisciplinary set of topics in the graduate discipline of homeland security.
Master of Arts in Intelligence Studies
The Master of Arts in Intelligence Studies program's core courses impart substantive knowledge and analytic skills required by all professionals in the intelligence community. The program provides professional, graduate-level academic education in the interdisciplinary field of intelligence studies. Student learning is greatly enhanced by the diversity of program professors with strong professional and academic backgrounds in intelligence studies, many who currently work in the US Intelligence Community. Students may also pursue concentrated study in functional areas or intelligence sub-fields.
Master of Arts in National Security Studies
The Master of Arts in National Security Studies is an excellent preparation for those who will eventually attend a staff or war college as it incorporates instruction in advanced security analysis not normally taught in senior military schools. Graduates of the program can be found across the national and international security community as civilian and military policy-makers, action-officers, analysts, consultants, and instructors. The program is an excellent substitute for military or civilian personnel unable to attend a staff or war college, but who require a strong background in the substantive knowledge and analytic skills required of security specialists. The program also prepares students for mid and senior level positions in security and intelligence analysis, national and international security policy, and related fields.
Master of Science in Safety, Security & Emergency Management - Concentration in Multidisciplinary Track
You will be able to choose a “Multidisciplinary” track where you will select your support courses from a variety of subject areas that include occupational safety, homeland security, ergonomics, and fire and emergency services, as a student in Eastern Kentucky University's Master of Science in Safety, Security & Emergency Management program. You will gain a well-rounded skill set that will allow you to succeed in a high-level security, safety, or emergency management position. This provides an unprecedented opportunity for you to customize your curriculum around your current or future professional needs. The Multidisciplinary Track Offers the Following Support Courses to Choose From: Leadership in Fire & Emergency Services; Strategic Planning for Fire and Emergency Services; Public Sector Finance and Budgeting; Issues in Security Management; Industrial Safety Management; Public Emergency Services; Applied Study in Loss Prevention; Corporate Compliance; Construction Safety; Employee Benefit Planning; Personal/Environmental Hazards; Homeland Security Policy Analysis; Business Risk Management; Critical Infrastructure Protection; Intelligence for Homeland Security and Hazards & Threats to Homeland Security. Eastern Kentucky University delivers this program completely online to provide the working professional the convenience ideal for a busy life and is designed so it can be completed in 2 years.
Master of Science in Safety, Security & Emergency Management - Concentration in Occupational Safety
The Occupational Safety Concentration fortifies the leadership aptitude of fire and emergency service professionals, preparing them for management level responsibilities. The curriculum builds knowledge on hazard control principles related to the management of personnel, facilities, and equipment. Courses in this concentration include Corporate Compliance, Industrial and Construction Safety, and Personal and Environmental Hazards. The dynamic fields of first response management, fire engineering and rescue operations, require assertive leaders who can see beyond a situation. This concentration will develop the critical management skills required by engineers, occupational safety and loss prevention personnel involved in risk management and occupational safety.All students in the Master of Science in Safety, Security & Emergency Management online degree program will take 6 core courses during their first year. These courses will focus on various topics such as legislation and legal compliance, safety, security and emergency management administration, workers' compensation/labor law, emergency preparation and response, and auditing. The second year will include support courses on security management, industrial safety management, risk management, environmental hazards, and specific concentration courses of the student's choice.
Master of Science in Safety, Security & Emergency Management - Concentration in Fire & Emergency Services
The Fire & Emergency Services Concentration fortifies the leadership aptitude of fire and emergency service professionals, preparing them for management level responsibilities. This concentration is designed to build graduate-level knowledge on top of the experience-based skills of professional fire, rescue and emergency response personnel. The dynamic fields of first response management, fire engineering and rescue operations, require assertive leaders who can see beyond a situation. The curriculum of the Fire & Emergency Services concentration focuses on current issues that affect first response organizations and their strategic operations. Courses in this concentration include strategic planning, leadership, financial administration and public emergency services.During their first year, all students in the Master of Science in Safety, Security & Emergency Management online degree program will take 6 core courses. These courses will focus on various topics such as legislation and legal compliance, safety, security and emergency management administration, workers' compensation/labor law, emergency preparation and response, and auditing. The second year will include support courses on industrial safety management, environmental hazards, security management, risk management and specific concentration courses of the student's choice.
Master of Science in Safety, Security & Emergency Management - Concentration in Ergonomics
The purpose of the Ergonomics concentration is to ensure a safe and healthful work environment for employees. Graduates have been hired as managers and directors in a variety of ergonomic-related positions at major organizations. The curriculum addresses appropriate risk factors, current regulatory requirements, as well as policy development, occupational safety program development and effective ergonomic management techniques. The concentration provides students with the knowledge and skills to succeed in a high-level ergonomics position.All students in the Master of Science in Safety, Security & Emergency Management online degree program will take 6 core courses during their first year. These courses will focus on various topics such as safety, security and emergency management administration, emergency preparation and response, legislation and legal compliance, workers' compensation/labor law, and auditing. The second year will include support courses on environmental hazards, industrial safety management, risk management, and security managementspecific concentration courses of the student's choice.
Master of Science in Safety, Security & Emergency Management - Concentration in Emergency Management
EKU's concentration in emergency management will prepare graduates to address these threats. Through courses like Business Continuity, Public Emergency Services, and the Evolution of U.S. Emergency Management, students can examine past catastrophic events and plan to respond to future ones. This rapidly expanding field demands that professionals have the most up-to-date knowledge on business continuity and emergency planning to be prepared for any man-made or natural disaster. All students in the Master of Science in Safety, Security & Emergency Management online degree program will take 6 core courses during their first year. These courses will focus on various topics such as safety, security and emergency management administration, legislation and legal compliance, workers' compensation/labor law, emergency preparation and response, and auditing. The second year will include support courses on industrial safety management, security management, environmental hazards, risk management and specific concentration courses of the student's choice.
Master of Science in Safety, Security & Emergency Management
All students in the Master of Science in Safety, Security & Emergency Management online degree program will take 6 core courses during their first year. These courses will focus on various topics such as security, safety and emergency management administration, emergency preparation and response, legislation and legal compliance, workers' compensation/labor law, and auditing. The second year will include support courses on environmental hazards, industrial safety management, security management, risk management and specific concentration courses of the student's choice.EKU's Master of Science in Safety, Security & Emergency Management now offers six concentrations: Occupational Safety, Fire & Emergency Service, Emergency Management, Ergonomics, Homeland Security, and a Multidisciplinary Track. You will find this program well-suited to build your skills and leadership in these specialized fields.